This webpage provides a list of all shows awarded an OnComm in 2020. The first section lists those that have now been selected as FINALISTS and WINNERS across 13 categories – the WINNERS were announced at the Offies 2021 awards ceremony which was held online on 21 February 2021.
(please note that we cannot guarantee that all links will still be working – some shows may no longer be available as the rights may have expired or for other reasons)
FINALISTS / WINNERS
RECORDED SHOWS – pre-lockdown, minimal edits
Going Viral / by Daniel Bye / view at http://www.danielbye.co.uk/going-viral.html
Hysteria / Spymonkey / view at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/spymonkeyshysteria2019
Jane Clegg / Finborough / view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFdzhKq-X6Y
WINNER: The House Of Bernarda Alba / Graeae & Royal Exchange Theatre / unfortunately (due to rights issues) this is no longer available to view online.
RECORDED SHOWS – pre-lockdown, significant edits
Bubble / Theatre Uncut / view until 30 June at https://www.theatreuncut.com/watch
Cyprus Avenue / Royal Court, Abbey Theatre, The Space Arts / view at https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/cyprus-avenue-film/ and via Scenesaver www.scenesaver.co.uk
SeaWall / Simon Stephens / can be purchased via http://www.seawallandrewscott.com/
WINNER: The Encounter / Complicité / view until 25 May 2020 via: http://www.complicite.org/current.php?section=1
RECORDED SHOWS – post-lockdown, minimal edits
About 500 / Simona Hughes / view via https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/about-500/
WINNER: Breathe / by Neil Bebber / part of Unfolded 2020 at Bread & Roses Theatre / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/breathe/
This Evil Thing / Essential Theatre / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/this-evil-thing/
Within / Threedumb Theatre / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/within/
RECORDED SHOWS – post-lockdown, significant edits
Birdsong Online / Original Theatre Co & Birdsong Prodns / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available to view.
Midnight Your Time / DonmarWarehouse / view until 27 May 2020 via: www.youtube.com/donmarwarehouse
WINNER: Rose / by Martin Sherman / Ginger Quiff Media, Hope Mill Theatre, Julian Stoneman MPSI Ltd / Unfortunately, the show is no longer available.
Wait For Me / Sam Cassidy & Ainsley Ricketts / View via https://www.facebook.com/WaitForMeLive
LIVE STREAMING
Before After – A Musical Love Story / The Grey Area Theatre Company / Unfortunately, the show is no longer available to view
Cupid’s Corner / by Parade Stone, directed by Raz Golden, produced by Keith Weiss / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/cupids-corner/
The Boss Of It All / New Perspectives, Soho Theatre & Derby QUAD / Currently available via Soho on Demand https://
WINNER: The Poltergeist / from Tramp & Jack Silver & Southwark Playhouse / Unfortunately this show is no longer available to view.
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Contemporary Political Ethics (Or, How To Cheat) / Traverse 3 / Audio only podcast / Unfortunately, this is no longer available to listen to.
Not So Quiet on the Welsh Front / Front Room Theatre / Reading Online Fringe Festival / View at https://youtu.be/UnkSmxxjeNM
WINNER: Rockets & Blue Lights / Royal Exchange / BBC Lockdown Theatre Festival / view at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08fw06m
The Barren Author / with Richard O’Brien / from Barnaby Eaton-Jones & Spiteful Puppet / View at www.spitefulpuppet.com
PLATFORM-BASED (e.g. using Zoom)
Agent Venture / The Adventure Is Real / View at https://www.agentventure.com/
WINNER: Alice, A Virtual Theme Park / Creation Theatre & Big Telly Theatre / View at https://www.creationtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/alice/
Beige / MAGNA / Final shows on 4 (captioned performance) & 5 December 2020: wegottickets.com/wearemagna
Richard III / The Show Must Go Online / view at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBFO-wpdFFypTYtKyK7CEBCBgFZtRmL0z
SERIES
WINNER: 15 Heroines: The Desert & The Labyrinth & The War / Jermyn St Theatre / View at https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/education/plays-and-productions
Digital Caravan Theatre: Spirit of Carnival, Enough, September Skies: 3 audio plays / Small Truth Theatre / View at https://caravantheatre.co.uk
Press Play: Mirrors / Feast / Half Acre / You Give Me Butterflies / Popelei & Emma Blackman / Unfortunately, these shows are no longer available.
Telling Tales / Muck + Rumble / View at https://www.muckandrumble.co.uk/tellingtales
IMMERSIVE / INTERACTIVE
Dream Catcher / Blue Moon Zoom www.bluemoonzoom.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available to view.
User Not Found / Dante Or Die / View at https://www.danteordie.com/user-not-found-video-podcast
WINNER: Viper Squad / Sid Phoenix & CtrlAltRepeat / Tickets are still available at www.ctrlaltrepeat.com/viper-
Wind in the Willows / Guildford Shakespeare Company / Jermyn Street Theatre / YvonneArnaud Theatre / view at https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk
INNOVATIVE
For Quality Purposes / Stan’s Internet Café / View at https://bit.ly/2SzZ0EF
Snowflake: Visual EP / MPTheatricals / View at https://youtu.be/70k8P8dQRhI
Truth to Power Café / Jeremy Goldstein & London Artists Projects / View at https://bit.ly/3r2f563
WINNER: What a Carve Up! / Barn Theatre, Lawrence Batley Theatre & New Wolsey Theatre / Unfortunately this show is no longer available to view.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 12+
Crime of the Century / Chickenshed / View at https://www.youtube.com/c/ChickenshedTheatreOnline?sub_confirmation=1
Guantanamo Boy / for ages 12+ / Half Moon Theatre www.halfmoon.org.uk / Unfortunately, this show is not currently available.
WINNER: I, Cinna (The Poet) / Tim Crouch / Unicorn Theatre / This may be able to view via https://www.unicorntheatre.com/Cinna
North Country / Freedom Studios / View at https://bit.ly/2ZZ2THx
FOR CHILDREN
Michael Rosen’s Clever Cakes / for ages 3-8 / Little Angel Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDaSHRqFXBU
Paper Aeroplane / for ages 3-7 / Half Moon Theatre www.halfmoon.org.uk / Unfortunately, this show is not currently available.
WINNER: The Twits / Unicorn Theatre / View at https://www.unicorntheatre.com/twits
There’s a Bear on my Chair / Little Angel Theatre www.littleangeltheatre.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
FOR FAMILIES
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Chickenshed / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94JF6GB67mE&feature=youtu.be
Dream Catcher / Blue Moon Zoom www.bluemoonzoom.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available to view.
Snow White in the Seven Months of Lockdown / Charles Court Opera & King’s Head Theatre / Unfortunately the show is no longer available.
WINNER: The Legend of Moby Dick Whittington / Sleeping Trees / Available to 7 Jan via bit.ly/38zpPSF
OTHER NOMINEES
*untitled: A Visual EP / Zest Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp6mNER7ZNk
138: Last Day / People Show / Unfortunately, the show is no longer available to view.
21 Round for Christmas and A Moment’s Peace / from Hope at Home series at the Hope Theatre / View at https://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/hopeathome
366 Days / Philip Holt and Fred Gray / View at https://vimeo.com/427928576
After the Turn: The Mystery of Bly Manor / Nine Knocks Theatre / Online@theSpaceUK / View at https://online.thespaceuk.com/watch-shows/theatre
After You / Take Two Theatricals / Unfortunately this show is no longer available to view.
Apocalypse Kernow / OMF Theatre / View at https://stfonline.co.uk/
Apollo 13: The Dark Side of The Moon / by Torben Betts / Original Theatre Co / View at https://bit.ly/32tXBoc
Bare E-ssentials / Encompass Productions / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4rbSIGLdUo
Bin Juice / by Cat Kolubayev / view athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgbZ-MZVvQ
Blowin’ in the Wind / Chickenshed / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evl1mD3tXtQ
Continuity / Finborough / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BatJI1e81C0&feature=youtu.be
Crimes Against Christmas / New Old Friends / Available via Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google and YouTube.
Crongton Knights / by Alex Wheatle / from Pilot Theatre with Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Derby Theatre & York Theatre Royal / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2DIlzz73w&feature=youtu.be
Death of A Hunter / by Rolf Hochhuth / Finborough / View at https://youtu.be/6TsWYuikhwE
December, A New Play for Christmas / Bag of Beard & Old Red Lion Th / View via https://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/december1.html
Detachment / by Andrew Bruce-Lockhart / Blueberry Goose Theatre / Online@theSpaceUK / View at https://bit.ly/2DINpPu
Doing Shakespeare / Northern Comedy Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvj6zrmih8k&feature=youtu.be
Doing The Book Club / Northern Comedy Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFLuLwOqk8&feature=youtu.be
Doing The Pub Quiz / Northern Comedy Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd58MOjT9lE&feature=youtu.be
Doing Whodunit / Northern Comedy Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycDhIJEEH84&feature=youtu.be
Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow / Chickenshed / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxXzMcrZXYg
Don’t Worry, Little Crab / Little Angel Theatre www.littleangeltheatre.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
Falling Stars / Peter Polycarpou / Thomas Hopkins & Michael Quinn for Ginger Quiff Media / Union Theatre / The show is available to view until 29 Nov: https://www.stream.theatre/home. It will also return for 4 live performances on 8 & 9 Jan 2021 at the Union Theatre: http://uniontheatre.biz/falling-stars.html
Flight Paths / from Extant / online version co-commissioned by The Space / original prodn jointly with Yellow Earth / View at http://flightpaths.extant.org.uk/
Flyboy and the Robot / for ages 5-11 / Little Angel Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dhyaMupHfo
Giddy Tuppy / by Laura Horton / 2.0 Fest at the Space Theatre / view at: https://bit.ly/3gziP8B
Globaleyes / Chickenshed / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2tN8Rxi8zE&feature=youtu.be
Godspell – The Concert / Ginger Quiff Media & Hope Mill Theatre / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
Grimm Tales: Rumpelstiltskin / by Philip Pullman / Unicorn Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5YYc6HI7Bg
her* / Half Moon Theatre www.halfmoon.org.uk / Unfortunately, this show is not currently available.
Hollow / David Kent Productions / View at https://www.misterdavidkent.com/musicals/hollow
I Malvolio / Tim Crouch / view at:https://vimeo.com/386837018
I Wish To Die Singing – Voices From The Armenian Genocide / Finborough / View for free until 31 Dec 2020: http://ow.ly/JVQt50Cs33c Subtitled version via Scenesaver: http://ow.ly/ddVf50Cs33d
In the Absence of Silence / Chickenshed / view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9RnRxg88Fg
It is Easy to Be Dead / Finborough / view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp4UViAliLM&list=FLARpHJydwbb-nLOcM9KSdIw
It’s True. It’s True. It’s True / Breach Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzpSZAr_iEk
Jess / Stephanie Silver / GlassHalfFull Theatre / View at https://youtu.be/Rt6Uwr3QflE
Jury / Park Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu7RG-gcIfY
Jury Duty / Exit Productions / view at https://www.exitproductionsltd.com/jury-duty
Keeping the Faith / Monkeydog Productions / View at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiDTzysNwpOdm03FPGJc2Uqw1a-_RGLx9
Key Change / Open Clasp / view at: https://www.openclasp.org.uk/productions/key-change/
Love Screens / Open / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/?s=love+screens
Love, Love, Love / Lyric Hammersmith / BBC Lockdown Theatre Festival / Listen to mid July at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08fw06m
Love/Ruin / by Luke Stapleton / 2.0 Fest at the Space Theatre / view at: https://bit.ly/3gziP8B
Lullabies for the Lost / Rosalind Blessed / view at https://www.onlinefringefestival.com/shows/lullabies-for-the-lost/?occurrence=2020-05-25
May Day / by Grace Chapman / 2.0 Fest at the Space Theatre / view at: https://bit.ly/3gziP8B
Misfits / Queens Theatre Hornchurch / Unfortunately this show is no longer available to view.
Moment of Grace / Backstory Ensemble / Actors Centre / National HIV Story Trust / Unfortunately no longer available but info at https://www.actorscentre.co.uk/theatre/moment-of-grace
Mushy – Lyrically Speaking / Rifco Theatre / view at https://www.rifcotheatre.com/shows/mushy-lyrically-speaking
My Darling Christopher / Hot Coals Theatre / View at https://homemcr.org/production/my-darling-christopher/
No Way Back / Roustabouts Theatre Co / Available until 20 Dec at https://www.theroustabouts.org/nowayback
Off the Grid / Half Moon Theatre www.halfmoon.org.uk / Unfortunately, this show is not currently available.
One Jewish Boy / Ed Littlewood Prodns, Greenwich Theatre, Norel Prodns, Scene Change, Trafalgar Studios / View at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/onejewishboy
Oranges & Ink / by Claire Louise Amias / view at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/the-masks-of-aphra-behn/
Other Mothers / Play Inside from Splash & Ripple in assocn with WeRebel / Listen at www.splashandripple.com/play-inside
Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her) / by Martha Watson Allpress / from Nur Khairiyah Bte Ramli / View at https://readingfringefestival.co.uk/whats-on/patricia-gets-ready-in-360/
Perfect / Tessa Bide Prodns / Omnibus Theatre / View at https://tessabide.com/shows/perfect/
Rathband / from Extant / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d-f6dJjBxc
Reasons to be Cheerful / Graeae / Unfortunately this is no longer available to view.
Scrounger / by Athena Stevens / Finborough Theatre / Unfortunately this is no longer available to view.
Shakespeare’s Star Wars / The Show Must Go Online / view at https://bit.ly/3hlkznx
Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Symmetric Mailshot / CtrlAlt_Repeat / View at https://bit.ly/3hEEsWy
Shoe Lady / Royal Court / BBC Lockdown Theatre Festival / listen at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08fw06m
SNARED in Africa / Touted Folly / Listen (this is an audio production) at https://www.snaredinafrica.com/podcast
So Much Stuff / by Annie Fox / 2.0 Fest at the Space Theatre / View at: https://bit.ly/3gziP8B
SpaceXPat / by Vince LiCata / Andy Jordan Productions / part of Online@SpaceUK Festival 2020 / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3446&v=mMwNX4A2bHg&.
Suzy Storck / Gate Theatre / view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6zlnonOZYc
The Delights of Dogs & the Problems of People / Rosalind Blessed / view at https://www.onlinefringefestival.com/shows/the-delight-of-dogs-and-the-problems-of-people/
The Digital Caravan Theatre Series 2: three plays: Water; Time; Rage / Small Truth Theatre partnering with Greenwich Council & University of Hertfordshire Arts / View at http://www.caravantheatre.co.uk
The Dirty 30 II: Electric Pay-Per-View / Degenerate Fox Theatre / View at https://degeneratefox.co.uk/
The Duchess of Malfi / Vaulting Ambition / View on YouTube https://youtu.be/2p2EjIt8Ohw or @Scenesaver https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/the-duchess-of-malfi/
The Emperor’s New Clothes / Small Truth Th (Digital Caravan Th) / Listen at https://caravantheatre.co.uk/digital-caravan-festive
The Fabulist Fox Sister / Live streamed from Southwark Playhouse / Unfortunately this show is no longer available to view.
The Fairytale Revolution / Theatre503 www.theatre503.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available online.
The First Modern Man / by Michael Barry / Perfect Word Productions / view at https://youtu.be/ClsYDxnn8nY
The Habit of Art / Original Theatre Co / Unfortunately, this is no longer available to view
The House That Jackson Built / Half Moon Theatre / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
The Jar / Take Your Seats Festival / New Theatre Dublin / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/the-jar/
The Lady Killers / Double Trouble Theatre Co / View at https://youtu.be/ifUm3Pcs2-I
The Man / performed by Patrick McPherson / Zac Peel for Beige Company Productions / previously performed live at The Lion & Unicorn / Unfortunately the show is no longer available online.
The Ministry of Christmas / Northern Comedy Theatre / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqvmeivv7C0&feature=youtu.be
The Ockendon Witch / by Richard Margrave / Hoar Frost Productions / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINoe63k-Is
The Plague Thing and Stranded / Marcia Kelson / Putney Arts / TheSpace (Edinburgh) / View these shows at: The Plague Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvAutg87PyU / Stranded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3hRzlKFcs
The Space Between / by David Hunter & Caroline Kay / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jMCO4shFMI&feature=youtu.be
The System / Sweet Sorrow Theatre Company / View at https://youtu.be/UuUEx7tm8Gs
The Tailor Made Man / Eastlake Productions / White Bear Theatre / view at https://youtu.be/AgM88wPu7ek
The Telephone / Jessie Anand Productions / View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7_KhhW3SVc&feature=youtu.be
The Tell-Tale Heart / Three Dumb Theatre / view at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK0DsbP_DHw and on Scenesaver www.scenesaver.co.uk
The Tempest / The Lord Chamberlain’s Men / View at www.tlcm.co.uk
The White Hart / Lights Down Productions / View at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/production/the-white-hart/
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / Creation Theatre / View at https://www.creationtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/wizard-of-oz-2/
Turkey Sausage Roll / Karen Cogan commissioned by HOME & RADA / View at https://homemcr.org/checkout/?pid=397490
Waiting For Hamlet / by David Visick /audio perf / listen at http://www.waitingforhamlet.com/listen
We Step Outside and Start to Dance / by Alison Carr / View at www.westarttodance.com/experience
What Does an Anteater Eat? / Little Angel Theatre www.littleangeltheatre.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
What Once Was Ours / Half Moon Theatre / Zest Theatre / view at https://www.scenesaver.co.uk/?s=what+once+was+ours
When… / Little Angel Theatre www.littleangeltheatre.com / Unfortunately, this show is no longer available.
Wilf Goes Wild / MP Theatricals / View at www.wilfgoeswild.com