Time Fillers for When Staying at Home

Andrew Lloyd Webber

In these times when we are spending more time in our homes rather than being out and about, it is good to know that many places that are now closed to the general public are now accessible online. The following are some that I have found to be good for filling in time when at home. If I have missed one that you know about, please let me know so I can add it to the list.

Theatre Productions

Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals

The Show Must Go On: Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals are going online to watch for free. These will be available for watching during the 48 hours after they are screened in the UK on Friday nights. This means we can watch them anytime over the weekend here in Australia on Youtube.
First up this weekend is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1h 20m), with Donny Osmond, Richard Attenborough and Joab Collins. Next weekend will be Jesus Christ Superstar with Tim Minchin, Melanie C. To view the musicals go to The Show Must Go On website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmPjhKMaXNNeCr1FjuMvag

National Theatre at Home

The National Theatre Live Youtube channel is now screening weekly theatre productions on Youtube. They are screened weekly in the UK on Thursday nights, but can be seen on Youtube anytime during the next week. The first one is the English comedy "One Man, two Guvnors" (2h 40 min) with James Corden.  the next ones will be Jane Eyre, Treasure Island and Twelfth Night. They can be seen on the website" https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home

Les Miserables 10th anniversary concert

Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2sx47p31M

Cirque du Soleil

Since you cannot come to them, they are coming to you with a #CirqueConnect hour-long special. Enjoy a front-row seat to awe-inspiring moments of the larger-than-life shows of KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities, ‘’O’’, and LUZIA, with never-before seen angles that can only be experienced on your screen.
Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5eUJNXrMw

"Disney's Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular"

Performance in the Hyperion Theatre at Disney California 

Visit: https://youtu.be/o-gLbgpzCc8

Movies Filmed Locally

Smiley, 1956, (1h 33min), in Gundy

Visit: https://youtu.be/Qsjvo0bCtAc

The Shiralee, 1956, in Scone, Bunnan, Muswellbrook,

Smiley Gets a Gun, 1958, (1h 26min), Gundy

Visit: https://youtu.be/UO_HK7DDY4Q

Born to Run, 1977, (1h 28min) in Denman

Visit: https://youtu.be/iYzBs5jk1_0

Operas

Opera Australia
- Stay inspired with these 12 listening guides We've put all our listening guides in one place along with a selection of tunes from each opera. Watch now
- Take a trip through time with Carmen We've dug through the archives to find some amazing pictures and facts from the 1950s to today. View the article

- What does it take to stage an opera? Ever wondered just how much work goes into an opera production? How it all begins? Who it involves? Find out now
- A new Ring Cycle Take a sneak peek into this year's Ring Cycle and find out how it will be like no other. Watch the interview
www.opera.org.au/

The Barber of Seville by Riossini, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, 

Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrPHHPdBQiY

ZOO'S online

Taronga Zoo

Visit: https://taronga.org.au/taronga-tv

Melbourne Zoo
Zoos Victoria has set up live streams at some Melbourne Zoo and Werribee Open Range Zoo enclosures, including some adorable snow leopard cubs who nap frequently. Or watch over the Zoo's friendly penguins, lazy lions and wandering giraffes.

Visit: https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Queensland

Tune in for heart-warming live streams of cute and cuddly koalas

Visit: https://koala.net/webcams

The Nature Conservancy

If you are longing for the seaside The Nature Conservancy has both above and below reef cams. Located at Pope's Eye, within Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park, Victoria, see some of the life teeming in Port Phillip Bay. On the underwater camera, see habitat, fish, seals and even dolphins, or on the above the water camera, take in views of the birds nest in the area.The webcam is solar powered and therefore only operates during local daylight hours and when there is enough sun - but a highlights stream is played when it's offline.

Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat
BirdLife Australia Discovery Centre's EagleCAM, a live stream of a resident pair of Sydney's white-bellied sea eagles. The live stream is an interactive, interpretive hub that provides opportunities for people to learn about, and engage with, the eagles in their natural habitat.

Visit: http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Explore the virtual acquarium from your lounge chair
Visit: https://www.facebook.com/sydneyaquarium/

Can't get enough SEA LIFE? Discover more right here: bit.ly/VirtualAquarium

Tourism

Experience the Capricorn Coast (Queensland) from the Comfort of Home
Visit: https://theholidayandtravelmagazine.blogspot.com/2020/03/experience-capricorn-coast-from-comfort.html

Capricorn Coast

Pumpkin Island - take a virtual tour
Capricorn Caves - take a virtual tour
Keppel Bay Marina - take a virtual tour
Keppel Kraken - take a virtual tour
Singing Ship - take a virtual tour
The Centenary of Anzac Memorial Walk - take a virtual tour
Villa Mar Colina - take a virtual tour

Explore the Principality of Monaco Without Leaving Home

The 360º Virtual Reality tool designed by the Monaco Government Tourist Bureau (www.visitmonaco.com) To start your 360º Virtual Reality Journey to Monaco, 

Visit: http://monaco360.visitmonaco.com/

Austria
On the website, www.austria.info/en, there is an added a portal for exciting virtual experiences.

Visit: www.austria.info/en/virtual-austria

April Fool's Day Articles

Astor Launches New Window TV
https://theholidayandtravelmagazine.blogspot.com/2020/04/astor-launches-new-window-tv.html

Galleries and Museums to Explore Virtually

National Gallery of Victoria
Take a curator-led virtual tour of this famous Melbourne gallery via its
- website Visit: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/channel/ and
- Instagram Visit: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9yb7hFnUtY/?igshid=1k636130ajloh
- hands-on activity sheets and interactive games for kids Visit: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/kids/?fbclid=IwAR3lwpaAz9nEYv5cbJgXMXNGIP9gLpeb2WhfTZ_doszTN5xqFlKocyOv7Ls

2020 Biennale of Sydney
has moved online, with each day of the week covering one of its seven themes

Visit: https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/

Melbourne Museum
Continue through Victoria's cultural institutions by virtually touring the exhibitions in the Melbourne Museum. Take a tour of the exhibitions, look at Q&A videos where people can submit their own questions.

Museum of Tropical Queensland online
Queensland Museum online collections features over 700 000 cultural artefacts, historical objects, biological specimens and geological samples which are free to access.
- Online Learning Resources - free online learning resources and acitvities - worksheets, activities and reading resources covering all elements of science, arts and culture.
- Visit Queensland Museum blog - Follow the adventures museum researchers, read fascinating stories of historical artefacts and dive into some social history from across Queensland in the Queensland Museum blog. Updated weekly with contributions by Queensland's leading researchers and curators the blog features articles in biodiversity, cultures and histories, archaeology and much more.

Visit: https://mtq.qm.qld.gov.au/

Museum of Old and New Art (Mona)
Here in Tasmania, in true Mona style, you can live stream Tim between 10am–4.30pm AEDT daily. Since 2011, Tim, a tattoo artist, has sat at Mona for over 3,500 hours and with the museum now closed to guests, Tim is clocking up some additional hours while also practicing social distancing. 

Visit: https://mona.net.au/tim-live-stream

Uluru
Transport yourself to the Outback in the Northern Territory and explore the iconic Uluru via Story Spheres, which provides you with 360-degree images and storytelling to serve as excellent research for when you can visit this magical part of the world.

Visit:  https://storyspheres.com/search?q=Uluru   For 360-degree views of other locations visit: Story Spheres

State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg

This newly released one-take virtual tour of this museum will take you through 588 works, 45 galleries and several live performances in just 5h 14m.

Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49YeFsx1rIw&feature=youtu.be

Enter Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room

A 14-minute video created by The Broad Museum in LA, with a score by composer Geneva Skeen
Visit:  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2906806926047006

Google Cultural Institute 

A comprehensive database of some of the world’s greatest art collections and galleries.
Visit: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/

Museum of Modern Art (Moma) New York

Visit: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/moma-the-museum-of-modern-art

Musée d’Orsay Paris

Visit: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris

Frida Kahlo’s La Casa Azul, or Blue house

You can “wander” the colourful house and pretty grounds, and check out Kahlo’s personal objects. Offers fun 360-degree exploration options.

Visit: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museo-frida-kahlo

The Tate LondonEach of the Tate’s four galleries (the Britain and Modern in London, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives) also displays works online. There is a series of online resources to keep you going between visits:

-videos Visit: https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain/dancing-art, 

-podcasts Visit: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sunil-gupta-4953/art-love  and 

-online classes Visit: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/kandinsky-cossacks-n04948/how-paint-kandinsky

- performances. My Body, My Archive is a performance re-invented for the particular situation of this exhibition and its closure to the public. It combines segments of his works Sur les traces de Dinozord 2006, Statue of Loss 2014, Banataba 2017 and Congo 2019. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=L0gMhGDDsgE&feature=emb_logo

Museo del Prado, Madrid
For Spanish, Italian and Flemish art

- Facebook Visit: https://www.facebook.com/museonacionaldelprado/
- Instagram Visit: https://www.instagram.com/museoprado/

MOMA New York
- Is taking digital visitors through an exhibition or artwork via videos, Q&As with curators, playlists and articles. Visit: Virtual Views series

- The museum has also compiled a playlist of songs about works of art, including Don McLean’s Vincent and Simon & Garfunkel’s So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright. Visit a playlist of songs

Music organisations live-streaming, or that have made their concert archives available online

• Sydney Opera House – ‘From our House to yours’
The Sydney Opera House offers a 360-degree tour where you can explore the iconic site at your own pace - and check out a number of online exhibits and performances by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, too. 

Visit: sydneyoperahouse.com

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

-is hosting live streams of their scheduled performances so you can enjoy the works of Beethoven, Bach and Mendelsson live from the comfort of your own living room.

Visit: https://www.mso.com.au/media-centre/broadcast/

• The Metropolitan Opera – ‘Nightly Met Opera Streams’
Visit: https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/

• Berlin Philharmonic – ‘Digital Concert Hall’
Visit: digitalconcerthall.com

• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘Past Performances’
Visit: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Royal%20Liverpool%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra%20%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%98Past%20Performances%E2%80%99&epa=SEARCH_BOX

• London Symphony Orchestra – ‘Always Playing’
Visit: https://lso.co.uk/whats-on/2019-20-season/alwaysplaying.html

• London Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘LPOnline – Connecting Through Music’
Visit: https://www.lpo.org.uk/news/introducing-lponline-connecting-through-music.html

• The Philharmonia – ‘Digital Experience’
Visit: https://philharmonia.co.uk/philharmonia-digital-experiences-during-the-crisis-shutdown/

• Royal Opera House – ‘Curated online broadcasts’
Visit:  https://www.roh.org.uk/streaming   youtube.com or facebook.com

• Bavarian State Opera – ‘Staatsopera TV’
Visit:  https://www.staatsoper.de/en/staatsopertv.html    staatsoper.de/en/tv

• Seattle Symphony – ‘Live Broadcasts’
Visit: https://seattlesymphony.org/live  youtube.com or facebook.com

• Vienna State Opera – ‘Continues Daily Online’
Visit: https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/

https://www.facebook.com/wiener.staatsoper/posts/the-wiener-staatsoper-is-closed-but-continues-to-play-daily-onlinelike-almost-al/10163324278150717/

• Detroit Symphony Orchestra – ‘DSO Replay’
Visit: livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv    

• Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra – ‘GSO Play’
Visit: www.gso.se/en/gsoplay/

• Budapest Festival Orchestra – ‘Quarantine Soirées’
Visit: the orchestra's Facebook-page at 19.45 each day (Budapest time) bfz.hu

• Bergen Philharmonic – ‘Bergen Phil Live’
Visit: bergenphillive.no

• Living Room Live – ‘Live music streamed from musicians’ living rooms to yours’
Visit: livingroom-live.com

• Stamford Symphony – ‘Stamford Symphony Channel’
Visit: stamfordsymphony.org

• London Mozart Players – ‘At Home with LMP’ featuring Mozart Mondays, Chamber Tuesdays, Thursday Thoughts, Family Fridays and Saturday Sessions
Visit: londonmozartplayers.com

• Opera North – ‘Watch The Ring Cycle in full online’
Visit:  https://www.operanorth.co.uk/the-ring-cycle/    operanorth.co.uk

• Paris Opera – ‘Free online operas’
Visit: operadeparis.fr

• New York Philharmonic – ‘NY Phil Plays On’
Visit: nyphil.org/playson

• Daniel Hope – ‘Hope @ Home’
Visit:    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Daniel+Hope+%E2%80%93+%E2%80%98Hope+%40+Home%E2%80%99     youtube.com

• The Academy of Ancient Music – ‘Streaming Sundays Series’
MESSIAH - Live Stream - Academy of Ancient Music     

Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REJr5GRo31c

• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – ‘RCS At Home’
Visit: www.rcs.ac.uk/rcsathome]

• Lincoln Center – ‘Lincoln Center At Home’
Visit:    http://lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home    aboutlincolncenter.org

• Gstaad Menuhin Festival – ‘Digital Festival’
Visit: gstaaddigitalfestival.ch

• International Georges Enescu Festival – ‘Digital Festival’
Visit:   https://www.festivalenescu.ro/festivalul-si-concursul-enescu-in-casa-ta/     festivalenescu.ro

• Bolshoi Ballet – ‘Golden Collection’
Visit: search youtube.com

• Manchester Collective – ‘Live from Isolation’
Visit: manchestercollective.co.uk/live-from-isolation