The Shows Must Go On: watch The War Of The Worlds for free

The Shows Must Go On returns this weekend with a free streaming production of Jeff Waynes’ The War Of The Worlds – details here. For most of the year – beginning when lockdown was first announced – The Shows Must Go On has been doing its bit to keep theatre alive and well. It’s a YouTube channel that every Friday night brings us a new filmed performance of a show or concert, that’s available to watch for free, for a short period of time. This weekend’s performance? Well, it promises to be a good one. It’s a recording of War Of The Worlds, the hugely successful concert arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s stage musical take on the H G Wells novel. The version we’re getting to see from tonight (assuming you’re reading this on Friday!) boasts a cast line up that includes Jason Donovan, Marti Pellow, Ricky Wilson and Liam Neeson (who narrates the production), and it comes of course with Waynes’ famous and much-loved music. The show goes live for 48 hours from Friday at 7pm. You then have until Sunday afternoon to watch it before it’s removed, and a new show follows next weekend. The show will appear in the window below, or click through to see it on YouTube… — Thank you for visiting! If you’d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.