Graeae are thrilled to announce their critically acclaimed box office hit musical Reasons To Be Cheerful is available FREE, via online streaming on YouTube from 3rd June through to 3rdAugust.

Following nationwide tours, concert versions across the world and a performance at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony, Reasons To Be Cheerful is back; this time online, delivered directly to you in the comfort of your own home.

As part of Graeae’s lockdown digital programme, the acclaimed 2017 staging of Reasons To Be Cheerful by Paul Sirett, with music by Ian Dury and The Blockheads, can now be enjoyed by everyone. The musical was filmed in front of a live audience at Theatre Royal Stratford in the autumn of 2017 as part of its national tour produced in association with The Belgrade Theatre Coventry.

Jenny Sealey, Artistic Director and CEO of Graeae says: ‘I am so very happy that we’re able to make the 2017 production of our beloved – and most well-known show – Reasons To Be Cheerful available to watch online. We’ve now staged the full show in the UK three times, toured the concert version round the world and had the cast perform the hit song Spasticus Autisticus in front of the Queen at the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony. But this is the first time it’s ever been available online in full. These are strange and unsettling times we’re living in, and we’ve never needed a Reason To Be Cheerful more. Huge thanks to the cast, creative team and of course the fabulous Blockheads for allowing us to do this.’