During the 1930s and 1940s, British composer Benjamin Britten wrote musical settings to many of WH Auden's poems, including Stop All the Clocks. In this unique celebration of Britten's centenary, Simon Russell Beale (described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation") reads Auden's words between new arrangements of the songs by Ruthie Culver and the UtterJazz Quartet
CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.