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Films
Kanopy
Access an extensive collection of over 30,000 films, including critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films, TV series and kids content.
Sign up to Kanopy with your Woollahra Library Card and PIN (ddmmyy) and create an account with your email address.
Use up to 30 tickets to stream content each month from any computer, television, or mobile device.
Kanopy QuickStart Guide(PDF, 258KB) | Start streaming
Beamafilm
Stream over 1000 premium documentaries and independent feature films to your device, computer or smart TV with Beamafilm. Unlimited simultaneous access allows you to watch as many films as you like.
The Beamakids+ parental control feature allows parents to filter content by age rating.
Get started
- Create an account using your email address
- Select Woollahra Libraries
- Enter your library card number
Watch on your computer, smart TV, or mobile device. The Beamafilm app is available from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Included collections
- The RSC Live Collection: Explore popular live productions from the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) featuring some of the world’s leading actors.
- The Core Collection: Enjoy a rich catalogue of over 2,300 plays by the world's leading dramatists.
- Currency Press Collection: Australian Drama: This exciting collection, exclusively available via Drama Online, offers 305 plays from Currency Press, Australia's leading publisher of the performing arts.
- L.A. Theatre Works: This collection offers nearly 450 professionally recorded audio plays including those from leading American playwrights. World-class actors are recorded in state-of-the-art sound, transforming classic and contemporary stage works into intimate, compelling, and sound-rich performances.
Beamafilm Quickstart Guide (PDF)(PDF, 275KB) | Start streaming
Concerts & Performances
Drama Online
Drama Online is an award-winning digital library from Bloomsbury, the world's leading drama publisher, with a wide range of streaming and performance content.
Included collections
- The RSC Live Collection: Explore popular live productions from the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) featuring some of the world’s leading actors.
- The Core Collection: Enjoy a rich catalogue of over 2,300 plays by the world's leading dramatists.
- Currency Press Collection: Australian Drama: This exciting collection, exclusively available via Drama Online, offers 305 plays from Currency Press, Australia's leading publisher of the performing arts.
- L.A. Theatre Works: This collection offers nearly 450 professionally recorded audio plays including those from leading American playwrights. World-class actors are recorded in state-of-the-art sound, transforming classic and contemporary stage works into intimate, compelling, and sound-rich performances.
Access Drama Online for free. Enter your library card number and create your own account.
medici.tv
Medici.tv streams concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries and masterclasses filmed from 1940 to the present day.
Create an account using your library card number and stream via desktop or the medici.tv for libraries app.
medici.tv Quickstart Guide(PDF, 191KB) | Start streaming