''Alien on Stage'' is a 2020 British documentary film about a group of

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s from

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who put on a stage version of ''

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'' instead of their usual annual

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production, and are invited to perform at the

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in London's West End. It won the Audience Award for best documentary at the 2021

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, and the Silver Scream Award at the 2021

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. The film's tagline is "In Dorset no one can hear you scream!", and ''

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'' reviewer described it as "warm and full of laughs".

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* * 2020s British films 2020 documentary films {{2020s-UK-film-stub