A virtual theatre festival staged in lockdown. Household names join groundbreaking new talent - pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be when there is no audience in the room.
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United Kingdom
Studios
BBC Four · Hopscotch Films · National Theatre of Scotland
Release
30/03/2021
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
10 episodes · 2021
Episode 1. Pale Sister
2021-03-30
Written by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.
Episode 2. Sadie
2021-03-31
In David Ireland’s unflinching new play, a sharp-tongued Belfast cleaner relives painful and harrowing episodes in a showdown with her past. Filmed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
Episode 3. Half Breed
2021-04-06
Coming-of-age drama. A young woman from a small village has a burning desire to escape its small-minded atmosphere and move to the city to become an actress.
Episode 4. Sitting
2021-04-07
Three characters sit for a silent painter and reveal their personal truths in a play about love, loss and the importance of human connection.
Episode 5. Harm
2021-04-13
When a lonely estate agent becomes obsessed with the perfect life of a charismatic social media influencer, the lines between the online world and reality become dangerously blurred.
Episode 6. Buttercup
2021-04-14
Fortune is live streaming her truth, weaving words of survival and solidarity. From a little girl in a bedroom in Kinshasa to a bold young poet in Liverpool, this is her story.
Episode 7. Orpheus in the Record Shop
2021-04-21
Ancient myth is charged with the magical crackle of vinyl in rapper and playwright Testament’s timely musical story of a young man’s journey out of isolation.
Episode 8. The Winter's Tale
2021-04-25
Set across a span of 16 years, from the coronation to the moon landings, a new production of Shakespeare's play, staged for the screen by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Episode 9. J'Ouvert
2021-04-26
A fearless award-winning play about two best friends at the 2017 Notting Hill Carnival, seeking joy and resistance in a society where women’s bodies are frequently under threat.
Episode 10. Adam
2021-04-20
The true story of a trans man, Adam Kashmiry, and his remarkable struggle across genders and borders. Based on the acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland play, with Adam himself in the lead role.