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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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Status: Returning Series
First aired: Mar 30, 2021
Network: BBC Four
Studio: Hopscotch Films, National Theatre of Scotland

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8 hrs

10 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

SERIES

Lights Up

20211 Season

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Origin: GB

About

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.

Where to watch

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Mar 30, 2021
Pale Sister
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.
E2 · Airs Mar 31, 2021
Sadie
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.
E3 · Airs Apr 6, 2021
Half Breed
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.
E4 · Airs Apr 7, 2021
Sitting
Three characters sit for a silent painter and reveal their personal truths in a play about love, loss and the importance of human connection.
E5 · Airs Apr 13, 2021
Harm
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.
E6 · Airs Apr 14, 2021
Buttercup
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.
E7 · Airs Apr 21, 2021
Orpheus in the Record Shop
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.
E8 · Airs Apr 25, 2021
The Winter's Tale
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.
E9 · Airs Apr 26, 2021
J'Ouvert
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.
E10 · Airs Apr 20, 2021
Adam
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.

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Status: Returning Series
First aired: Mar 30, 2021
Network: BBC Four
Studio: Hopscotch Films, National Theatre of Scotland

Time to finish

8 hrs

10 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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