Lights Up

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.

Production

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Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2021

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1. 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.

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2. 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.

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3. 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.

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4. 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.

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5. 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.

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6. 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.

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7. 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.

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8. 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.

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9. 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.

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10. 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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