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.

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First Aired on

Mar 30, 2021

1 seaons till Apr 26, 2021

Popularity: 0.9536
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Networks
(GB)
Production

Hopscotch Films (GB)National Theatre of Scotland (GB)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: J'Ouvert

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 10 episodes

Series 1

Aired

10 Episodes
  • Episode 1Pale Sister min

    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 2Sadie min

    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 3Half Breed min

    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 4Sitting min

    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 5Harm min

    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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