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Lights Up Season 1

March. 30,2021
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5.5
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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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Lights Up Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 10 - Adam
First Aired: April. 20,2021

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.

Episode 9 - J'Ouvert
First Aired: April. 26,2021

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 8 - The Winter's Tale
First Aired: April. 25,2021

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 7 - Orpheus in the Record Shop
First Aired: April. 21,2021

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 6 - Buttercup
First Aired: April. 14,2021

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 5 - Harm
First Aired: April. 13,2021

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 4 - Sitting
First Aired: April. 07,2021

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 3 - Half Breed
First Aired: April. 06,2021

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 2 - Sadie
First Aired: March. 31,2021

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 1 - Pale Sister
First Aired: March. 30,2021

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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