Lights Up

Lights Up

2021

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

Hopscotch Films, National Theatre of Scotland

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

March 30, 2021

Last Aired

April 26, 2021

Networks

BBC Four

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Pale Sister
Air date: 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.
E2
Sadie
Air date: 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.
E3
Half Breed
Air date: 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.
E4
Sitting
Air date: 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.
E5
Harm
Air date: 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.
E6
Buttercup
Air date: 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.
E7
Orpheus in the Record Shop
Air date: 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.
E8
The Winter's Tale
Air date: 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.
E9
J'Ouvert
Air date: 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.
E10
Adam
Air date: 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.