Lights Up - Season 1

Lights Up

Season 1

2021 • 10 Episodes

Episodes

Pale Sister - Lights Up

1. Pale Sister

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.

Sadie - Lights Up

2. Sadie

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.

Half Breed - Lights Up

3. Half Breed

April 6, 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.

Sitting - Lights Up

4. Sitting

April 7, 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.

Harm - Lights Up

5. Harm

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.

Buttercup - Lights Up

6. Buttercup

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.

Orpheus in the Record Shop - Lights Up

7. Orpheus in the Record Shop

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.

The Winter's Tale - Lights Up

8. The Winter's Tale

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.

J'Ouvert - Lights Up

9. J'Ouvert

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.

Adam - Lights Up

10. Adam

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.