Isabella Laughland & Katherine Parkinson star in the Lockdown Theatre Festival

On the 13th & 14th June, The Lockdown Theatre Festival will hold a scratch festival, including performances of theatre productions across BBC Radio 3 & 4 as part of the BBC’s Arts Culture in Quarantine initiative.

Created by actor Bertie Carvel in response to the closure of theatres amid the coronavirus crisis, the Festival will bring to the airwaves four stage plays that had their scheduled runs cancelled or cut short by the pandemic.

The actors will link up via the internet to record “down the line” from isolation, drawing on the muscle memory of fully realised stage productions to reimagine their performances for the radio.

Across the launch weekend, you can listen to Katherine Parkinson in the Royal Court’s ‘Shoe Lady’ (13th June on Radio 4) and Isabella Laughland (14th June on Radio 3) in the Lyric Hammersmith’s production of ‘Love Love Love’.