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Watch Love in the Lockdown starring Rachael Stirling & Alec Newman

Updated: Apr 5, 2022




Clare Norburn's new online play with music Love in the Lockdown follows medieval musician Emilia (Rachael Stirling) and playwright Giovanni (Alec Newman) in the early stages of an intense relationship, which starts with awkward early Zoom dates just before the first UK lockdown in 2020.


★★★★"charming...already a little hooked" Patrick Marmion, Daily Mail


Over 3 months, the separated lovers get closer and work on a project together, inspired by the book The Decameron by Boccaccio. Boccaccio placed The Decameron as a “14th Century box set” of 100 stories told by young people to while away their quarantine during the Black Death in Florence in 1348. Giovanni plans to reimagine The Decameron, drawing out parallels with the COVID-19 pandemic, while Emilia and her ensemble, played by The Telling, plan the music.


★★★★★ "at least as appealing as Tennant & Sheen in the BBC’s Staged" Pocket Size Theatre


They put together films of music from the 14th century by Guillaume de Machaut, Johannes Ciconia, Francesco Landini, Gherardello da Firenze and anon, which will form part of the final show.


But a number of forces are at work to challenge the lovers and test their relationship – not least Giovanni’s wayward mother and Venetia Lemming-Brown (Leila Mimmack), a TV Commissioning Editor who wants to sprinkle the show with TV magic, which could mean no medieval music – and no Emilia.


★★★★ "There have been plenty of Zoom plays over this year of lockdown, but perhaps none so classy and assured as Clare Norburn’s episodic series" The Reviews Hub


Directed (by Nicholas Renton) and filmed entirely over Zoom by actors and musicians on their phones and recording devices.


Each episode was originally streamed on YouTube and Facebook in real-time, a year on from the point in 2020. The series can be viewed via Stream.Theatre until 22 April 2022:


 
 
 

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