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Theatre Live! presents you with six brand new plays, penned for us exclusively by acclaimed authors. You can find out more about each play here...

Mind Away
Syrinx
Famous Last
Too Many Cooks
Charity Begins
The Turning Point

 

Mind Away
Play by Jackie Kay

Siobhan Redmond and Sheila Reid will star alongside Raza Jaffrey and Lisa Livingston in Mind Away, the first play in the Sky Arts Theatre Live! season. The play, penned exclusively for Sky Arts Theatre Live! by author and poet Jackie Kay, will be the first of six plays to be broadcast on Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD on 8th July.
 
Nora (Sheila Reid), an elderly woman, is convinced that someone else has access to her thoughts. Mary (Siobhan Redmond), her devoted daughter, struggles to keep her mother in the present, all the while wishing for better days. Meanwhile, Dr Mahmud (Raza Jaffrey)

Funny, sad and thoughtful in equal parts, Mind Away is a moving portrayal of dementia, offering an exploratory investigation into what it means to literally lose the mind you thought was your own.

For more information on Jackie Kay and the cast of Mind Away, visit the cast page >> 

Syrinx 
Play by Kate Mosse

Penelope Beaumont, Gabrielle Lloyd, Sian Thomas and Eleanor Tomlinson star in Kate Mosse's play, the second in Sky Arts' Theatre Live! season.

Four different women, united in friendship, are divided by a shared, tragic, occurrence. Patrick Sandford directs this stage debut which you can see live on Sky Arts 1 / HD at 9pm on 15 July 2009.


Famous Last
Play by Morag Joss
Reality television offers hope and a future to two performers: one at the start and one at the twilight of their careers. But the bright lights and cheers of the crowd may not be all they seem. John Alderton directs his talented wife Pauline Collins alongside the up-and-coming stunning actress Laura Haddock in this play, which you can see on Sky Arts 1 / HD at 9pm on 22 July 2009.

 

Too Many Cooks
Play by Nicci French
A college reunion over a delicious meal, many years later. So much shared history, so little understanding. What could possibly go wrong?

Charity Begins
Play by Sandi Toksvig
It's a funny thing, charity. Find a cause, find a celebrity, surely instant acclaim will follow and all one's problems will be over.

The Turning Point
Play by Michael Dobbs
Two prominent figures meet to discuss a looming political disaster.

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