The Read
The Read: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

April 10, 2022

Episodes

4 episodes

The Read

Season 1

Overview

A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.

Episodes

The Lonely Londoners

1. The Lonely Londoners

April 10, 2022
58 min

A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.

On the Black Hill

2. On the Black Hill

June 5, 2022
59 min

A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.

The Day of the Sardine

3. The Day of the Sardine

November 6, 2022
64 min

A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.

A Vision of Loveliness

4. A Vision of Loveliness

April 2, 2023
57 min

Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.

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