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Letters to the Lyceum
Letters Bag 2: The Theatre of Lockdown
Season 1, Ep. 11
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In the second instalment of our audience letters bag, Artistic Director David Greig introduces a selection of letters themed around the small everyday dramas and performances that have become part of life in lockdown. Local heroes, home-made chandeliers, lambs, posties and scooters all make an appearance and show that, despite a yearning to be back inside theatres, day to day life has been far from dull.
Letters read by Saskia Ashdown. Music by Rachel Newton.
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35. Karine Polwart reads her Letter to the Lyceum
11:17Karine's letter takes us back from the Lyceum stage to former plague times, via the birds that visited her Midlothian garden during lockdown.
34. Lesley Hart reads Philip Howard's Letter to the Lyceum
06:27Lesley Hart reads Philip Howard's letter, on a theatre populated with the ghosts of past productions.
33. Sam Heughan reads his Letter to the Lyceum
05:58Sam's evocative letter takes us back to his first encounters with the Lyceum as an usher, and latterly as a member of the Lyceum Youth Theatre.
32. Lesley Hart reads Tony Cownie's Letter to the Lyceum
03:50Tony Cownie's Letter to the Lyceum evokes the spirit of the theatre's resident ghost, Ellen Terry. Read by Lesley Hart.
31. Saskia Ashdown reads Sara Shaarawi's Letter to the Lyceum
05:20Playwright Sara Shaarawi pens a letter about the unexpected experience of swapping the big city for lockdown on the Isle of Colonsay. Read by Saskia Ashdown.
30. Lesley Hart reads Val McDermid's Letter to the Lyceum
07:09Starting out from her roots in the lang toun; Val McDermid reflects on the 'perpetual promise' of theatre. Read by Lesley Hart.
29. Saskia Ashdown reads Alec Finlay's Letter to the Lyceum
07:44From the surreal to the sensual, the profound to the practical, Alec Finlay's letter weaves a tapestry from memories of live performance in Scotland. Read by Saskia Ashdown.
28. Peter Forbes reads Neal Ascherson's Letter to the Lyceum
07:34Peter Forbes reads Neal Ascherson's Letter to the Lyceum on the sensuality, possibility and power represented by an empty theatre.Music by Rachel Newton
27. Peter Forbes reads Ricky Ross's Letter to the Lyceum
09:36Peter Forbes reads a letter penned by musician and broadcaster Ricky Ross: a heartfelt tribute to a true devotee of Scottish theatre.