The Read

0.0(0)|2022-04-10|4 seasons, 16 episodes

Overview

Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

Episodes

Series 1(4)Series 2(4)Series 3(4)Series 4(4)

S1E1 · 2022-04-10 · 58m

The Lonely Londoners

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.

S1E2 · 2022-06-05 · 59m

On the Black Hill

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.

S1E3 · 2022-11-06 · 64m

The Day of the Sardine

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

S1E4 · 2023-04-02 · 57m

A Vision of Loveliness

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.