THE LIE (Made in Manchester)****

 

By Tommy

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000m4dc

Available until: 28^th September 2020

The Lie is a radio play rather than a staged drama, but I believe it may be of interest to theatre fans. The considerable success of The Mousetrap, which ran for almost seventy years until the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of all theatres, and also of the much more recent production of Witness for the Prosecution, which had been playing at London’s County Hall for almost three years, suggest there are many fans of Agatha Christie amongst the theatregoing public –but some will be unfamiliar with this play.

DIDO AND AENEAS (Proms)****

 

By Imogen

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08kd5cq (Radio)

Available until: 6 October 2020

There isn’t a proper Proms season this year because of the stupid coronavirus messing up everything but Radio 3 have been broadcasting repeats of old Proms and I think it’s a good idea even if they’re not showing the Proms I really want to see again. But most of them are so long ago I can’t actually remember them so it’s not like I’m thinking “Oh no not that again.” This performance is from 2003. I’m sure I look grown-up enough to remember 2003 but I actually wasn’t born then.