Drama on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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Life is a Radio in the Dark
Toby Jones stars in Will Eno's play about the effect of sound upon memory.
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The Son
Florian Zeller鈥檚 powerful drama about parenthood and the impact of mental illness.
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Christabel
Poet Kate Clanchy's contemporary re-working of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Christabel
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Beethoven Can Hear You
By Timothy X Atack. Original, immersive audio drama, starring Peter Capaldi as Beethoven.
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UnRaveling
Liam Neeson plays a concert pianist whose dementia falls away when he performs Ravel
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I Am the Wind
2023 Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse's stage play, starring Lee Ingleby and Shaun Dooley.
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Lockdown Theatre Festival: Love, Love, Love
By Mike Bartlett. The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre production, recorded under lockdown.
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Lockdown Theatre Festival: Rockets and Blue Lights
By Winsome Pinnock. The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production recorded in lockdown
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Adventures with the Painted People
David Greig's compelling drama about love and culture set on the River Tay 2,000 years ago
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Unicorns, Almost
A play by Owen Sheers about Second World War poet Keith Douglas.
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In the Native State, by Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard's original 1991 radio drama, starring Felicity Kendal and Peggy Ashcroft.
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Henry IV, Part 1
A nation stands divided in Shakespeare's play. Starring Iain Glen and Toby Jones.
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Othello
Khalid Abdalla and Matthew Needham star in Shakespeare's tragedy.
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Elizabeth and Essex
Simon Russell Beale stars in Elizabeth and Essex, with the music of Korngold played live.
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Schreber
World premiere of Anthony Burgess's Schreber starring Christopher Eccleston.
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Only Mountains
Maxine Peake's powerful drama about a young woman fighting on the frontline in Syria.
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The Likes of Us
Gloria settled in London in the 1950s. A moving portrayal of a family and a neighbourhood.
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The Escape Artist (2/2)
Ross Sutherland traces the extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan, father of modern art.
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The Escape Artist (1/2)
Ross Sutherland traces the extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan, father of modern art.
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Magnitsky the Musical
The incredible story of an American capitalist, a Russian tax adviser and a crazy heist.
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Winter Solstice
Caustic and timely German play. A disturbing stranger interrupts a family Christmas.
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Dance Til You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen
Toby Jones stars as Hans Christian Andersen in five interlinked fairy tale adaptations
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
A scandalous, engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern-day Nigeria.
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Radio 3 at HighTide
By Tallulah Brown and Vinay Patel. Two companion plays performed live at HighTide Festival
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Summerhall 2019 (3/3)
Three plays recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019.
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Summerhall 2019 (2/3)
Three short dramas recorded at Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Summerhall 2019 (1/3)
Radio 3鈥檚 showcase of exciting new audio recorded live at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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The Mother
The Mother, by Bertolt Brecht, with an original score by Hanns Eisler.
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Carifesta 2019
Three new dramas from Trinidad and Tobago about life in the Caribbean
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The Masque of Anarchy
A commemoration of the Peterloo Massacre in August 1819.