Love in the Lockdown: Episode 1

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Episode 1: As Giovanni waits for Emilia on Zoom, he begins to question whether she’s interested in exploring a romance or is she just interested in an artistic collaboration with him?
Love in the Lockdown follows medieval musician Emilia and playwright Giovanni in the early stages of an intense relationship, which starts with awkward early Zoom dates just before the UK’s first lockdown in 2020.
Over 3 months, the separated lovers get closer and work on a project together, inspired by the book The Decameron by Boccaccio. Boccaccio placed The Decameron as a “14th Century box set” of 100 stories told by young people to while away their quarantine during the Black Death in Florence in 1348. Giovanni plans to reimagine The Decameron, drawing out parallels with the COVID-19 pandemic, while Emilia and her ensemble, played by The Telling, plan the music.
They put together films of music from the 14th century by Guillaume de Machaut, Johannes Ciconia, Francesco Landini, Gherardello da Firenze and anon, which will form part of the final show.
But a number of forces are at work to challenge the lovers and test their relationship – not least Giovanni’s wayward mother and Venetia Lemming-Brown, a TV Commissioning Editor who wants to sprinkle the show with TV magic, which means no medieval music – and no Emilia.
The Telling: Clare Norburn, Ariane Prüssner, Joy Smith, Jorge Jiménez
Review: Lou Reviews, also featured on MyTheatreMates | The Guardian
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