EPISODE
SEASON
Staged - Season 1
The series tells of a British cast that rushes as their West End production suddenly stops. The series follows a group of people who make up the cast of actors as they do their best to go through their illustrious experience to keep rehearsals on the right track while trying to achieve success.
4 October 1956, Vienna, Austria
23 February 1981, Hollywood, Florida, USA
10 November 1960, Portchester, England, UK
28 March 1972, Hornchurch, Essex, England, UK
24 March 1973, Houston, Texas, USA
30 January 1974, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
31 March 1971, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
June 15, 2020
Pure joy -- that is, a pure, pure joy and, quite possibly, heaven -- is the new comedy series, Staged. So funny. So so soooooo funny.
June 15, 2020
It did sometimes drift into self-indulgence and on occasion the self-congratulation did not feel entirely faux. However, it was a good idea, two furloughed celebrated actors becoming increasingly angsty and hairy.
June 15, 2020
It is grand fun, even if slight, although I suspect that the good friends Sheen and Tennant are, no matter how inadvertently, auditioning even in lockdown for the next series of The Trip.
June 15, 2020
It's all a bit meta, but that's the joy of it.
June 15, 2020
Sheen and Tennant shared a warmth and willingness to take the mickey out of each other that felt entirely unforced.
June 15, 2020
Staged has a writer's credit but you imagine there's some improvisation involved. And the feeling of creeping madness is one we can all share, even if we haven't been acclaimed for our Hamlets like these two.
June 12, 2020
For now... it's a welcome distraction, an eminently watchable portrait of two artists as petulant, egotistical children.
June 15, 2020
Staged will no doubt be a hit, its bitesize-chunks formula winningly combined with Tennant and Sheen's easy, witty banter and insights into lockdown life.
June 15, 2020
Forty minutes of this would have been excruciating. Even 15 feels too long, but I don't know if that's because lockdown has ruined my attention span or if the show is a bit too thespy for its own good.
