Staged(2020) Official

Created by Simon Evans, the series follows fictionalized, highly exaggerated versions of Tennant and Sheen. The setup is simple: the duo was set to star in a West End production of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author , but the pandemic brought the curtain down before it could even rise.

Zooming into Chaos: Why Staged Was the Perfect Pandemic Time Capsule Staged(2020)

When the world went into lockdown in 2020, most of us were trying to figure out how to unmute ourselves on Zoom. Meanwhile, David Tennant and Michael Sheen were busy turning that very frustration into a masterclass in meta-comedy. Staged , which premiered on June 10, 2020, didn't just entertain us—it captured the exact "smart silliness" and understated anxiety of living through a global pandemic. The Premise: Art Mimicking (Locked-Down) Life Created by Simon Evans, the series follows fictionalized,

: David hiding in various rooms to escape his many children and Michael sitting in his kitchen in Wales. Meanwhile, David Tennant and Michael Sheen were busy