A radio serial recorded in a single room is filling theatres that films could not
Weekly episodes of The Late Desk, still made with two mics and a kettle, are now staged as live readings that sell out before the posters go up.
The show began as a lockdown experiment and refused to get bigger. Listeners liked the constraint. Producers of the live nights kept it: no set, no playback, the same kettle click between scenes.
Tickets are cheap on purpose. The team said they would rather a full room of people who already know the characters than a half-full “event.”
Episode forty goes out on Friday. The live tour, such as it is, has eight dates and a waiting list in three cities.
