Episode list

"Oh, for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention. A kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" Meet "The Chorus" - at a time when our four walls are our stage and we are so much further apart, the imagination is more important than ever.

"I am the dog!" Isolation can do odd things to all of us, but if we have a companion, it can make all the difference .

"O, I have passed a miserable night ..." Meet Clarence, who is experiencing something unsurprisingly common right now .

"I am not mad ..." At a time when loss is a reality for so many people around the planet, we visit with Constance who gives us all permission to grieve .

"I am that merry wanderer of the night ..." We visit with Puck, who is determined to keep enjoying himself, despite having to stay at home. Whether he is successful remains to be seen .

I am not Adriana nor thy wife." We visit with Adriana whose marriage seems to be experiencing the effects of lock-down (and renovating) that has come to light with the easing of restrictions that occurred in May.

"I am determined to prove a villain" Meet Richard who is fed up with his brothers taking all the public glory in the family tech business and see what happens when those taken for granted have a grudge and too much time on their hands

"Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?" We spend time with Juliet, who is about to receive news that none of us want to hear and reminds us that while a pandemic is raging around the world, other tragedies still take place.

"And our little life is rounded with a sleep." We meet Prospero, one of the many spending their twilight years away from family and friends in places not of their choosing with only their memories and their stories to keep them company.

"I would not change it." Meet Duke Senior, one of the many people now working from home, who discovers that maybe the rat race as we know it isn't necessarily something she should continue to embrace.

"What's done cannot be undone." At a time when isolation plays tricks on you and dreams become twisted, anxious landscapes that make you restless and afraid - your darkest fears and these dark days can become one and the same.

"I wasted time, now time doth waste me." We visit with Richard, who has been in self-isolation since March and is going through what so many of us have experienced when the internet has been our only company.

"Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!" We visit with Hamlet, who has been working on the frontlines for most of 2020 and is now dealing with the stress and fatigue that so many have been experiencing over this time.

"O God. that one might read the book of fate ..." We visit with Henry, who has discovered that being a leader in these uncertain times is fraught with pitfalls, and not everyone should be taken on face value, or trusted.

"You have mistaken me all this while ..." We meet Richard, returning home from hotel quarantine, who discovers that nothing is sure in this time of COVID-19 and no man is immune from harm, in whatever form it takes, be he prince or pauper.

"O, my good lord, why are you thus alone?" Meet Lady Percy who is becoming aware her husband is starting to keep secrets and making rash decisions - which is a direct response to months of being in lockdown - and it does not bode well.

"If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work" Meet Henry, who is treating his lockdown as a holiday. Alcohol, video games and junk food are his vices of choice, which he is enjoying to the full.

"O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee?" Meet Henry, one of the many first responders throughout our community who has the burden of making decisions from the top during a time of unrest, anxiety and exhaustion.

"We are their parents and original" Meet Titania, who has discovered a new purpose in lockdown, and reminds us that this global pandemic has the potential to be just one of many, if we don't pay better attention.

"There is none but he Whose being I do fear." Meet Macbeth, a titan of industry, who, having reached the heights of power and acclaim via dubious means, is now more aware than ever that nothing is assured, trust is a rare commodity and if you say something often enough, true or otherwise, just enough people will believe you.

"Who might be your mother?" Rosalind has been stood up on a Zoom date and has absolutely had enough of her flatmate, Phebe, who doesn't seem to know when she's onto a good thing (and is a nightmare to live with). Let the games begin.

"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!" Meet Mark Antony, one of many who has lost someone this year and couldn't be present at the end, dealing with the added pain of family members making decisions without consultation.

"How like you this shepherd's life?" Meet Corin, a man of the country, stuck in the aftermath of the lockdown in Melbourne, surrounded by traffic and construction, unable for the moment to return to his beloved rural life.

"I have supp'd full with horrors" Meet Mac - Mum, daughter and another human being just doing her best to get through 2020. Work on hold, homeschooling the kids, a bit of day-drinking - we share a private moment amidst the world coming back to life after lockdown, as she receives the news that none of us want to hear.