No Masks

No Masks

★★★★ "It's extremely moving, and showcases the resilience and hard work of our frontline workers." TV Mag
★★★★ Heat

Our NO MASKS project will be broadcast this autumn on Sky Arts Freeview with a cast that includes Lorraine Ashbourne (The Crown), Anna Calder-Marshall (Harlots)Anya Chalotra (The Witcher)Russell Tovey (Years and Years) and Eamonn Walker (Chicago Fire), with Elijah Melhado from Stratford East's Youth Theatre and directed by Artistic Director Nadia Fall.

Weaved together with imagined narratives, written by Nadia Fall and Rebecca LenkiewiczNO MASKS is a testament to the dedication of key workers during the COVID crisis as well as an exploration of our shared hopes and fears.

NO MASKS will air on Sky Arts on Wed 30 Sep at 9pm. Sky Arts is now free for everyone across the UK to watch on Freeview and Freesat. It's also available on streaming service NOW TV.

Our NO MASKS project originally began in April 2020, where we called out to local key workers to submit their stories, which have been featured on our vitual wall of stories - view them here.

Lorraine Ashbourne
Anna Calder-Marshall
Anya Chalotra
Elijah Melhado

Russell Tovey
Eamonn Walker

 

NO MASKS is produced by Moonshine Features
Executive Producers Michelle Crowther and Mike Reilly
Writers Nadia Fall and Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Director Nadia Fall 
Casting Director Lisa Makin
Sky commissioning editor Barbara Lee
Commissioned by Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts and Entertaininment and Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky UK and Ireland

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