Staged Season 2 - What We Know So Far

Reviews of the second season say it is even more meta than the first. It's not even a direct continuation of Staged season 1. It actually has David and Michael trying to make more episodes of Staged while also attempting to get themselves cast on a U.S. remake of the show that's being helmed by Simon. So, it actually acknowledges the making of the first season.  

Whoopi Goldberg and Ben Schwartz don't play themselves, unlike the other actors who appear. Goldberg is the American agent trying to bring Staged to the U.S. Meanwhile, the main characters are still stuck at home during the pandemic. The dialogue remains as salty and comic as ever, and Radio Times calls this season "Staged on steroids."

Basically, the show remains committed to showing the confusion and frustration of normality, interrupted. In a BBC media release, Sheen said, "It's been so great to see how much people enjoyed the first series. Seemed like the laughs were much appreciated. It made us really excited about taking it further and going in some surprising and hopefully enjoyable directions this time."