'This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, […]
Is now leased out - I die pronouncing it -
Like to a tenement or pelting farm.’
Richard’s rule is one of eyes and cameras. Incompetent and unchallenged, he governs a tyrannical surveillance state, leaving the nation in social and ecological disrepair.
Enter Bolingbroke, the King’s cousin and burgeoning opponent. As rebellion begins to germinate, disrepair turns into political meltdown, testing the strength of Richard’s leadership.
Shakespeare’s Renaissance work centred on a medieval king provides a shockingly modern examination of unchecked power: how it erodes both our morality and our environment. Is change possible when the system is already broken?
Start Time: 7:30pm
Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, including an interval
12+ (Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)