Following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, 1536 – the “effortlessly funny, bold and ballsy” (The Guardian) must-see new play storms into the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre.
Written by Ava Pickett, winner of the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and directed by Lyndsey Turner (Chimerica), this “razor-sharp, darkly comic and blisteringly relevant” (The Independent) hit explores the dynamics of female friendship in a world stacked against women.
Kings don’t kill their wives, right?
Tudor England. A field in Essex. Three women meet in secret, hungry for gossip from London.
Word spreads of a clash between King Henry VIII and his Queen, Anne Boleyn. And closer to home, another rumour begins to catch fire.
As these women begin to see echoes of the royal drama in their own rural lives and a rise in violence spreads throughout the land, the actions of a queen imprisoned in a tower threaten to cost them everything.
Cast and Creatives
Liv Hill as Jane
Siena Kelly as Anna
Tanya Reynolds as Mariella
Oliver Johnstone as Richard
George Kemp as William
Understudies: Harry Bradley, Saroja-Lily Ratnavel and Sydney Spencer
Performance Times:
Monday to Saturday - 7.30pm
Wednesday and Saturday - 2.30pm
Duration of Performance:
2 hours with no interval
Age Suitability:
Key Stage 4 and above
Content Warnings:
Content Warnings: Strong language, violence and explicit content
Access Performances:
BSL Interpreted Performance Saturday 13 June 2.30pm
Audio Described Performance - Thurs 25 June, 7.30pm
Captioned Performance – Saturday 4 July, 2:30pm
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