Given that it’s a damning yet oddly, disarmingly tender look at the royal family, this is a play with the power to bring together both monarchists and those hankering for a republic! Well…Maybe.
Following on from a sold out string of UK dates, relentless critical praise and an Olivier Award for Best Play, Mike Bartlett’sKing Charles IIIis making its way down under as part of the Sydney Theatre Company’s 2016 season.
Cartwheeling from a tone of stark damnation to tender melancholia,King Charles IIIimagines a world in which Prince Charles has fulfilled his lifetime ambition and ascended to the throne. An exploration of the way democracy and the monarchy clash and interweave, it’s a deeply human piece, one that is unafraid to show the dark side of the world’s most famous family. Well, second most famous, after the Kardashians.
King Charles IIIopens at The Rosyln Packer Theatre on Thursday March 31 and runs till Saturday April 30. More information is available on the Sydney Theatre Company website, here.
