FIRST LOOK: A Princess Undone at Park Theatre

A Princess Undone at Park Theatre

We are pleased to bring you some great first look production images by Simon Annand of the new production of A Princess Undone now playing at the Park Theatre.   Kensington Palace, 1993. She was the Diana of her day. That day has gone, but HRH The Princess Margaret has a final chance to be of service. Acquiring sensational letters from Charles and Diana, she means to burn them all. But there are other papers, relating to Margaret herself. And when an ex-gangster admirer returns from her past, the Queen’s sister has the choice to make or break her family yet again. In Netflix’s acclaimed global hit series, The Crown, Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) re-emerged as the most controversial and enigmatic member of the Royal Family. Craig Brown’s recent best-selling Ma’am Darling reinforces how infuriating yet compelling her story still is. A Princess Undone – inspired by actual events – sheds … Read more

Stage adaptation of A Passage To India comes to Park Theatre

A Passage To India at Park Theatre

Award-winning ensemble simple8 have reimagined one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century to bring E M Forster’s A Passage To India to the stage. This co-production with the Royal and Derngate, Northampton will be presented at the Park Theatre from 20 February to 24 March 2018. This question at the heart of A Passage to India challenges us today just as it did a hundred years ago. With their new adaptation of Forster’s masterpiece and a diverse company of fourteen, simple8 finds in the past a mirror for our own divided times, carefully re-imagining this ground-breaking novel for contemporary Britain. simple8 are renown for creating worlds out of nothing, their plays create atmosphere and setting without extravagance, costumes, scenery or props creating dynamic plays that tackle big ideas. This new production will transport their audience to British India, together with its elephants, trains, courthouses and temples. A Passage … Read more