Player Kings

Access Information

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Audio described Performance: 2.30pm Saturday 15 June 2024

Captioned Performance: 2.30pm Saturday 1 June 2024

Address

85-88 St Martins Lane London WC2N 4AU

Cancellation Policy

No exchanges or refunds after booking.

Cast

Joining Ian McKellen as Sir John Falstaff are Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso & Romeo and Juliet - Almeida) as Hal and Richard Coyle (Ink - Almeida/West End & Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore) as King Henry IV.

Duration

3 hours 20 minutes plus a 20 minute interval.

Good To Know

This production contains adult themes, gunshots and use of haze.

Latecomers may not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. You may not bring food or drink purchased elsewhere.

Suitable For Children

Age guidance: 14+ with adult themes.

Contains strobe, haze and smoking of real cigarettes.

What's It About?

Ian McKellen - 'one of the world's greatest actors' (Times) - plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert Icke.

A divided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air.

Welcome to England.

Hal wasn't born to be king. Only now, it seems, he will be. His father longs for him to leave behind his friends in the taverns of Eastcheap, most notably the infamous John Falstaff. War is on the horizon. But will Hal ever come good?

Bringing together Shakespeare's two great history plays (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2) into the theatrical event of the season, PLAYER KINGS will reign over London’s West End for twelve weeks only – playing at the Noël Coward Theatre from April 2024.