Tangle: Richard the Second

Submitted by Pegasus Marketing on September 21, 2022 - 09:47

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
Pegasus Theatre
Date(s): 
Saturday, 5 November 2022
Timing: 
6pm
Cost: 
£12-15

Pegasus is so excited to have Tangle, in association with MAST Mayflower Studios, present a radical and electrifying new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II. Performed in a distinctive Southern African Township theatre style, Richard II continues the company’s long-term commitment to championing African Caribbean artistic excellence, presenting classic plays in new and surprising ways to audiences of all kinds.

A nation is in turmoil. Three first cousins – Richard, Aumerle and Henry – battle for the supreme position of authority. Who will succeed in saving their country from a trail of ultimate destruction? And who will survive the challenge for the throne? Tangle’s unique interpretation of one of the most compelling of Shakespeare’s history plays, exploring the politics of power and family alliances, will be performed by a multi-skilled ensemble of five.

With an original score of Zimbabwean music and song, this new multicultural production offers a fast, powerful and fresh take on this state of the nation play, while celebrating talented artists whose multi-national voices are at the centre of Tangle’s work.

Tangle’s touring productions, Discovery projects, and artist development schemes, including KUKURA and technical development scheme AMPLIFY, provide a vital access point for diverse and often isolated communities, artists and audiences to come together. Tangle has a particular specialism of touring to and working in rural areas that have, historically, seen little multicultural representation.

For ages 12+
Running time: 120 minutes including interval

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