Edward II

This rarely performed masterpiece of passion, politics and betrayal is a riveting tale of a King who defied his Queen and Country to pursue his passion for a common man. Are we free to follow our hearts? Can conventional power and unconventional passion share a throne, or will it tear a leader and his country apart? Inspired by the historic collision of traditional Japanese culture with English opportunists, our production of Marlowe’s Edward II explores the complexities and paradoxes of imperfect people in an imperfect world where power and passion make unruly bedfellows.