Out of Joint, Hampstead Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions present

King of Hearts

by Alistair Beaton     2007

The handsome young heir to the throne is in love. His fiancee is attractive, intelligent, cultured – and a Muslim. Suddenly it’s not only the future of the Royal Family under question but the very identity of Britain itself, as a panicked Prime Minister grapples with the possibility of a Muslim monarchy. In Alistair Beaton’s delicious new satire, love, politics and royalty collide to hilarious effect.

REVIEWS

“Political satire at its best, poisonously funny, a brilliant distorting mirror held up to our nature… Beaton has a crazed but realistic imagination, an awesome talent for the killer joke, and a finger firmly attached to the pulse of the nation”
-Sunday Times

“A funny, silly, innovative, provocative farce… This is a sparky evening”
-Daily Mail

“Belly laughs, a sharp production and strong performances throughout”
-Independent

“A breath of fresh air – a very clever, comic device to raise questions about contemporary Britain, in ways that are funny – really refreshing.”
-Radio 4 Front Row

“An orgy of Machiavellian manoeuvring”
-Michael Billington, Guardian

CAST & CREATIVES

Cast: Zahra Ahmadi, Christian Brassington, Alister Cameron, Toby Dantzic, Caroline Loncq, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Anthony O’Donnell, Jeff Rawle, Ben Righton, Justin Salinger.

Directors: Ramin Gray and Max Stafford-Clark
Designer: Tim Shortall
Lighting Designer: Johanna Town
Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson
Casting Director: Lisa Makin
Assistant Director: Naomi Jones

PERFORMANCES

8 – 10 February 2007
YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD

13 – 17 February 2007
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE

20 – 24 February 2007
SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE

28 February – 31 March 2007
HAMPSTEAD THEATRE

3 – 7 April 2007
LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE