Written and performed by
Nina Bowers and Philip Arditti
Set & Costume Design
Erin Guan
Creative Producers
The Project People
Creative Consultant
Ellen McDougall
Originally commissioned and co-produced by
Camden People’s Theatre
Premiere at Camden People's Theatre produced by
Maria Cuervo
Following its critically acclaimed run at the Camden People’s Theatre this laugh out loud Shakespeare deconstruction is transferring to Soho Theatre for a 5 week run. This tell-all dark comedy peels back the skin of English cultural identity revealing the streaming battlefield that lies beneath… would you die for your country? Veterans of the Shakespeare’s Globe Ensemble. Nina Bowers and Philip Arditti take us from rehearsal room micro-aggressions to the battlefields of France, into the bureaucracy of applying for citizenship, weaving in their own histories with England’s as unwilling actors in a national story.
Realfake Theatre presents in association with Soho Theatre
"Overwhelmingly entertaining and raucous"
Mind The blog
"An unflinchingly truthful piece"
The Peg
"Astutely silly"
The Reviews Hubs
"Makes you laugh as much as it makes you think"
Everything Theatre
"a witty, self-aware and thought-provoking drama, centering the political power of theatre, the knotty clash of generational perspectives on immigrant identity and the self-conscious exclusivity of the acting world"
The Upcoming