Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	11th April 2013
Opened	17th April 2013
To	4th May 2013
When	19:15. Apr 17 at 19:00. Thu, Sat Mats 13:15
Swan Theatre (V136)
Current/Future Listings
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Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 11 Apr 13 - T993834586
Date of change: 4 Apr 13 - T993834586
Date of change: 20 Sep 12 - T993834586

The Empress

Work:: The Empress (S01974175651)

It is the Jubilee! Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani and Abdul step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India she rules but has never seen. The Empress uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th century Britain, the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of our most surprising monarchs.

Author

Tanika Gupta

Production:: (T993834586)

Running time: 2hrs 40mins (including a 20 min interval)

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Emma Rice
Design	Lez Brotherston
Sound	Jonathan Ruddick
Lighting	Malcolm Rippeth
Music	Stuart Barker
Music	Sheema Mukherjee
Performer	Beatie Edney
Performer	Ankur Bahl
Performer	Shiv Grewal
Performer	Tamzin Griffin
Performer	Kristin Hutchinson
Performer	Tony Jayawardena
Performer	Emily Mytton
Performer	Anneika Rose
Performer	Ed Woodall
Performer	Rina Fatania
Performer	Japjit Kaur
Performer	Dominic Lawton
Performer	Aki Omoshaybi
Performer	Ray Panthaki

Listing:: L2140245836

Production details

Running time: 2hrs 40mins (including a 20 min interval)

Reviews

The Empress review
18Apr13: The RSC production of Tanika Gupta's new play directed by Emma Rice.

Special Performances

2 May 13 Audio Described
3 May 13 Captioned
4 May 13 Audio Described

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