Monarchs Anonymous – The Other Palace

Monarchs Anonymous – The Other Palace

“We live in our own timeline and are judged by the next” What happens when a group of royals, transported from various periods of history, join a therapy session and talk about their feelings?  The massive egos of Henry VIII, Marie Antoinette, Charles II, Sophia Duleep Singh and Mansa Musa inevitably clash, resulting in jousting matches and fist fights. They reluctantly do the therapist’s exercises, all trying to outdo one another.  When the exi…

Monarchs Anonymous – The Other Palace, London

Writers: Nadia Devereux, Joshua Poole and Lyon Devereux Director: Nadia Devereux A clutch of historical monarchs has time-travelled to the present day to engage in some very 21st Century therapy. It sounds like it could be fun, but unfortunately, it’s not. The Kings and Queens do little more than shout for two hours, and most [...] The post Monarchs Anonymous – The Other Palace, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

MONARCHS ANONYMOUS review by thespyinthestalls

MONARCHS ANONYMOUS The Other Palace ★★★★ “the silliness of this play delights a willing house” Monarchs Anonymous started as a YouTube sketch about history’s crowned heads dragged into group therapy. It’s a family production that has since grown into a fully staged comedy at The Other Palace. The premise alone is worth the ticket: a support group for history’s monarchs, the beheaded, the grandiose and the merely bored. The audience are co-opted…