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"... A flat-out brilliant portrait of a monarchy in crisis."
-The New York Times
The London winner of the Olivier (British Tony) award for Best Play, and nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play of 2015!
The most glamorous and photographed family in the world, the British royal family, is thrown into riveting palace intrigues when Queen Elizabeth dies and Prince Charles prepares to ascend to the throne.
But what do Prince William, Princess Kate and Prince Harry really think about their father's ascension to the throne?
Runs from Friday, March 24 - Saturday, April 8, 2017!
(The Box Office is open Mon.-Fri., 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Saturdays, during the run of show.)
REMEMBER: Kids K-12 are half-price on Mondays and Tuesdays!
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King Charles III in the News
-Salt Lake Magazine
Right off the top, understand this:
King Charles III, British playwright Mike Bartlett's
audacious contemporary Shakespearean riff on royal power, isn't a biopic.
nstead, the speculative play uses the characters of the British royal family to unfold a
political thriller that's wrapped inside a family story, says director David Ivers.
-Salt Lake Magazine
In the scarily near future, King Charles the III will ascend to the British throne, steer the country
into a constitutional crisis, dissolve parliament, garrison troops at Buckingham Palace and
push Great Britain to the brink of Civil War.
And, he'll do it in iambic pentameter...
"Downton Abbey" is now a thing of the past, but Pioneer Theatre Company's upcoming production of
King Charles III, playing March 24-April 8, may satisfy your foreign fix until the next royal baby or wedding is announced. Hailed as a future history drama, the show imagines the events following Queen Elizabeth II's death and Charles' ascension to the throne...
Do you have a hard time keeping your UK royalty and roles straight?:
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Between "Downton Abbey," "The Crown" and "Victoria,"
an American might have a hard time keeping the Royals, their geography and their roles straight. We bet you'll enjoy this short video that straightens it all out for you.
Hold on.....
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Director's Notes
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| by David Ivers, Director of "King Charles III" |
"Make no mistake:
King Charles III
is a modern masterpiece."
I've always had a love for what I call the "gigantic-intimate-play." Having spent most of my studies and subsequent career getting "intimate" with the classics, this may make sense. These are big plays, yes. And, yes, they can be wordy, too. But my goodness are they thrilling. The classic repertoire owes much of its genius to...
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"In the Event of the Queen's Death..."
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by Dramaturg
Isabelle Smith-Bernstein
Queen Elizabeth II has been the center of world events for five generations. It is difficult to imagine her passing. The Queen's funeral has been planned down to the last second. Before the public can be alerted to her passing, several things must happen behind closed doors. First, the Palace must make sure that the Queen's four children and eight grandchildren have been notified. Then the Prime Minister must summon his ministers for an emergency cabinet meeting. The cabinet must then convene an Ascension Council which includes: Privy Council members, Lords of the Realm, High Commissioners of...
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Understanding
King Charles III
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We know that understanding a political system other than our own (and sometimes even our own) can be complicated, so here's a little diagram to shed some light on a few of the terms you might come across in King Charles III.
Just like the US, there are groups forming legislature, executive and judiciary "branches," each connected. Unlike the US, there's the Crown--notably a part of, and yet somehow still separate from, the rest...
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In May
THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES:
A LIFE IN REVIEW
Book by Peter Stone. Music Composed and Arranged by Cy Coleman. Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green.
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May 5-20, 2017
"Whisks the audience away to a time when Americans had heroes they truly loved, and entertainment that truly entertained!" -Variety
The life of the legendary cowboy, entertainer and American folk hero Will Rogers is given the razzle-dazzle treatment in this glittering musical, complete with tap dancing chorus girls, rope-twirling cowboys, a Tony Award-winning score ...
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Pioneer Theatre Company's 2017-2018 season will open with the Utah premiere of the Tony Award-winning
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
, based on the bestselling novel by Mark Haddon. The season will include the hit musicals
Newsies
and
Mamma Mia!
, as well as the new musical
Bright Star
, written by Grammy Award-winning artists Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Also in the season are
A Comedy of Tenors
, the sequel to the hit comedy
Lend Me a Tenor
by Ken Ludwig; the world premiere of
"i"
by Jeff Talbott, which was read as part of PTC's 2016-2017 Play-by-Play reading series; and one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies,
Twelfth Night.
The theatre will continue its music concert offering with a...
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The Glass Art
Guild of Utah
The Glass Art Guild of Utah is a community of artists working to support, promote and develop glass art forms.
View their exhibit during the run of
King Charles III.
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Meet our Equity Cast for King Charles III
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SYNOPSIS & CONTENT ADVISORY
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Synopsis
:
King Charles III
imagines an immediate future in which Queen Elizabeth has just died, and Prince Charles is about to ascend the throne. But when Charles takes a principled stand against Parliamentary legislation that would limit the freedom of the press, his position sets in motion palace intrigues involving his son and daughter-in-law, William and Kate, along with his younger son Harry and his new, commoner-girlfriend, Jess. Juxtaposing the modern mania for the royal family with a Shakespearean-like approach to writing a "future history play,"
King Charles III
takes a fascinating look at Britain's current royal family.
RUNNING TIME: Two hours and thirty minutes; which includes a fifteen-minute intermission.
Media Photos
HERE for
KING CHARLES III
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| L-R: Grant Goodman, John Hutton and John Ford-Dunker |
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| John Hutton and Monique Fowler |
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| Grant Goodman and Samantha Eggers |
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We wish to thank the voters of Salt Lake County for this production
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