About the Show

Re-Lording Richard 3.0 24 April, 7:30pm – York St John University Creative Centre Auditorium £15 Standard £15 Pass It On! (purchase a ticket for a member of our refugee and asylum seeker community who would otherwise be unable to attend this event) £5 Student (available for students with a valid ID card) **All tickets purchased online come with a 10% processing charge. Tickets purchased in person are not subject to this charge but availability of tickets is not guaranteed. Running time is 50 minutes without an interval "If a lie is repeated often enough, eventually it becomes the truth." 1485: King Richard III dies. His death marks the end of the ‘Wars of the Roses’. He finds himself in a waiting room and … waits. For what? He doesn’t know. At his side is Alexa. He learns of his legacy of being the most reviled king of England, to have gone down in history as a usurper and a tyrant. Shakespeare’s play underpins Richard's person as the embodiment of evil. Richard shares his story with us: his childhood, the scheming life at court, his fears, doubts, joys and unwavering loyalty. He explores the change in fashion. Above all, Richard settles accounts with Shakespeare. Back then, it was the theatre; today, it is social media that provides the space for propaganda and fake news. Richard and Alexa come across the question: Has the world really changed fundamentally? Creative team: text written by…………………Philipp Sommer text associate…………………..Maja Delinić sound design……………………Clemens Gutjahr visual design…………………….Peter Issig photos/stills/trailer…………..Siegersbusch Film poster design……………………Vera Kayh costume design………………..Philipp Sommer