MR.
KINGDOM’S
QUEEN VICTORIA (OR A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY)
Written
and performed by Bob Kingdom
In
2016, HRH Queen Elizabeth II may have taken the crown as the
longest-reigning monarch but HRH Queen Victoria is back and taking up
residency at the Assembly Hall from 4 August.
Legendary
Fringe-First winner Bob Kingdom
returns to Edinburgh with MR
KINGDOM’S QUEEN VICTORIA (OR A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU FANCY),
a bittingly irreverant, painfully funny and strangely moving account
of the Queen who ruled a ‘Kingdom’ (and an Empire). Opening at
Assembly on 4 August (press from 6 August), it promises all the zest
of a classic Victorian comedy.
What
was the inspiration for this performance?
I
look for people it might be fun to play and write about. Queen
Victoria, why not? What would that be?
How
did you go about gathering the team for it?
Richard
Jordan, my producer, and l have worked well together for 20
years and l have some very talented friends who help with everything
else.
How
did you become interested in making performance?
I
used to impress people at drunken parties with my Dylan Thomas and
they said you're wasting this. You ought to do it for real. They were
right.
Was
your process typical of the way that you make a performance?
Yes,
you read a bit and think of ways of making it your own.
What
do you hope that the audience will experience?
Moments
to be moved and to laugh by things they may not know that might
surprise them.
What
strategies did you consider towards shaping this audience experience?
Keeping
it simple, chair and table, text-driven communication in ways people
can identify with.
Do
you see your work within any particular tradition?
A
good solo show should make us feel that the person in question is
actually standing before us, expressing the private face behind the
public one.
Kingdom’s
critically acclaimed production, Dylan
Thomas: Return Journey has been seen
by over 80,000 people worldwide including sell-out seasons at
London's Lyric Hammersmith, Off-Broadway and Sydney Opera House.
Having
written and performed in productions featuring Truman Capote, Edward
VIII and Stan Laurel, Bob turns his offers his take on Victoria as
you’ve never seen her before.
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