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The Prince at Southwark Playhouse Cast

The Prince at Southwark Playhouse Cast

Majority Trans Cast Announced for The Prince at Southwark Playhouse

by Staff Writer
August 1, 2022
Reading Time: 3 mins read

Metal Rabbit productions announce full casting for The Prince which will premiere at Southwark Playhouse in September 2022. This fascinating and insightful exploration of identity is delighted to have a majority trans cast.

This is the first play from Abigail Thorn, creator of the hugely popular web show Philosophy Tube, which she has built to more than one million subscribers since it was established in 2013.

Abigail publicly came out as a transgender woman in January 2021, with her video Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story. The Prince – which she both wrote and will star in – adds another vital layer to her already impressive voice. Joining Abigail Thorn (she/her) who appears as the lead – Hotspur are;

       

Tianna Arnold (they/them) as Lady Kate; Joni Ayton-Kent (she/her) as Sam; Mary Malone (she/her) as Jen; Che Walker (he/him) as Northumberland / King Henry IV; Corey Montague Sholay (he/him)  as Prince Hal; Richard Rees (he/him) as Worcester; and Tyler Luke Cunningham ((he/him) as Douglas.

Trapped within the confines of Henry IV Part One, Jen and Sam know they do not belong here, or in the many Shakespeare plays they have unwillingly flitted between.

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They are not like the others; they are not mere characters fated to repeat the words and actions written for them. They belong in the real world. And they are going to find their way out.

But on their quest to discover the path that leads to reality, they notice that there’s something unusual about Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy, the son of the Earl of Northumberland. For perhaps he is more than a character too … perhaps he isn’t a nobleman … perhaps he isn’t a man at all…

Now Jen and Sam must decide; do they risk losing their way home to help someone who might just be like them – who does not yet know who they truly are?

“The Prince is a show about being trapped in bad relationships – with parents, friends, lovers, and even with yourself. The story follows a handful of characters in a Shakespeare play who start to realise they are all stuck inside a performance. Some are in denial about their sexuality and gender, others are just trying to prepare the next generation for the struggles ahead. My genius dramaturge Donnacadh O’Briain describes it as “Elizabethan sci-fi” – I tell friends it’s “Like The Matrix if it was written in 1600.” Abigail Thorn

       

The Prince is at Southwark Playhouse 15th September to 8th October 2022.

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