Richard III
Perth Theatre, until Mar 31
The theatre’s reopening season continues with Shakespeare’s darkest and funniest thriller.
A violent and destructive civil war – the War of the Roses – is finally over. The victors, the House of York, celebrate in the castle of the former rulers, The Lancasters.
The youngest of the York brothers, Richard, looks on with disgust at this new-found peace and decadence. War has entertained him, peace bores him. He’s out to cause trouble.
The cast features ex-taggart star Alison Peebles.