Shakespeare’s Cousin

‘You must choose whom and what you serve. Not to choose is itself a choice.’

A brutal reign of terror consumes Elizabethan England. Enemies of the State are humiliated, tortured and murdered. Spies everywhere. Surveillance. Paranoia grips the land.

Into this dangerous world steps young radical genius, Robert Southwell, the most celebrated poet of his age. Cancelled, then erased from history by the Reformation. Recently captured by notorious priest-hunter Sir Richard Topcliffe, he must now answer, through excruciating means, for his most heinous crime: being a Jesuit priest.

Southwell is forced to confront not only his own fate, but the question of what we all, especially artists, owe to truth in hostile times.

By the multi-award-winning Author and Director of “Inigo', which had its premiere at the White Bear and has subsequently been performed on every continent of the globe. For more info www.jonathanmooreuk.com.

Praise for Moore’s previous work:

'A singular voice for his generation: furious, nihilistic, poetic...' - Time Out Cover interview

'A resounding, unanimous triumph... Jonathan Moore's work is riveting total theatre.' - Sunday Times

Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes including an interval.