Henry IV, Part 1 – William Shakespeare

Our Bard in the Yard production for 2023 was Henry IV, Part 1 – directed by Tanya Piejus. The play was presented with a Star Wars theme.

2023 Henry IV Part 1

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Captain Henry Bullingbrook of the USS Britannia faces a new challenge as an unprecedented alliance of Romulans, Klingons and Andorians is forming, bent on taking control of the planet Muritaria. Meanwhile, Henry’s daughter is hanging with a dodgy crowd from Engineering, pranking the debauched Lieutenant Falstaff and generally behaving in ways unworthy of a future starship commander, unlike the Romulan Hotspur who is seemingly everyone’s idea of an up-and-coming leader.

Star Trek meets Shakespeare in Eastbourne this summer as Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 presents history as you’ve never seen it before. Come with us on an Elizabethan adventure to the stars!