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Archduke
Three hungry young men are handed a history-changing mission.
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The story
Belgrade, 1914. Three young men are offered food and recruited to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, a mission that could alter the course of the century. Rajiv Joseph’s play approaches the men behind the historical event as reluctant radicals, caught between hunger, ideology and the machinery of political violence.
In the room
The play treats a major historical turning point with an intentionally loose relationship to strict accuracy, balancing dark comedy with the human vulnerability of its would-be assassins.
Good fit if you like
political history, dark comedy, reluctant revolutionaries and morally tangled missions.
Details
- From 20 Jun 2026
- Booking until 25 Jul 2026
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