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The King's Ransom
A minor criminal is offered a million-dollar payday for stealing Elvis Presley’s corpse and holding it to ransom.
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Memphis, 1977. Vince Black is recruited by an enigmatic criminal mastermind to assemble a gang of misfits and steal Elvis Presley’s body, hide it in a freezer and demand a ransom. Inspired by a strange real-life crime story, the play turns an audacious heist into a dark comedy about people making one last, spectacularly ill-judged grab at a better life.
A Southern-flavoured crime caper where dark humour, grief and redemption sit beneath an increasingly reckless scheme assembled by people with very little to lose.
botched heists, dark comedy, 1970s Americana and desperate underdogs chasing one last chance.
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- From 5 Dec 2026
- Booking until 6 Feb 2027
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