A right royal load of laughs

A RIGHT ROYAL FARCE
King’s Head

RIGHT royal rumpy-pumpy made for a riotous evening at the King’s Head theatre, Islington, with a new play depicting the Windsors as sex mad egomaniacs.
Characters include a lascivious Viagra-charged Prince Philip (William Hoyland) stalking women with a huge protuberance in his nightshirt, a Machiavellian Prince Harry (Richard Keith) plotting to be King, and a completely dotty Prince Charles (Andrew C Wadsworth) talking to his tomatoes when he’s not handing out Duchy Original organic sherry produced by non-violent inmates at an open prison.
A Right Royal Farce is by the Spectator’s drama critics Toby Young and Lloyd Evans, who collaborated on last year’s huge King’s Head hit, Who’s The Daddy? about the sexual shenanigans of colleagues at the magazine and the former Home Secretary David Blunkett.
This time they push the bounds of decency and taste out even further to hilarious effect in a story set in the future, which follows the fates of the Royals after the death of the Queen.
Charles, destined to be King, informs the Archbishop of Canterbury (Christopher Birch), that the coronation must be multi-faith, with Muslims and Bhuddists sharing a platform. “I want the Dalai lama and Cat Stevens singing Jerusalem from the same hymn sheet,” he declares.
Lots of lovely royal jokes and the cast gave some well-timed performances, entering into the spirit of the knockabout farce with gusto. Christopher Woods designed the simple but effective set and the proceedings were skilfully directed by Alan Cohen.
It all adds up to a great undemanding fun evening.

Until August 28
0207 226 1916

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