Three Queens Production 2024 | Past Productions

Three Queens had its world premiere at Barons Court Theatre, London

in 2024 and ran between April 23rd and May 11th

This page gives information about the 2024 world premiere production including links to the five and four star reviews that the show received, the cast and creatives that took part, and other supplemental and exclusive content

Click here to contact Rosamund to talk with her further about this production or if you are interested in finding out more about the play

Three Queens

23rd April - 11th May 2024

background of black and grey chess board, 3 chess queen pieces in red, white & grey lie on the board below the title of play

February, 1554. Queen Mary wears the crown of a nation divided by religion. Before the dawn breaks, confessions will be made, prayers will be sent, and more than one life will hang in the balance. Queen Mary is determined to save the soul of England. Future Queen Elizabeth is desperate to avoid her mother’s fate, and teenage Queen Jane Grey’s rebellion seeks to unravel everything. Told in real time over one sleepless night, the play follows three women maneuvering for power, each carving out their place in history.

Green Room Reviews

April 2024

A Young(ish) Perspective

April 2024

April 2024

April 2024

April 2024

April 2024

Adventures In TheatreLand

April 2024

Breaking the Fourth Wall

May 2024

CAST

CREATIVE
AND
PRODUCTION TEAM

Kibo Productions

Rosamund Gravelle - Proudcer

Scout Carter - Production Assistant

Noura Smith - Production Assistant

Rosamund Gravelle - Writer

Sharon Willems - Director

Leo Bacica - Lighting Designer

Edward Dimitri Kennaway - Music

Kat Ashley - Sally Sharp

Princess Elizabeth Tudor - Eliza Shea

Sir Robert Dudley - Sushant Shekhar

Queen Mary 1st of England - Becky Black

Lady Jane Grey - Martha Crow

Cardinal Reginald Pole - Les Kenny-Green

The 2024 debut and premier production of Rosamund's play Three Queens ran at Barons Court Theatre from 23rd April to 11th May 2024, and was produced by Barons Court Theatre/Kibo Productions and Rosamund Gravelle. The production was nominated for two Off West End Theatre Awards 2024, (OFFIES), and a Standing Ovation Award 2024 nomination from London Pub Theatres.

The OFFIE nominations were for Martha Crow for Lead Performance in A Play and Les Kenny-Green for Supporting Performance in a Play, while the London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Award nomination was for Sharon Willems for her direction.

At the end of 2024 Three Queens was chosen

by critic David Weir as his Best Show of 2024

for London Pub Theatre's Reviewers' Choice 2024;

and by theatre critic Kat Masterson as one of

her choices for her My Favourite Shows of 2024

The run had a number of sold out sold shows and received five and four stars reviews from A Young(ish) Perspective, Everything Theatre, Breaking The Fourth Wall, Theatre Weekly, London Pub Theatres, Kat Masterson, Adventures in Theatreland and Green Room Reviews

'....Striking the balance between the struggles of having power, the influence of men, both past and present, and the all-important religious control of the time, Gravelle has written a script that puts the audience right in the centre of the conflict....'

A Young(ish) Perspective

' ....an impressive amount of character, emotion and machinations as our characters scheme their way through one decisive night....completely absorbing'

Everything Theatre

'...One of the surprising things about Three Queens is how it subverts the usual depiction of well-known historical figures...'

Breaking The Fourth Wall

'...This intriguing, thoughtful play sheds light on a much-loved and turbulent period of history...'

Theatre Weekly

Read the reviews - click on an icon to read more

During the production there were three after show talks with an open audience Q and A to the panel, all three panels were chaired by Sharon Willems.

The first after show talk featured Dr Elizabeth Norton, (eminent Tudor Historian, and the historical consultant on the movie Firebrand about Queen Katherine Parr starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law), Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (former Leader of the House of Lords) and Rosamund Gravelle; the second panel discussion featured Rosamund being joined by writers Amy Claire Tasker and Jen Tucker; while the final panel discussion saw whole cast of Three Queens alongside Rosamund. All three discussion panels were chaired by Sharon Willems, director of Three Queens and Artistic Director of Barons Court Theatre.