{"id":714604,"date":"2026-01-23T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/714604\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:09:10","slug":"sue-townsends-the-queen-and-i-to-be-staged-by-robin-hood-theatre-company-in-averham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/714604\/","title":{"rendered":"Sue Townsend&#8217;s The Queen and I to be staged by Robin Hood Theatre Company in Averham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Royal Family is stripped of all its titles and privileges in the latest production to be staged by Robin Hood Theatre Company.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Townsend&#8217;s sharp, satirical play The Queen and I will be performed at the Robin Hood Theatre in Averham next week.<\/p>\n<p>Townsend brings her signature blend of gritty humour and uncompromising dialogue to this 1994 stage adaptation of her novel, which blends sharp social commentary with pure farce.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1823 2548\" alt=\"The Queen and I. Photo: The Robin Hood Theatre Company\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"XTLYGF2IOLFGZXEG8IPT.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.72\"\/>The Queen and I. Photo: The Robin Hood Theatre Company<\/p>\n<p>It explores a Britain where the royal family is unceremoniously dethroned and stripped of all titles, wealth and privilege by a republican government. They are removed from Buckingham Palace and banished to live in reduced circumstances on a Leicester council estate.<\/p>\n<p>The production captures the absurdities and hardships of Elizabeth Windsor and her family as they navigate a life without luxury and, as they stumble through this alien existence, they discover the realities of poverty, class divides, and community spirit.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen and I will run from Tuesday, January 27, to Saturday, January 31.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available online from www.RHTC.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>Performances take place nightly at 7.30pm with an additional matin\u00e9e at 2.30pm on the Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Family is stripped of all its titles and privileges in the latest production to be staged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448,2765],"class_list":{"0":"post-714604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals","12":"tag-stage"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115942690797074507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}