Boudica

‘An epic, blood-soaked spectacle… Bernays’ writing is beautifully clear and disciplined… a thrilling, challenging and thoroughly disturbing examination of one of Britain’s bloodiest – and feistiest – patriots’

‘Fast, foul and funny… Tristan Bernays writes with hints of the classics, yet it retains a sense of the modern. Bernays’ words trip off the tongue, occasionally drifting into the poetic, and at other times into the coarse. Not only that but it’s incredibly funny, with elements of Monty Python-esque humour running through’

‘Audacious, inventive and vivid… a show for fans of Game of Thrones… refreshingly, Bernays has written a play in which women get to do the exciting stuff’

‘A huge amount of fun… a pacy, fun watch that’ll thrill Game of Thrones fans’

‘Holds the stage with confidence… Bernays drives the story forward with great skill’

‘Tristan Bernays’s new play offers a crackingly good central female role, which puts the first-century British queen right at the centre of the narrative… accomplished writing’

‘A bloody, bawdy reimagining of the story of Boudica… Tristan Bernays’s zesty play puts new flesh on the facts, but his main focus is firmly on Boudica’s experience as a powerful woman in a man’s world and the competing demands on her as a mother and a ruler… has a sprightly, muscular pace’

Tristan Bernays is a writer and performer from London. His work includes Boudica (Shakespeare’s Globe, 2017); Testament (VAULT Festival, London, 2017); Frankenstein (Watermill Theatre/Wilton’s Musical Hall); Teddy (Southwark Playhouse; Best New Musical at the 2016 Off West End Awards); The Bread & The Beer (Soho Theatre/UK tour); and Coffin (King’s Head Theatre, London).(Author photo by Michael Shelford)