Three Kings at Old Vic: Andrew Scott to star in new play streamed live from an empty theatre

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Zoe Paskett20 July 2020

Andrew Scott is set to star in a new play to be streamed live from an empty Old Vic theatre.

The Fleabag actor will appear in just five performances of Three Kings, a brand new play specially written for him by The Last of the Haussmans writer Stephen Beresford. It follows Patrick, who recalls the return of his absent father and the revelations that followed.

Artistic director Matthew Warchus will helm the show, reuniting with Beresford and Scott, the three of whom worked together on feel-good 2014 film Pride.

Scott last appeared on the Old Vic stage as the star of Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for best actor for the performance, which the Standard called “virtuoso”. A recording of his one-man play, Sea Wall, written for him by Simon Stephens, was widely praised when it was broadcast in May.

Three Kings follows on from Claire Foy and Matt Smith’s socially distanced turn in Duncan MacMillan’s two-hander Lungs, which was also streamed live from the theatre, as part of its In Camera series

Warchus said: “I am hugely grateful to Stephen for writing this play specially for the Old Vic: In Camera series and to Andrew for agreeing to perform it. Their generous support of The Old Vic at this critical time and their spirit of adventure in joining us in this crucial fundraising experiment is enormously appreciated.”

Three Kings will run for five performances between July 29 and August 1. Following the final show, Scott will be in conversation with Dermot O’Leary. Booking opens on Wednesday July 22, with tickets for the stream between £10-£40, oldvictheatre.com

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