Excellent work, the emperor’s happy. That makes me happy. But Press Secretary Iris is falling for a reporter. Will everyone stay happy? For one week only, Triumph is a new short play by Caryl Churchill (Fen; Cloud 9) – with help from Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars. Directed by James Macdonald (Christmas Day; Waiting for Godot), it features a cast including Tony Award nominee Matthew Beard (The Testament of Ann Lee; The Imitation Game) and Emmy Award winner Kate O’Flynn (Widow’s Bay; My Lady Jane). From “theatre’s great disruptor” (The Guardian), this 15-minute play is a grim joke about where we are today.
