The Scarlet Pimpernel

Revolutionary France. The country is burning, the guillotine is busy and the Scarlet Pimpernel is even busier trying to rescue the aristos. But Marguerite Blakeney is stuck in England with an idiot husband and a past she’d really rather not discuss.
However, when ruthless revolutionary Chauvelin, head of the French Republic’s Committee of Public Safety – with a very loose grip on the word “safety” – threatens her brother’s life, Marguerite is dragged into a world of spies, secrets and very sharp blades. Will she betray the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel or let her brother face the guillotine? What do you do when every choice costs you the person you love?
Three actors tear through revolutions, opera houses, seedy Dover pubs and glittering ballrooms using nothing but a mountain of wigs and sheer nerve. Expect quick-fire gags and high-octane multi-rolling in this sharply modern, joyously theatrical retelling of Baroness Orczy’s swashbuckling classic.