A new show about Princess Diana which is “as hilarious as it is tasteless” is to play two dates in Birmingham.
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story combines “drag, puppetry and a lot of queer joy”. It contains “all the queer chaos people have come to expect from Awkward Productions and (writer and director) Linus Karp”.
Diana is in Heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life. The show highlights Diana’s groundbreaking stances on social and queer issues as well as her speaking her (un)truth and breaking free from the monarchy.
While Karp will bring Diana to life as the only actor on stage, other members of the royal family will appear in multimedia videos, voiceovers, as giant dolls and cardboard cutouts.
Geri Allen will portray the Queen, Joseph Martin voices Prince Charles and Zina Badran joins the cast to play God via interactive video clips.
Karp said, “even 25 years after her death, Diana is a cultural icon, an era-defining star and a social media meme queen. Her legacy outlives her amazing achievements and even the truth as she’s become as much myth as celebrity.
“Toying with multiple performance forms as well as the truth itself, we’ve created a ridiculous celebration of her—as unique as Diana herself.”
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story can be seen at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February.