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Old Vic: In CameraThe Sherlock and Fleabag actor is transfixingly tender in Stephen Beresford’s skilful monologue, performed against an eerie, empty auditorium
Three Kings is an unusually quiet play in these noisy times. Stephen Beresford’s monologue is a measured and meticulously crafted tale of fathers and sons, tenderly performed by Andrew Scott. Played against the eerie backdrop of the Old Vic’s empty auditorium in London, there’s something melancholy and at times almost funereal about it – an elegy broken by moments of sharp humour.
Scott, familiar from the BBC’s Sherlock and Fleabag, plays Patrick, the son of an eccentric absent father. The three kings of the title refer to a puzzle Patrick’s father sets him during a fleeting encounter when he’s eight and desperate for love and approval. But the symbolism of the number three resonates throughout the play, from the trio of men with whom Patrick shares conversations to the Christian holy trinity. Patterns repeat themselves and dysfunction is handed from one generation to the next. Continue reading...