Behind the Scenes with the musicians of The Empress Play Video About the play Trailer The Plot Production photos Behind the Scenes Book Tickets More Less About the play Tickets Trailer The Plot Production photos More behind the scenes Joe Usher, Nicola Stephenson and Aaron Gill in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Tanya Katyal and Sarah Moyle in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Chris Nayak, Joe Usher, Premi Tamang, Avita Jay and Lauren Patel in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Raj Bajaj, Francesca Faridany and Alexandra Gilbreath in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Avita Jay in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images The cast of The Empress in rehearsals. Photo by Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Raj Bajaj in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Simon Rivers and Tanya Katyal in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Oliver Hembrough and Tanya Katyal in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Director, Pooja Ghai and the cast of The Empress in rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Lauren Patel, Miriam Grace Edwards, Joe Usher, Premi Tamang, Aaron Gill, Chris Nayak and Anish Roy in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Joe Usher, Miriam Grace Edwards and Aaron Gill in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Tanya Katyal and Aaron Gill in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Avita Jay, Chris Nayak, Lauren Patel, Aaron Gill and Premi Tamang in The Empress rehearsals. Ellie Kurttz © RSC Browse and license our images Launch Gallery Close Hide Thumbnails In This Section About the play On the boat from India, Rani, an ayah (nursemaid) befriends a lascar (sailor), an Indian politician and a royal servant destined to serve the Queen. Find out more Trailer Watch the trailer for our new production of The Empress, including interviews with Tanika Gupta and Pooja Ghai, and footage from the show. watch trailer The Plot Read the story of Tanika Gupta's play Find out more Production photos Production photos from The Empress 2023 in the Swan Theatre See photos Reviews Read extracts from reviews of The Empress, in the press and online. Find out more Related events Find out more about our production of The Empress and how it was created, with our series of events. Find out more Learning Find resources and events to support the study and teaching of The Empress Find out more Past Production: The Empress 2013 This new play by Tanika Gupta was first staged in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2013. Read More You may also like
