{"id":21125,"date":"2023-03-16T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=21125"},"modified":"2023-03-16T18:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:13:12","slug":"intriguing-new-historical-drama-at-armaghs-market-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2023\/03\/intriguing-new-historical-drama-at-armaghs-market-place\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRIGUING NEW HISTORICAL DRAMA AT ARMAGH\u2019S MARKET PLACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Terra Nova Productions, Ireland\u2019s intercultural theatre company, return to Armagh\u2019s Market Place Theatre with their new production, \u2018The Trumpet &amp; The King\u2019.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>In the late 15th century, John Blanke, a young black musician of exceptional talent left the ancient city of Granada and made his way to the court of Henry VII of England. There he forged a surprising musical bond with the child who would become the infamous Henry VIII.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21126\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-11-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"331\" \/>These two extraordinary young men scramble their way to adulthood full of feeling, often outrageously funny, as they try to figure out love, sex, politics, and what it means to be a man.<\/p>\n<p>Performed by two outstanding young actors, who effortlessly create all the characters of their Tudor world, \u2018The Trumpet &amp; The King\u2019 is a play about music, belonging and friendship across religious and cultural divides, which will draw you effortlessly into the dramatic world of the early Tudors.<\/p>\n<p>Meticulously researched, written and directed here in Northern Ireland by playwright Andrea Montgomery, who is known for her giant Northern Irish Shakespeare projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Trumpet &amp; The King\u2019 will take place on Wednesday 22 March at 8pm. Tickets priced \u00a315 and \u00a313 (concession) can be booked online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitarmagh.com\/marketplacetheatre\">www.visitarmagh.com\/marketplacetheatre<\/a> or through the Box Office on 03300 561 025.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terra Nova Productions, Ireland\u2019s intercultural theatre company, return to Armagh\u2019s Market Place Theatre with their new production, \u2018The Trumpet &amp; The King\u2019. In the late 15th century, John Blanke, a young black musician of exceptional talent left the ancient city of Granada and made his way to the court of Henry VII of England. There &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2023\/03\/intriguing-new-historical-drama-at-armaghs-market-place\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21127,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21125\/revisions\/21127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}