Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The stage of the Swan has been designed to resemble the London docks, a place of arrival and intersection, for Tanika Gupta's new play, which sees her reunite with Kneehigh's Emma Rice, the director of Wah! Wah! Girls. The Empress traces the stories of several characters who find themselves far from the heat of home, in an often chilly and unwelcoming land in the year of Q…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:31AM on April 18, 2013