Lily Bevan

Welcome to Hampton Court Palace. The year is 1533.
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Nic, Jess, Sophie and Sam are actors re-creating Henry VIII's weddings, feasts, jousts and river pageants. They take pride in authenticity. Well, they try. But, now ‘Visitor Operations’ have ideas about ‘the future of the past' and want to replace the actors with a computerised experience. It has never been more vital to keep the Tudors alive.

Being a good Tudor and speaking Tudorese (or 'Desperanto' as the
re-enactors call it) isn't always plain sailing. Do potatoes exist yet? Can you wear glasses with a kirtle? How can you fill in for the lute player when you
don't play the lute? And there are Tudor recipes to master too. Peacock stuffing?

The Mock Tudors have been working together for the last three years and they all have their own secret reasons to escape into the past. Can they navigate their relationships and prove that the spirit of the Tudors is alive and vital?