Performer Name: Illyria Theatre Company
Show Name: The Three Musketeers
Show Description
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas All for One; One for All! Young D’Artagnan is determined to join Athos, Porthos and Aramis as an elite Musketeer of the King’s Guard. Set against a sweeping panorama of 17th century France at war, this production is a whirlwind of scheming, romance and broad comedy - and the finest swashbuckling in the business. Running time: 135-minutes (approx.), including a 20-minute interval. Suitability: SUMMER 2026 Play contains scenes of peril, politics and passion! Suitable for ages 8+, but younger children welcome - if they're brave enough...
During a performance of Macbeth at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre on a grey, windy evening in August 1991, a pigeon swooped across the stage on the line “The crow makes wing to the rooky wood,” and disappeared into the gloom. A completely chance event of course, but the actor’s following the bird with his eyes added something indefinable that was both magical and utterly gripping - and completely unimaginable indoors.
The idea to create Illyria sprang from that single random moment. The original season in 1992 was conceived to last just two weeks. But such was the appetite amongst venues for a young theatre company with a refreshingly vibrant approach to Shakespeare that a full nine-week tour ended up being booked.