Treason the Musical shows promise but doesn’t feel quite ready – review
There’s been a fair bit of hype surrounding Treason the Musical since its inception. Originally released as a 5-track EP, there were subsequent staged concert versions of the show on London’s West End, starring big names including Rosalie Craig and Carrie Hope Fletcher.
The fully-staged version of the musical opened last month at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre; these performances were followed by a short run at the Sheffield Lyceum and it now finds itself at London’s Alexandra Palace.
There are a pair of performances scheduled at the London Palladium later in the month. Treason the Musical tells the story of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot but not as you may have learned about it – the focus here is less on Guy Fawkes and the events of the 5th of November (although of course we do get to see some of this) and more on the lives of Thomas Percy (Sam Ferriday) and his wife Martha (Nicole Raquel Dennis).
We follow their story, which becomes dominated by their anger at King James (Joe McFadden) for his divisive, pro-Protestant positioning.
