King Hugo

Hugo is a king glimpsed at the edges of a court that runs on ambition, vanity and cruelty dressed up as manners. He carries himself with the easy entitlement of someone born to rule, more interested in status and spectacle than in the messy business of governing well.

Freddie Fox brings a knowing, theatrical relish to court posturing, the kind of performance that finds comedy in entitlement without losing its edge. Within a show built on satire and sudden menace, a figure like Hugo works best as a study in how easily power curdles into farce.