The Divine Move – King’s Arms
Arthur and Augustus Blackwood (played by Joseph Dawson, and Ole Francis respectively), heirs to a vast fortune, meet at their family estate to spend the summer with the Prescott sisters and friends (played by Katie Jordan-Linton, Mia Shaw, and Polly Graves). What begins as breezy upper-class comedy of manners soon becomes something more agonising, as the death of the Blackwoods’ father turns the family’s expectations on their head. Both brothers are denied the futures they crave; Arthur is pressganged into service as the new head of the family, and Augustus is downgraded and forced to give up the woman he loves. Waiting in the wings is Cora (played by Emma O’Malley), a guest of the Prescott sisters with her own agenda.
The Divine Move is a well-produced and acted play that skips alo...