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Winner - 2023 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Will Keen

"If the politicians cannot save Russia, then we businessmen must. We have not just the responsibility but the duty to become Russian heroes"

The machinations of Russia's oligarchs are laid bare in this "lusciously livewire" (The Telegraph) new play from The Crown creator Peter Morgan and Enron director Rupert Goold, stepping onto the Noel Coward Theatre stage in May 2023. Following a stellar run at the Almedia, where it became the prestigious theatre's fastest-selling new play ever and won five-star accolades from just about every theatre critic in the capital, Patriots retains its headliner Tom Hollander as Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Putin's machiavellian kingmaker, and later, sworn nemesis. Hollander is joined by Will Keen in an Olivier winning performance as Putin and Luke Thallon as Roman Abramovich.

What is the story?

In the early days of the fall of the Soviet Union as Russia is scrambling for leadership, a new class of ruler emerges, the millionaire businessmen; otherwise known as oligarchs. On this battlefield, the fight to reign supreme is scrappy, ugly, and often downright dirty, with Vladimir Putin only too ready to hitch a ride to the top under the protection of these new moneyed tzars. Following one Boris Berezovsky from his place at Putin's table to his eventual fall from grace, Peter Morgan puts the whole corrupt and largely terrifying process on show in this searingly relevant and thrilling new play.