When was the last time you saw a crime detective in a theater that consisted of three separate parts? The first part of "Three Kingdoms. Part I : London", which premieres on October 1, 2, AAT.
This is a detective story about international human trafficking and the changing situation in Europe. When a woman's severed head is found in the Hammersmith River, two British detectives set out to find her European origins and how she was found dead. The detectives slowly sink deeper and deeper into the world of prostitution and international human trafficking. Fighting across international borders and language barriers, they enter a nightmarish world that will change one of them forever. Three Kingdoms tells the stories of women trafficked, the gangs and police forces across Europe who try to control them.
Set in three countries, this dark new thriller from Simon Stephens explores international business where the goods are not products, but people. Not only questions and subverts principles about the nature of Europe with old and new borders, The Three Kingdoms also explodes moral certainty. Presenting good and evil not as polarized forces but as troubling, overlapping and contradictory, the play provocatively unbalances beliefs about truth, ethical codes, violence and justice. Human trafficking is one of the most sensitive criminal acts, in which the persons involved often experience not only physical but also psychological violence, fear, insecurity, shame - and these are just some of the experiences that leave lasting consequences.
