Make England Great Again
2025
“A terrifying warning - and deliciously clever satire - about what could happen if a far-right party was returned to Westminster…. The production was pacy and had the excitement of a thriller.,,, a chilling and hugely absorbing evening.”
-David Winskill, Ham and High
“An hour and fifteen minutes of pure brilliance.”
— Neil Kinnock
“A pleasing and vigorous evening but deadly in its fearsome prophecy… the production zips along, confident in its thesis and in its urgent contemporary relevance…. audiences who will enjoy the light humour mixed with a hard-nosed narrative.”
— Mary Conway, Morning Star
“Francis Beckett has given us a rare political show that at least prompts a debate about the dangers facing the country.”
-British Theatre Guide
“King Charles III - a brilliant comic performance by Clive Greenwood….. Silas Hawkins as Max Moore is horribly believable…his populist speeches are rousing and grim in equal measure.”
— Louise Sibley, Thespyinthestalls
“A compelling piece of theatre that skilfully parodies the current political landscape in the UK…. the brilliance of Francis Beckett’s Make England Great Again, with its witty, well-researched and dire warnings of thuggery practised by the well-educated Far-Right politicians in Britain….This glorious play….”
-Loretta Moaco, LondonTheatre1
“Francis Beckett’s on-stage exploration of right-wing tyranny grips audiences in fear via frightening possibility."
— Madison Yarbrough, Barnet Post
“A sharp, funny political satire with strong writing at its heart…. King Charles (played with comic brilliance by Clive Greenwood)…. Beckett’s writing is the star here: brisk, funny, and often uncomfortably real….. Its humour lands, its writing resonates, and its warning feels disturbingly relevant.”
-Simon Finn, Everything Theatre
Could Britain fall int the hands of an authoritarian ruler like Trump, Putin or Orban? And if we did, would it matter?
Yes, and yes. As It Couldn't Happen Here opens, Max Moore, charismatic leader of the Britons First Party, has just been elected Prime Minister. Is he a would-be dictator? And if he is, can he be stopped?
For scripts or performance enquiries contact the author at francis@francisbeckett.co.uk.
If you want to stage the original production, contact francis@francisbeckett.co.uk.
Pictures by Mark Thomas
