Men like me, we get our own islands. Mark my words: history will be kind to men with islands.
Tim’s not been himself lately.
Every day when he gets back from school, he locks himself in his bedroom.
He’s angry all the time.
He pores over obscure books about the great men of history.
And now, a parcel from EmpireCostume.com?
Tim’s older sister Katie worries that he isn’t the boy she grew up with anymore: her sweet little brother, who liked playing with a toy dog.
When Tim refuses to come to dinner one night, Katie decides to see what it is exactly he’s up to in his room.
The last thing she expects to find is the Emperor of France.
CAST
Andrew Greaves
Andrew is an actor originally from the West Midlands now living in London. Theatre includes: Beautiful Thing (Old Joint Stock), Castaways (UK Tour), Romeo & Juliet (Edinburgh Fringe Assembly Rooms). TV includes: BBC Doctors, Masters of The Air, Star Wars: Andor. Film includes: Hungry Joe, Macbeth, Stud Muffin and 92‘.
Sophie Kean
Sophie is an actor and theatre-maker from London. Recent credits include My Master Builder (dir. Michael Grandage, Wyndham’s Theatre), and TheatreGoose’s Aether and Her Green Hell (Theatre Royal Bath).
Grace Lyons
Grace is an actor and theatre maker in London. Recent credits include A Midsummer Nights Dream (Bard in the Botanics), Twelfth Night (Shakespeares Globe/RCS), How to Survive a Swarm of Bees (Lyric Hammersmith).
Designer: Alice Kim
Set Assistant: Iszi Kelly
Costume Assistant: Zelda Attard
Graphic Design: Dafydd Alexander
Sound Design: Arianna Muñoz
Producer and dramaturg: Max Chichester for Poets’ Pens Productions
poor napoleon! is the first full length play written and directed by Eddie Holmes-Milner.
Ticket Information
Performance Dates: Tues 23rd – Sat 27th June 2026
Performance Time: 7pm / 7.30pm / 2.30pm
Run Time: 90 mins (no interval)
Tickets: £24 (includes booking fee)