Beaumaris Theatre Inc. presents
Blackadder II
A stage adaptation by Dan Bellis and Harrison Ewart-Dart
Based on the original BBC Television Series created by Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton and John Lloyd
Directed by Dan Bellis and Harrison Ewart-Dart
7 - 22 November 2025
In fair Elizabethan England, there dwells Edmund Blackadder, a wit as sharp as his pointed beard, though his fortune proves ever fickle. A knave both cunning and proud, he doth seek power and favour in Queen Elizabeth’s court, yet he’s thwarted by fools, from his dimwitted servant Baldrick to his boorish friend, Lord Percy.
Wary of the Queen’s capricious wrath, he doth dance betwixt ambition and survival, crafting schemes bold yet oft undone by folly. His quest for glory doth end ever in despair, for fate conspires to render him a jest, e’er trapped in Fortune’s cruel jesting snare.
PERFORMANCES
Friday 7th November, 7.30pm
Saturday 8th November, 7.30pm
Sunday 9th November, 2.00pm
Friday 14th November, 7.30pm
Saturday 15th November, 7.30pm
Sunday 16th November, 2.00pm
Thursday 20th November, 7.30pm
Friday 21st November, 7.30pm
Saturday 22nd November, 7.30pm