Lavish Mongolian national epic www.timeout.com
We’re a bit vague as to the exact content of this Mongolian theatrical spectacular – but we can be certain of two things: it’s Mongolian, and it’s spectacular. ‘The Mongol Khan’ is a lavish revival of a 1998 play by Mongolian writer and poet Lkhagvasuren Bavuu: this huge production – with a cast of over 70 – played a blockbuster run in Ulaanbaatar last year, and now comes to the London Coliseum for a couple of weeks as part of the celebrations for the sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic ties between Britain and Mongolia.
We’re informed that it’s ‘a multi-sensory feast, the like of which audiences will have never experienced before’, which sounds nice.
As for the dramatic content, it would appear to be a fictional narrative set 2,000 years ago at the dawn of the Hunnic Empire, following the heroic Archug Khan as he sets out to form an enduring dynasty. The Huns were, of course, notorious for raiding and ravaging the Roman Empire, but this is set long before all that.
It looks both dazzling and different – here’s to 60 more years of diplomatic relations!
Published Date:2023-04-13