Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco is a meditation on life and death, and how power is just a social construct, or a man-made illusion, perhaps even a delusion. Long live the king.’ This great tragi-comedy is brought to life on the Olivier stage this summer, the first time Eugène Ionesco’s work has been performed at the National Theatre. A play to invite discussion and depression, this production wields a timely sceptre at the year that has gone before and silver-sparks the conversation about what might have happened. As he dies, his kingdom also dies. Exit the King is a foray into hopelessness while carrying the hopes of everyone who loves independent theatre and who has prayed for the resurrection days. EXIT THE KING. Hundreds of seats at £15 for every performance Talks and events. But the play is painful to watch. Exit the King was written to be a kind of lesson in death: According to his first wife he is over four hundred years old. 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