Theatre
The Wolf of Poyais
by Blue Bar
Preview · Wed 5 Aug – Thu 6 Aug2 for 1 · Mon 10 Aug – Tue 11 Aug14+
Are you tired of struggling with everyone else? Have you always secretly known you were meant to be rich? Are you ready to succeed? For four weeks only, Sir Gregor MacGregor (Thom Tuck) is here to teach you how to unleash the greatness within and learn how he sold a country that didn't exist! A dark comedy telling the true story of a swashbuckling confidence trickster and the greatest scam you’ve never heard of, the Poyais Scheme. ***** (NorthWestEnd.com). ***** (LondonTheatre1.com).
Content warnings: Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing, More information References to murder, suicide, racism, attitudes of the time, and colonialism.