Trying It On

Scottish premiere | Warwick Arts Centre & China Plate By David Edgar

4 Stars

Funny, thoughtful, contemplative stuff… a lively trek through the political movements.

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4 Stars

Funny, thoughtful, contemplative stuff… a lively trek through the political movements.

Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

About

It’s 1968, the height of the world-wide student revolt. David is 20. The Vietnam war rages. Martin Luther King is assassinated.

These events will define David’s politics, his writing, and his life.

50 years on, in his professional performing debut, David is confronted by his 20-year-old self. Do they still share the same beliefs? Is it the world that’s changed, or him? Has he sold in or sold out? And why did his generation vote for Brexit?

Supported using public funds from The National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Image: Lara Cappelli


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  • 4 Stars

    Funny, thoughtful, contemplative stuff… a lively trek through the political movements.

  • 4 Stars

    A thoughtful, self-questioning play of ceaseless invention.

  • 4 Stars

    A humane, funny and often rather beautiful paean to optimism, progress and sowing the seeds of change.

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    Intelligently discusses our current, past and future political climate… heartful, hopeful and humorous.

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    Self-consciously theatrical… interesting and endearing

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    Formally inventive… self-aware and pin-sharp.

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    As charming as it is challenging.

    The Times

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    David Edgar, playing himself, is charming, witty and self-deprecating.

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    An improbably entertaining one-man-show.

  • 4 Stars

    Edgar has created a thoughtful and witty meditation on his generation that is part history lesson, part memoir and, crucially, part call to arms to learn the lessons of the past.

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    A very passionate plea, not only for understanding but for progression.

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    Inventively-staged polemic.

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    Masterful in its rug-pulling structure.

  • The politics of revolution – from Vietnam and feminism to Brexit and veganism – are explored with a vigour that bursts the liberal bubble that often surrounds such subjects on stage.

Credits

  • Writer & PerformerDavid Edgar
  • DirectorChristopher Haydon
  • DesignerFrankie Bradshaw
  • Video & Lighting DesignerWilliam Reynolds
  • Sound DesignerElla Wahlström

Behind the Scenes

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