Details

A wildly comic and provocative piece of music theatre. Edinburgh; a cold town on the edge of civilisation, in very much the Year of Our Lord, 1696. The church has spies everywhere. Here, you keep your counsel and choose your words with care ... unless you are Thomas Aikenhead - a loud-mouthed, smart-arsed and likable student at the university. A man in the wrong place at absolutely the wrong time ... trouble is brewing for Thomas. A rich vein of black humour is exploded in this account of the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy. Using Told by an Idiot's internationally celebrated theatrical invention, we glimpse into Edinburgh's dark past to reveal this true story with universal resonance. A riotous and unsettling drama which swings between 1696 and the present day, I Am Thomas is performed with an original live score.

Cast/Performers

John Cobb, Charlie Folorunsho, Amanda Hadingue, Iain Johnstone, Myra McFadyen, Hannah McPake, Dominic Marsh, John Pfumojena

Creatives/Company

Music: Iain Johnstone
Lyrics: Simon Armitage
Author: Told by an Idiot
Producer(s): National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Company: Told by an Idiot
Director: Paul Hunter
Design: Laura Hopkins
Lighting: Paul Anderson
Sound: Adrienne Quartly