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.T1001637229A 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.Producer National Theatre of Scotland. Producer Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Company Told by an Idiot. Director Paul Hunter. Design Laura Hopkins. Lighting Paul Anderson. Sound Adrienne Quartly. Performer John Cobb. Performer Charlie Folorunsho. Performer Amanda Hadingue. Performer Iain Johnstone. Performer Myra McFadyen. Performer Hannah McPake. Performer Dominic Marsh. Performer John Pfumojena. | |
| 20 Apr 16 to 30 Apr 16 | Wilton's Music Hall, Inner London :: V1165 listing details L02041896205 |
| 23 Mar 16 to 9 Apr 16 | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh :: V604 listing details L02063654497 |
| 8 Mar 16 to 12 Mar 16 | Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L0991651626 |
| 1 Mar 16 to 5 Mar 16 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0162623927 |
| 18 Feb 16 to 27 Feb 16 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L998537447 |
