Play spotlights 19th-century Scottish scam artist’s journey
Donald Trump’s proposals to take over the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada have been greeted with widespread incredulity but a 19th-century Scot…
Really loved chatting to @scotnational.bsky.social the other day about scams, the geopolitical mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was
Tickets for Edinburgh (14 March) & @trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22 March) are now half gone btw
www.thenational.scot/news/2493869...
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A newspaper article with the headline: Conman who invented a country. With a photo of a tropical beach.
An extract from the newspaper article saying:
Rees says he was struck by the sheer audacity of the fraud "The ability to say, I'm going to make up a country' was just extraordinary. And the fact that happened over 200 years ago helped me make sense of what we're living through now. It's easy for us to say 'Oh, we live in unprecedented times of post-truth' but, you know, there's always been charlatans."
There are parallels, he believes, between MacGregor and the crypto scams of today, or Elizabeth Holmes, and her fraudulent blood testing company Theranos. "Even looking at the way Trump and Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage invoke an idea of the past that doesn't really exist," he said. "They're all manipulating and scamming people in different ways."
The Land That Never Was is at The Studio, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on March 14 and at Tron Theatre, Glasgow, on March 21-22.
I had a chat with The Times about charlatans, making sense of the mess we're in, and The Land That Never Was
Coming to:
@sceneandheard.bsky.social (15th Feb)
The Studio @ Capital Theatres (14th March)
@trontheatre.bsky.social (21-22nd March)
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www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/moth... Huge congrats to everyone involved!
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