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Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis. The Duke received The Scotsman's Fringe First Award when it premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and has been produced in aid of the Save the Children's Emergency Fund, with audience members giving to the worthwhile campaign after the performance.

Funny and poignant, The Duke is a one-man show by Shôn Dale-Jones, Artistic Director of Hoipolloi, who combine original storytelling with an inventive spirit. The Duke weaves together the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom -a porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes.

Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis. The Duke received The Scotsman's Fringe First Award when it premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and has been produced in aid of the Save the Children's Emergency Fund, with audience members giving to the worthwhile campaign after the performance.

"He makes the real world seem wondrous and, in that, The Duke is its own antidote: art that alleviates, but also art that does its bit. Rather than presuming to lecture and guilt-trip us, it gently sets us thinking, then provides buckets for donations to Save the Children... You won't find a show with a bigger, better heart " -What’sOn Stage|4 Star Review