The Duke
Written & Performed by Shôn Dale-Jones
"In the spring of 2024 I sit at my desk waiting for an email that will tell me what I need to do to the script to get it onto the screen. I turn the radio on. I listen to a report about the refugee crisis. My mother calls. She tells me she’s broken The Duke. My mother, my film script and the refugee crisis all need my attention.”
Shôn Dale-Jones, the BBC award-winning writer/performer performs the Fringe First award winner, The Duke.
Funny, poignant and playful, the one-man show 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.
Age guidance: 12+
Running time: 60 mins (no interval)
“The great Welsh storyteller”
"You won't find a show with a bigger, better heart"
"...engaging and complex, existing somewhere between truth and fiction, drama and radio, fantasy and reality. Dale-Jones is a natural and immediately likeable storyteller"
