Meet the ageing Jake ‘Mental’ Hughes, a psychiatric patient who believes he is the real Muhammad Ali. His voice shows anger, rage and sometimes indifference as he introduces us to his interpretation of a mental health system that has subjected him to 25 years of the painful effects of anti-psychotic drug Zuclopenthixol. In the face of government bungling and in the absence of essential support he takes on the world over his right to live life without ‘the Zuc or the needle’!

Performance concession: Fringe 2 for 1 accessible on web (applies on Fringe 2for1 days)

Fringe 2 for 1

2 for 1

Space access information:Entrance to studio and accessible toilet is via level entrance to halls from Lauriston Street. Accessible toilet off ground floor foyer (slight downward slope to floor in foyer).

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I Am The Greatest!

A powerhouse of pure performance. From bardic breakfasts to music, dance, circus: we showcase the uplifting, unsettling, side-splitting, thought-provoking at our festival hub with courtyard café-bar. Part of the vibrant, vivacious variety of C ARTS: a curated programme of international, independent work taking place at multiple city-centre locations, and online, in our 34th year at the Fringe. It’s a festival all of its own. Make sure you see it all.

I Am The Greatest!

Rodreguez King-Dorset

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