A Gambler’s Guide to Dying
HOLDEN STREET THEATRES’ EDINBURGH FRINGE AWARD WINNER 2015
What are the odds of living an extraordinary life?
An inter-generational tale of one boy’s granddad who won a fortune betting on England winning the World Cup in 1966 then, upon being diagnosed with cancer in 1997, he bet everything that he would survive to see the millennium.
"McNair shines in this beautifully-written show" ★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ Times
★★★★ Scotsman
Award winning actor Gary McNair returns to the stage following is award-winning five-star show Donald Robertson is Not a Stand-Up Comedian: ‘A tour de force and a must-see’ ★★★★★ (The Stage). ‘Brilliantly conceived’ ★★★★ (Scotsman). ★★★★ The Guardian. ★★★★ Times.
‘My granddad was the first old guy I met and hanging around with him was cool. He told me stories, taught me card tricks and how to draw. He kept a bit of magic in the world for me, and I’m grateful to him for that’. McNair
Directed by Gareth Nicholls
SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST Award Winner 2014 & 2015
Loved this play, fine one man but many character performance. Shares the joy and wonder of a grandparent, I laughed and cried.