"A thought provoking production delivered with style"
★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective
"One of the biggest highlights of my year in theatre"
★★★★ - Theatre and Tonic
"A triumph of writing and performance"
★★★★ - Broadway Baby
"Touching, heartfelt, and full of hope"
★★★★ - The Upcoming
"A truly memorable and compelling show"
★★★★ - The Peg Review
1968. 3000 students occupy the London School of Economics, in the most significant act of protest in a generation.
2023. Two theatre-makers try to work out what radical change means today, searching through archives, photos, first-hand accounts.
Everything’s connected: from the Prague Spring to MLK Jr’s murder, the Paris riots to the Nigerian Civil War, and it’s all converging here and now.
Lessons on Revolution is a daring new piece of documentary theatre. It is a gripping and immersive journey through global and personal history which asks: in a new age of inequality and injustice, how can the voices of the past give us hope?
TEAM
Writers - Gabriele Uboldi & Sam Rees
Dramaturg - Rafaella Marcus
Set & Video Designer - Ella Dale
Sound Designer - Rudy Percival
Lighting Designer - Laurel Marks
Performed by - Gabriele Uboldi & Sam Rees
Stage Manager - Vivi Wei
Marketing - Cup of Ambition
PR - Matthew Parker
Photographer - Jack Sain
An Undone Theatre & Carmen Collective Co-Production
LESSONS ON REVOLUTION is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Also supported by LSE Library & Archives. Special thanks to Rowan Evans, David Doyle, Jessica Lazar, Phil Bartlett, David Ralf, Joey Jepps.