LSE FESTIVAL // 18 June 2025
JERMYN STREET THEATRE // 28 April - 3 May 2025
UNIVERSITY OF YORK // 2 April 2025
LANCASTER ARTS // 14 - 15 February 2025
SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH FRINGE // 1 - 26 August 2024
THE LSE ENCAMPMENT // 4 June 2024
SOHO THEATRE // 13 February 2024
HOPE THEATRE // 26 September - 7 October 2023
"A heartfelt paean to the politics of possibility"
★★★★★ - The Scotsman
"Unique and intellectually potent"
★★★★★ - The Morning Star
'Intelligent, questioning documentary theatre"
★★★★ - The Stage
"One of my favourites of this year's fringe"
Natasha Tripney for Café Europa
THE SCOTSMAN'S BEST SHOWS OF THE FRINGE
"Completely exceptional... it reinvents the notion of lecture and the notion of performance"
- The Theatre Times
"One of the most talked about shows from this year's Edinburgh festivals"
- The Conversation
20 shows to see at Fringe 2024 - Theatre Weekly
Snack Mag Pick of the Fringe 2024
1968. Three thousand students occupy the London School of Economics, in the most significant act of protest in a generation.
2024. Two friends and flatmates try to work out what radical change means today, searching through archives, photos, first-hand accounts.
This ★★★★★ documentary theatre piece is a gripping 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?
Following a two-week run at the Hope Theatre in 2023, a sold-out performance at Soho Theatre, and a sold-out run at Summerhall for the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, our smash-hit show takes returns to London.
TEAM
Writers - Gabriele Uboldi & Sam Rees
Set & Video Designer - Ella Dale
Lighting Designer - Laurel Marks
Sound Designer - Rudy Percival
Dramaturg - Rafaella Marcus
Performed by - Gabriele Uboldi & Sam Rees
Production Photographer - Jack Sain
Photographer & Videographer - Ella Dale
We had the privilege to perform Lessons On Revolution for the students who occupied LSE in May and June 2024 in solidarity with Palestinian liberation. We were lucky enough to share our play with them, highlighting the parallels between the 1967-69 occupations of LSE and today. It was an inspiring opportunity to reflect on activism across time and generations, and the potential of theatre for activism.
More info on why LSE students occupied their University, their demands, and what you can do to support them can be found here:
https://linktr.ee/lse.encampment
Instagram and Twitter: lse_encampment
Photo by Ella Dale
Read our blog post on the LSE website detailing our process of bringing their archives through life through theatre and performance:
Alongside the show, we have delivered workshops on documentary theatre and using archives in performance at LSE, Central School of Speech and Drama, and Kingston University. If you'd like to book one of these workshops, please contact Gabriele on gabriele@undonetheatre.co.uk.
Sam Rees and Gabriele Uboldi at the LSE archives
Photo by Ella Dale
The original production of LESSONS ON REVOLUTION, as well as the Jermyn Street Theatre and LSE Festival productions are supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
The Edinburgh Fringe production was supported by the Unity Theatre Trust and the Keep It Fringe Award.
Special thanks to LSE student activists from 1968 and 2024, SM Publicity, LSE Library & Archives, and Soho Theatre.
Thank you to Phil Bartlett, Bob Borzello, Maria Bell, Matthew Belsey, Chelsea Collison, David Doyle, Rowan Evans, Dan Glass, James Graham, Heidi Henders, Joey Jepps, Natasha Ketel, Jessica Lazar, Lisa McQuillan, Dr Caoimhe Mader McGuinness, Chris McGill, Dr Louise Owen, Matthew Parker, David Ralf, Vivi Wei.