How To Start A Riot

“I wanted to know why people I’d never met were rioting
in places I’d never been to…”

Three performers use text, torchlight and crowd psychology to unpick the presumed causes of civil unrest. This show was developed in consultation with crowd psychologist Prof. Clifford Stott. It premiered at The Space, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012, to critical acclaim, before touring the UK until 2014.

Fringe Review
★★★★★
“the ability of these performers is boundless”

The Stage
MUST SEE – EDINBURGH 2012
“explode our personal misconceptions of what a riot really is”

Broadway Baby
★★★★★
“professionally stunning, this production shows there might be a better way to think about things.”

Fringe Guru
★★★★
“How to Start a Riot will shake you into rethinking any hastily formed opinions you may have harboured since the events of last year”

The List
★★★
“The real beauty of How to Start a Riot is watching that embryonic thought
process unfurl itself: a young brain starting to fizz with questions and inceptive ideas.”

The Scotsman
★★★
“When there have  been so many attempts to establish the cause of the London riots by interviewing a small selection of individuals who took part in them, it’s refreshing to find a play that looks at the wider picture”