Educating Ronnie
- Telephone: 01786 466666
Joe Douglas' one-man show about his friendship with a Ugandan boy and how what began as a request for help turned into something much more complicated.
Don’t miss your chance to catch macrobert’s Fringe First Award-winning hit show.
In 2002, Joe Douglas went on a gap year trip to Uganda, to visit an aunt who was working for a charity. Amidst the six week blur of safaris, white-water rafting and orphanages, Joe made friends with Ronnie. Ronnie was 16, Joe was 18. They were both the eldest sons of large families. They both supported Manchester United.
Six months later, back in Manchester, Joe got a text: “Brother my sponsor has pulled out on me and I want to stay in school. Can you help? Ronnie x” That text was to change both of their lives and inextricably link them together. An astonishing true story, written and performed by Joe himself, Educating Ronnie takes place over a decade: 4000 miles apart and thousands of pounds invested, it explores the murky processes behind bettering oneself in Uganda.
“As thought-provoking as they come” ★★★★ The Independent
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Performance times
macrobert, Stirling
Sat 14 Sep
£10.50 (£9.50; Seniors £9.50; Students £5) / 01786 466666
- 14:00 Educating Ronnie macrobert
- 19:30 Educating Ronnie macrobert
Reviews & features
Educating Ronnie
14 Aug 2012
Compelling true-life fable engagingly told
Joe Douglas’ day job may be that of professional theatre director, but his one-man show is based on a strand of his own life that’s far richer than anything he could have made up. The story dates back ten years to his gap year in Uganda. Alongside…
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