My Life in Pictures

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Edinburgh Fringe "Help! I think I'm a Nationalist"

First Fringe show at this year's Edinburgh Festival at Lyceum Studio 
Written and performed by Seamas Carey
Directed by Agnieszka Blonska
Co-produced by Seamas Carey and imPOSSIBLE Producing
Background Blub: 
"Who am I? 
Do I belong? 
Who do I belong to? 
And who should I vote for? 
Cornwall is at a tipping point. House prices soar, the population shifts, tensions rise. Between Facebook spats, country lane stand-offs and rants down the pub, nobody’s really talking, and fewer are listening. 
Seamas is confused. 
He is desperately trying to understand. 
He’s watched a wave of gentrification sweep through his rural hometown. There’s nowhere to live, yet second homes stand empty. He wishes Cornwall was more welcoming and inclusive, yet watches “up country” money sow division and suspicio
Could closing borders and nationalism be the answer? 
Where’s the line between pride and power? 
What happens when it all goes too far? 
Seamas needs help. He needs your help" 
Seamus engages the audience beautifully teasing out some obvious bigotry from some of the English visitors - the piece explores English colonialism and wholesale destruction of Cornish identity, language and historical memory. Much of this is relevant to Scotland too which resonated with the small number of Scottish audience members. 

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