A man in a white top and cream shirt on a stage. There is haze and spotlights on him
Credit: Mihaela Bodlovic
Theatre

Nation

Presented by YESYESNONO
3 performances between Thu 12 - Sat 14 Nov 2026, 20:00
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Following the smash-hit we were promised honey! YESYESNONO are back with another storytelling hit from the Edinburgh Fringe 2024.

It’s about a butcher and a baker and a farmer and a dog.  

It’s about a stranger knocking at the door.

It’s about a perfect town where something very bad has just happened.

And you were all there to see. 

Written and performed by Sam Ward, Nation is a dark, brutal fable about the political power of stories, about the nation as an act of imagination, about the violence of community and those we choose to let in.

‘Ward’s performance—and by extension his writing, too—is so compelling, so arresting, that you’re with him and nearly on the edge of your seat until the very end’ Playbill

'A caffeine shot of experimentalism'
What's On Stage
The Times
'Compelling, almost song-like tale'
The Stage
A white, bald performer stands with his back to the camera, looking out onto the audeicne, amidst haze and mood white lighting
The performer stands in the middle of an in-the-round stage, with haze and moody pink and blue lighting. He is white and bald, and is speaking with his hands reached out in front of him
A white, bald, performer is crouching down and looking up at a stark white ligth
The performer stands in the middle of an in-the-round stage, with haze and ambient white lighting. He is white and bald, and the audience is sitting around him looking at his face
The performer stands in the middle of an in-the-round stage, with haze and ambient white lighting. He is white and bald, and the audience is sitting around him looking at his face
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A white, bald performer stands with his back to the camera, looking out onto the audeicne, amidst haze and mood white lighting
The performer stands in the middle of an in-the-round stage, with haze and moody pink and blue lighting. He is white and bald, and is speaking with his hands reached out in front of him
A white, bald, performer is crouching down and looking up at a stark white ligth
The performer stands in the middle of an in-the-round stage, with haze and ambient white lighting. He is white and bald, and the audience is sitting around him looking at his face
The performer stands in the middle of an in-the-round stage, with haze and ambient white lighting. He is white and bald, and the audience is sitting around him looking at his face