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Jack the Ripper. My life as a suspect.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS SHOW IS NOT FROM THIS YEARS FESTIVAL!


Jack the Ripper. My life as a suspect.

The Counting House

38 West Nicolson Street
The Ballroom: AUG 23 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - Book tickets from £2.50
The Ballroom: AUG 7-14 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - Book tickets from £2.50

Jack the Ripper. My life as a suspect.

The Three Sisters

139 Cowgate
Maggie's Chamber: AUG 15-19 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - Book tickets from £2.50

Jack the Ripper. My life as a suspect.

In this show, I Robert Instons(is) narrates as informatively as I am able on the mythology that surrounds the murders in Whitechapel in 1888. Through the voices of Queen Victoria herself, the Commissioner of Police and a notorious suspect nicknamed Leather Apron, a picture emerges that may unsettle. Was there a cover up? Did the press invent Jack the Ripper? Did they write at least some of the boastful letters from a fictional and teasing perpetrator? I feel we can never know enough on this subject and I work to instill a more realistic and compassionate approach. On this subject, it is very difficult to establish historical facts and uncorroborated information.

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.