1920's Italy: The country is on the brink of bankruptcy and divided by a disastrous war. Parliament stinks and no-one knows what to do. Sound familiar? But one man has the answer. Unfortunately, it's Benito Mussolini - the devout socialist who invented Fascism. This is violent comedy from Ross Gurney-Randall star of 2008's multi-award-winning Follow Me (also co-written with Dave Mounfield) and directed by Edinburgh Fringe First Winning Paul Hodson. The last time Hodson directed Gurney-Randall the Guardian said: 'He is funny the way water is wet - naturally, undeniably and inexplicably. He pulls no fast ones, he just is.' **** "As a slice of satirised history, pungently clever and hugely enjoyable. But it reaches beyond Mussolini's grandstanding ineptitude by pinpointing how troubled times can make voters gullible." (The Glasgow Herald) ***** _x001C_ This powerful one-man show gets right inside Mussolini's head. The humour is dark but not forced as the depressed Duce recollects significant events in his life; Gurney-Randall brings to life his mixed feelings about being rescued on Hitler's orders, his installation as head of state of the puppet Salo republic and how his hand was forced to have his son-in-law shot for his treachery... Regrets? He had a few as all his hopes and dreams came crashing down around him. This fine play tells all._x001D_ (Counter Culture 2010)

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