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The Land That Never Was
In 1820, Gregor MacGregor sold a country that didn’t exist.
In 2025, Liam Rees can’t stop lying to tourists.
Part confessional storytelling. Part TED Talk.
The Land That Never Was tells the true story of Gregor MacGregor (yes, that’s his real name), a Scottish conman who sold a country that literally did not exist.
Blending confessional stand-up, storytelling, and a whole lot of nonsense, this is a tale of wanting to burn it all down and start again from scratch. A story about a group of strangers who collectively believed in something that didn’t exist… yet. It’s a story about us.
Inspired by the show...
We're delighted to be partnering with the Library of Mistakes for both a Post Show Talk and a very special FREE event, The Stories We Tell: Narrative Economics and the Stage, a lively and unique discussion that will be held at the library itself on Wednesday 19 March. | Find out more
The Land That Never Was was priginally developed with support from Vanishing Point, Capital Theatres, National Theatre of Scotland, and Creative Scotland’s Open Fund for Individuals.
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Show related events
Post Show Talk
When: Immediately after the performance
Where: The Studio
Directly following the show there will be a post-show talk between Liam Rees and Professor Russell Napier discussing the story of Gregor MacGregor and his relevance to economic history today. Professor Russell Napier is a world leading financial historian, author, researcher and the founder of the Library of Mistakes.
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The Stories We Tell
Narrative Economics and the Stage
When: Wednesday 19 March 7 pm,
Where: The Library of Mistakes, 33 Melville Street Lane, Edinburgh
This event is FREE but ticketed, presented in association with Capital Theatres
A conversation with Liam Rees (playwright), Robbie Mochrie (Associate Professor Heriot Watt University), Andrew Milligan (Former Head of Global Strategy, Standard Life Investments) and Professor Russell Napier (Keeper of the Library of Mistakes).
Starting from the work which Robert Shiller has done on narrative economics - and his work with George Akerlof on Phishing for Phools, Robbie, Liam, Andrew and Russell will engage in a lively conversation about our susceptibility to stories in the face of rational argument.
Errorists (that’s colloquial for fans of the Library of Mistakes!) can expect an entertaining melding of the worlds of the arts and economics, and a lesson in how we can learn important lessons from both.
