--- title: "Prophets | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor that examines the intersection between faith and cult, an exploration of violent belief at the edge of the world." "og:title": Prophets "twitter:description": "A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor that examines the intersection between faith and cult, an exploration of violent belief at the edge of the world." "twitter:title": Prophets description: "A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor that examines the intersection between faith and cult, an exploration of violent belief at the edge of the world." --- # Prophets A researcher from Scotland travels to Saint John, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. Upon arrival, she finds the island is under the control of a growing religious cult. This discovery starts to shift her studies from the land to the people as the dangerous theology of the cult is revealed and the day of paradise approaches. Prophets is a brand new two-hander drama from Fringe First-winning writer Jack MacGregor that examines the intersection between faith and cult, an exploration of violent belief at the edge of the world. WINNER: ART Award 2026 ## Enhanced Performances - Prophets _Captioning performances involves displaying synchronised dialogue, lyrics and sound effects as text on screens or devices during live shows. This may be beneficial for people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing, people with learning disabilities and anyone who's first language is not the same as the language the show is performed in._ --- **Captioned By:** Louisa McDaid **Captioning Type: **Open --- Performance Dates - Thursday 20th August [ ## You may also like [![](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2Fd1d2a351-08cf-4a55-a806-6bcae9b11550?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) Theatre Interactive Character Comedy](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/mark-vigeant-out-there) #### **Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE** 05-30 Aug 2026 @ 17:20 **Assembly Roxy** Theatre Interactive Character Comedy [Book Now](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/mark-vigeant-out-there/performances) [** Read more → **](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/mark-vigeant-out-there) [![](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2Fea18b9a3-94c7-4e40-8d0a-05382dc554d5?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) Theatre Solo Show Drama](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/call-me-elizabeth-burton-humanitarian) #### **Call Me Elizabeth: from Burton to Humanitarian** 06-30 Aug 2026 @ 15:30 **Assembly George Square Studios** Theatre Solo Show Drama [Book Now](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/call-me-elizabeth-burton-humanitarian/performances) [** Read more → **](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/call-me-elizabeth-burton-humanitarian) [![](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F63e74f31-1b5e-4688-bee6-f9115abaa9f0?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) Theatre Drama New Writing](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/an-audience-with-virginia-woolf) #### **An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's Mind** 06-30 Aug 2026 @ 11:00 **Assembly Rooms** Theatre Drama New Writing [Book Now](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/an-audience-with-virginia-woolf/performances) [** Read more → **](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/an-audience-with-virginia-woolf) [![](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F152d525f-cc11-4d21-96bf-478d5b8f4abe?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) Theatre Physical Theatre Family-friendly](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/noted) #### **Noted** 06-31 Aug 2026 @ 10:15 **Assembly Roxy** Theatre Physical Theatre Family-friendly [Book Now](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/noted/performances) [** Read more → **](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/noted) ### **Follow Us** ### **Sign up to our newsletter** ## 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