--- title: "The Wolf of Poyais | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "Are you tired of struggling with everyone else? Have you always secretly known you were meant to be rich? Are you ready to succeed? For four weeks only, Gregor MacGregor, played by Comedian's Choice winner Joz Norris, presents you the opportunity to unleash your greatness within! Elizabeth Holmes meets Flashman, The Wolf of Poyais is a dark comedy reliving the true story of a swashbuckling confidence trickster and his quest to sell a country that never existed. ***** (NorthWestEnd.co.uk). ***** (LondonTheatre1.com). With two Fringe Theatre Award Nominations." "og:title": "The Wolf of Poyais" "twitter:description": "Are you tired of struggling with everyone else? Have you always secretly known you were meant to be rich? Are you ready to succeed? For four weeks only, Gregor MacGregor, played by Comedian's Choice winner Joz Norris, presents you the opportunity to unleash your greatness within! Elizabeth Holmes meets Flashman, The Wolf of Poyais is a dark comedy reliving the true story of a swashbuckling confidence trickster and his quest to sell a country that never existed. ***** (NorthWestEnd.co.uk). ***** (LondonTheatre1.com). With two Fringe Theatre Award Nominations." "twitter:title": "The Wolf of Poyais" description: "Are you tired of struggling with everyone else? Have you always secretly known you were meant to be rich? Are you ready to succeed? For four weeks only, Gregor MacGregor, played by Comedian's Choice winner Joz Norris, presents you the opportunity to unleash your greatness within! Elizabeth Holmes meets Flashman, The Wolf of Poyais is a dark comedy reliving the true story of a swashbuckling confidence trickster and his quest to sell a country that never existed. ***** (NorthWestEnd.co.uk). ***** (LondonTheatre1.com). With two Fringe Theatre Award Nominations." --- # The Wolf of Poyais [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![The Wolf of Poyais](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2Fbed2cda4-8f95-40c2-8e93-a825b7b74c43?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # The Wolf of Poyais Are you tired of struggling with everyone else? Have you always secretly known you were meant to be rich? Are you ready to succeed? For four weeks only, Sir Gregor MacGregor is here to teach you how to unleash the greatness within and learn how he sold a country that didn’t exist! A dark comedy telling the true story of a swashbuckling confidence trickster and the greatest scam you’ve never heard of, the Poyais Scheme. ★★★★★ North West End★★★★★ LondonTheatre1 [ ### **Follow Us** ### **Sign up to our newsletter** ## **THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS, SPONSORS AND PARTNERS** [![The City of Edinburgh Council](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/d379ddbf-66cc-4bb3-909e-c524a9e673ac?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The City of Edinburgh Council website](https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/) [![The Church of Scotland](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/49185c32-3f2d-4eda-ae62-d01a3e04c659?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The Church of Scotland website](https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/) [![Essential Edinburgh](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/bbd576d2-3705-41b9-94af-7dfe6f96b6b2?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Essential Edinburgh website](https://www.essentialedinburgh.co.uk/) [![The University of Edinburgh](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/56257592-6b16-4180-9c7c-562de7a6cc0e?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The University of Edinburgh website](https://www.ed.ac.uk/) [![Inchs](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/fb42cf05-8f22-4aea-8e08-24e008e57457?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Inchs website](https://www.inchscider.co.uk/) [![encore](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/d961c754-dd20-40c1-b476-5369a4076745?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit encore website](https://www.encore-emea.com/) [![Deltalive](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/1ca2a489-690b-4b55-b16a-cd6d2e539d7c?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Deltalive website](https://deltalive.net/) [![Robe](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/b21f6feb-a965-4482-b78a-4466a153d45b?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Robe website](https://www.robe.cz/) [![Matthew Clark](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/1a437a3c-6fa6-4078-a071-17d0e0b860d0?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Matthew Clark website](https://www.matthewclark.co.uk/) [![The List](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/86335248-6c14-4676-bcb8-291543a4c604?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The List website](https://list.co.uk/) [![Capital Radio](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/71f29d18-debc-4592-8ae7-0aa4f5163117?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Capital Radio website](https://www.capitalfm.com/) ![Forth 1](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/dc387b7e-8339-4d99-b9be-b1a256439563?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png) [![Deputy](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/7e02ca85-c474-41c6-bd00-beb95ab98ece?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Deputy website](https://www.deputy.com/gb) [![Lothian](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/c55784eb-57f5-464e-8f82-ad0e480d3b30?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Lothian website](https://www.lothianbuses.com/) [![Edinburgh International Film Festival](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/bf554013-50b4-4eb8-91df-aeaa7ef890ac?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Edinburgh International Film Festival website](https://www.edfilmfest.org/) [![Street Assist Edinburgh](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/d64fb877-77c5-4c98-bd42-15db5069750c?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Street Assist Edinburgh website](https://www.streetassist.co.uk/)