--- 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 (Thom Tuck) is here to teach you how to unleash the greatness within and learn how he sold a country that didn’t exist! 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