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The sun is hot. The air is dry. You have come to California to die. Award winning multi-instrumentalist and Pleasance stalwart storyteller Callum Patrick Hughes rips apart Nathanael West's 1930's Great American Novel, rebuilding it with loop pedals, guitar drones and a soundscape of broken dreams and fading stardom. The burning city of Hollwood's Golden Age collides with US contemporary chaos in a production described as part adaptation, part riot, part protest song. Presented by multi WhatsOnStage Award-nominated Fake Escape as part of their Decade of Fringe season.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Day of the Locust is by Fake Escape, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ, 5 August to 31 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 8+. Tickets from £9. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes and Strong language.