‘He is the sickness and you maintain that sickness’
Idi Amin is the self-declared President of Uganda. When Scottish medic Nicholas Garrigan becomes his personal physician, he is catapulted into Amin’s inner circle. A useful asset for the British Secret Service, is Garrigan the man on the inside, or does he have blood on his hands too?
The first adaptation of the award-winning novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie, The Last King of Scotland is an electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity.
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY GILES FODEN
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY STEVE WATERS
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