Friends, Romans, countrymen-

I jest.

Ladies and gentlemen- and…others-

It is an absolute pleasure to have you all here.

Aspiring national treasure and quintessential luvvie Gerald welcomes his loyal fans to a career retrospective. He regales the audience with tales of his postwar upbringing in the mining town of Tonypandy, his turbulent training at Webber Douglas and his later success in classical theatre, musical theatre and, most recently, as an ageing Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Never Too Late. But when Gerald’s favourite mentee expresses an inconvenient opinion about his past, he becomes defensive. Through both parody and pathos, An Evening with Gerald Lloyd-Davies explores what happens when yesterday’s progressive becomes today’s regressive.

Premiering at Summerhall @ Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Writer and performer: Laurie Stevens

Dramaturg: Annie Siddons

Director: Len Gwyn