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About

The format is simple

  • There is a court room, a judge, a clerk and both prosecution and defence lawyers
  • Each role is played by a comedian
  • The audience fills in charge sheets to accuse friends attending court
  • The clerk collects the charge sheets before the show starts
  • You’re not obliged to fill in the charge sheets but it’s more fun if you do
  • Only 3 or 4 cases will be chosen to be tried

 

This Is Your Trial will be 6 years old this year.

 


During that time the show has had several homes in London before finding a monthly residency at the Monkey Barrel on Thursday and Monday nights.

It has also travelled to Edinburgh. Brighton, Leicester, Perth and Adelaide comedy festivals, clocking up more than 250 shows, thousands of jurors and more than 100 different comedians taking part.

About David

David Allison is a law graduate, a writer, director and maker of films and TV.

He came up with the idea of trying to personalise a live comedy show after he was brought up on stage at the Queen’s Head in Camden by the MC, Sara Pascoe.

After testing out formats based on interactive quizzes he arrived at This Is Your Trial in 2012 when he borrowed a barrister’s wig and gave it to a quiz master in one of his shows.

Since then, there have been over 200 Trial shows.

David Allison
Owner
I have been put on trial before too!

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