Inksters backing audience "Your Trial" Fringe show again

Inksters Solicitors is renewing its sponsorship of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe show in which guest comedians prosecute and defend "charges" brought against members of the audience.

Presented in its current format for the third year, This Is Your Trial bills itself as "the UK’s only court based improvised show". The guest stars play lawyers prosecuting and defending charges set against members of the audience, brought by their friends. The performers decide the arguments for each case and the audience, as the jury, decides on their guilt. 

With Thom Tuck presiding, guests already confirmed include Clive Anderson, Marcus Brigstocke, Susan Calman, Josie Long, Trevor Lock, Pippa Evans, Deborah Frances-White, Phil Nichol and Tim Fitzhigham.

Inksters’ involvement with This is Your Trial began in 2013 when founder, Brian Inkster, had his own one day show at the Fringe – being cleared on charges of high treason for having his eyes on the Scottish (or Shetland?) Crown. This year's production runs each night from 3-28 August at the Gilded Balloon Teviot (Wine Bar), at 7.30pm.

Creator David Allison commented: "This is a show inspired by law. I studied it, love the practice of it, but love comedy a little bit more. Somehow I've found a way to combine the two. For a change, lawyers can come do jury service in our audience, poacher turned gamekeeper, or is it the other way around?"

Mr Inkster added: "This is Your Trial gets bigger and better every year. It is great for the show to be returning for a fourth year and for Inksters to be part of it again. Law can be fun and at Inksters we like to show that side of it!"