Victory at the Dirt Palace takes place in American's top news rooms where rival anchors James Mann and K. Mann, father and daughter, compete for ratings in a head-to-head primetime grudge match. Their vicious battle for supremacy becomes a national drama as sex scandals, terrorism, and dementia threaten both their careers. Faithlessly adapted from King Lear, Victory at the Dirt Palace is a wicked satire about heredity and corruption among primetime royalty. > see all reviews

Victory at the Dirt Palace, a Riot Group production, was first performed at La Val's Subterranean Theater, Berkeley California, on July 22, 2002 and subsequently opened at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 4, 2002 in a co-production with the Garage Theatre and the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts. Victory at the Dirt Palace transferred to Riverside Studios, London, on January 8, 2003 in a co-production with Riverside Studios and Chantal Arts Ltd. The cast was as follows:

JAMES MANN	Paul Schnabel
K MANN	Stephanie Viola
SPENCE	Adriano Shaplin
ANDREW	Drew Friedman
Directed and designed by	The Riot Group
Stage Manager	Maria Shaplin

Victory at the Dirt Palace received the Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Herald Angel award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2002.
This production received the Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Herald Devil Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2002. photo credit: Geraint Lewis