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Who's Got A Plan For Brexit? This Hit Musical Does

Stressed over British politics, an EU trade lawyer channeled his anxiety into songwriting. The result, Brexit: The Musical, debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and might head to London.
<em>Brexit: The Musical, </em>written by EU trade lawyer Chris Bryant and directed by Bronagh Lagan, debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August in Scotland.

After Britain voted to leave the European Union last June, lawyer Chris Bryant, who specializes in EU trade policy, spent the year counseling anxious clients about Brexit.

"Queries were coming from all directions: left, right and center, every single sector of the economy," says Bryant, 39, wearing a dark blue dad sweater and a boyish grin, over tea at a cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland. "Also, it was complicated by the fact that there were a lot of things that we simply didn't know, and still do not know."

The turmoil took a toll on his nerves. But

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