Isn’t It Byronic – The Courtyard Theatre
As if you had not guessed by the title, this is a show about Lord Byron – no not the pub (of which I am sure there are many), but the romantic poet who penned his verse in the late 18th and early 19th century. Performer Zoe Maltby is a little obsessed with Byron, and to prove it, she has made a show in reverence to him, but in allusion to his very promiscuous lifestyle, Maltby summons up the camp, drag artist within herself, to become Lord George Gordon Byron – well sometimes at least!
Maltby, clearly knows her Byron, and as she explores his life and work in a chaotic, dramatic, festival of riotous fun. Audience members are harpooned with the microphone and encouraged to participate within the realms of a script, but it is Maltby’s sharing of her personal difficulties, t...