Beth Vyse: Going Dark

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Final show klaxon! This is your last chance to see Beth Vyse in her show 'Going Dark'. 

'Going Dark' charts the fantastical story of a dying actress, Betsy Lynn, and the cast of increasingly bizarre characters she encounters. A host of uniquely disturbing creations are brought to life with creative multimedia and Vyse’s own trademark stage presence. Described as “Julie Walters meets The Mighty Boosh”, you can expect a whirlwind of the surreal, sublime and completely ridiculous.

Having trained as an actress, Beth Vyse spent two seasons with the RSC before continuing to work in radio, TV and theatre up and down the country. She now performs, writes and directs her own work as well as others’ and works as a practitioner and workshop leader. As a comedian, she runs her own monthly night residency at Filthy McNasty’s in Angel, and performs twice a month with surreal comic troupe ‘Weirdos’. 

"Her style has a touch of The Mighty Boosh about it … with hilarious multimedia… stunningly lewd" â€¨**** 
- ThreeWeeks
"Marvellous, imperious, ambitious" – The Times
"Excellent… tremendous comic effect" – Evening Standard

You can catch this final showing at Soho Theatre on Tuesday 27th May. For more information and tickets click HERE!

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