Details

The music is pumping and the crowd is jumping, in a club on a North London estate rife with drugs. Inside, the tension is as high as the clubbers. The jealous club owner, Michael watches the friendship between his wife Anita, and her co-singer Lyric. Meanwhile, Poison has been betrayed by his gang and, furious about his fall from power, will stop at nothing to get revenge. Outside, rivalry between gangs threatens to erupt an any moment. This funky, explosive musical is a re-telling of the Othello story in a modern British setting.

Cast/Performers

Guy Burgess, Claudia Cadette, Nigel Clauzel, Koffi Missah, Horace Oliver, Mykal Rand, Shelley Williams, Kelli Young, Natalie Tapper, Delroy Atkinson, Debbie Kurup

Creatives/Company

Author(s): David Kramer, Taliep Petersen
Book by: Jenny McLeod
Director(s): David Kramer, Taliep Petersen (music), Taliep Petersen (music)
Design: Bunny christie
Lighting(s): Howard Harrison, Oliver Fenwick

Poison

Poison (Musical) production archive for QTIX code T2076373748. Details of all Poison archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0910749281

Archive Listings

17 Feb 00
to
8 Apr 00

The Kiln (formerly Tricycle Theatre)
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

The Sunday Times: 11Jan01:
Some of their street songs have a brash energy, and there are ladies in silver corsets dancing about the streaked-concrete set with lots of brio; but most of the music is little more original than the lyrics.

User Reviews

The Sunday Times (11Jan01): Some of their street songs have a brash energy, and there are ladies in silver corsets dancing about the streaked-concrete set with lots of brio; but most of the music is little more original than the lyrics.

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