CALL ME ELIZABETH: An audience with Elizabeth Taylor

Written & Performed by Kayla Boye
Directed by Michael Weber
Dramaturged & Presented by Guy Masterson

Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, you are cordially invited to an audience with Dame Elizabeth Taylor!

Kayla Boye IS the Hollywood legend as she takes us behind the scenes to expose the realities of superstardom shrouded by glitz and glamour, uncompromisingly revealing her innermost feelings about love and life… The triumphs and tragedies of a scrutinised existence, from ‘Lassie' to ‘Cleopatra’...from Burton to Humanitarian…An extraordinary life…

Born to stardom, for a decade she was the darling of Hollywood, but her fairytale wedding to Nicky Hilton soured on their wedding night, she lost beloveds James Dean and Montgomery Clift to car crashes, she lost her 3rd husband - and the love of her life - Mike Todd, in a plane crash, she almost lost her own life to pneumonia, she lost her 5th and 6th husband - and passion of her life - Richard Burton, to alcoholism. She lost her best friend, Rock Hudson, to AIDS… and she very nearly lost herself... but she stopped on the brink. Defiant, she became the voice that demanded that AIDS be taken seriously, that it was more than just "a Gay Disease" and her influence led to activism, and her activism to acceptance and cure.

Directed by Mike Weber, dramaturged and presented by Guy Masterson, Olivier winner and twice Taylor's nephew by marriage to Richard Burton, this is as close as anyone will get to the truth of her remarkable journey from Child Star to Aids Activist.

★★★★★ 'Brilliant! A must-watch for any Elizabeth Taylor fan!' (EdFringeReview) 
★★★★★ 'Captivating! A brilliantly polished production!' (Three Weeks) 
★★★★★ 'A shattering, exquisite performance that should not be missed.' (Chicago Theatre)