Hollywood, the 1940s. A charismatic film director auditions a young actor for a horror film whose lead has died under mysterious circumstances. As he shares tales of exploitation, broken promises, sex, cults, and the fine line between artifice and truth, it transpires there may be a more malevolent eye than that of the camera in the room. But the horrors on screen were never real – were they?
Award-winning theatre-maker Polis Loizou comes to Amplify: SEASONS with a tale to fill you with dread… and doubt.
Polis Loizou is an award-winning Cypriot author, playwright, poet, performer and oral storyteller.
His books include Disbanded Kingdom, published in 2018 and long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize, and A Good Year – a queer, historical folk-horror novella set in Cyprus during British colonial rule.
Polis is also one third of the fringe theatre troupe The Off-Off-Off-Broadway Company, for which he’s written, directed and produced a number of one-act theatre shows that have toured the UK fringe circuit. These include Hitchcock reworking Back Door, winner of the John Beecher Memorial Award at Buxton Fringe and Best Comedy Show at Greater Manchester Fringe. His solo theatrical work includes Mr Fox, a take on the grisly old tale that explores misogyny and privilege; Island of Love, a blend of history, myth and family stories of Cyprus; and the Arts Council-funded I Was A Teenage Bisexual, a one-man horror B-movie for the stage mixed with poetry and multimedia. His latest piece, You Oughta Be In Pictures, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025.
“A disquieting patchwork of realities.”4 rating