We’ve all listened to radio plays before. Sometimes they are seen as being quite old fashioned. Not a great deal of people around my age (26) that I know listen to them. This is the first audio play I’ve heard of and listened to, that has been brought around due to the lockdown restrictions.
Being a massive horror nerd, I was very excited to review this piece. I was not disappointed. Elf Lyons is obviously a fan of horror. You can tell that from the first soundscape of this immersive audio version of her play. Inspired by the infamous Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, taking heavy influences from the Hammer Horror/Slasher Genre and dabbled with incredibly dark humour; Gorgon takes us through the story of a woman called Diana, who seems sweet, innocent and awkward but when she snaps, God help you. A mild-mannered taxidermist, struggling with some hard memories from her childhood, trying to balance her social life, relationship with a not-so-great gent; it all becomes a little bit too much. She finally explodes and the results of her anger are both gruesome and hilarious. I don’t want to go into the story too much as it will give away some of the brilliant thrills, chills, twists and turns of this horrifically exciting piece.
