Persistent And Nasty

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series Today Elaine chats with writer creators Milly Blue (Basement Jaxx, BBC Radio 4) & Jessie Maryon Davies (Kate Nash, Lips Choir) about their new show Elysium - Ruby Gilded Balloon @Appleton Tower 4 - 24 Aug 12:20 An comedy horror with music by Ghouls Aloud. It’s another must see. Elysium Meet Elysium Court’s newest arrivals - an aspirational couple in their late thirties who’ve recently escaped central London to start family life in earnest. The woman plans to spend her maternity leave happily cultivating vegetables…and hopefully her online presence. But from the moment she pulls up her narrow new garden’s standard-issue astroturf, their haven turns to hell. From multidisciplinary artists Milly Blue (Basement Jaxx, BBC Radio 4) and Jessie Maryon Davies (Kate Nash, Lips Choir), Elysium is a moving, modern horror, full of humour and spine-tingling truths, with a haunting live score and original songs. A satirical, suspenseful nightmare inspired by modern gothic