Reviewed by: Julia Rampen

Sabrina Mahfouz is just one woman in a single spotlight, but she speaks in many tongues. While her brand of theatrical performance poetry is dirty and lyrical in turn, she also has a chameleon-like ability to imitate. As a result, this is a feast for accent-lovers, whether you’re a fan of northern grit, southern upper-class drawl, or mockney.
Mahfouz tells the story of Nina, a stripper. It’s an amusing and often surreal journey through the adult entertainment world. The audience is offered a peep at a strippers’ changing room, a bizarre fetish, and the various categories of punters. As well as the self-proclaimed lads, there are those that ask her what her mother would say. Nina’s quick reply – ‘What would your mother say?’ – quickly exposes the hypocrisy of such moralising.
It’s also, though, a portrait of an individual who is never quite at ease. In one of the highlights of the piece, Mahfouz takes us to a dinner party that meets Bridget Jones levels of social awkwardness. ‘Do you ski, Nina?’ a plummy voice asks. Nina responds dryly: ‘No, I don’t like doing anything that involves too many clothes.’ By the end, even Nina’s self-assurance seems something of a façade.
This show is driven by poetry, but it’s also an elegant and gripping piece of theatre. See it.
MORE HERE http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/edinburgh/E8831312561503/Dry+Ice.html

Peter performing earlier this year at The Hospital Club

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Chorus and Echos Interview

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Platform Live: seeking young talent between 16 – 21 for live pitch competition and creative agency mentorship

Funded by NESTA and taking place at their offices in central London on July 13th, the competition will involve four young teams working with four of the UK’s leading creative agencies to produce a ground breaking, global idea for RED.

Teams will meet in the morning and present their final pitch at the end of the day to an expert panel and audience of leading creative industry, media and government figures. Participants from the winning team will have the opportunity to win mentorships with some of our agency partners and other prizes from the our brand!

They are looking for 12 people to participate. All you have to do is submit an example of your work (can be anything from music or film to fashion or design) here by July 6th: http://projectplatform.co.uk

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Sabrina says “Dry Ice will be on at The UNDERBELLY in Edinburgh from 4-28 August 2011 as part of the Fringe Festival. I think it is an important show to be there because if I didn’t then that would be worrying and also because I think it sheds a new light on a world that spends lots of time in the shadows, gives a loud, lively voice to some under-represented ones and stylistically challenges notions of performance poetry and theatre.”