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Writer: Katie Bonna Dramaturg: Sarah Dickenson Director: Joe Murphy Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys If lying was a paying job, then Katie Bonna and her family would be billionaires. At the heart of All The Things I Lied About, is the monumental web of lies that tore Bonna’s own family apart. In this post-truth, fake news world, and working from the principle ...

Writer and Performer: Katie Bonna Reviewer: Paul Couch “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” So says the ...

Ipswich’s Pulse Festival returns to the New Wolsey Theatre 1-10 June 2017, packed with over 50 events to thrill and entertain. To help you decide what to see, we’re running our Pulse Points Previews, asking performers to tell us about their productions. Here, Katie Bonna tells us about All The Things I Lied About which is performed at Pulse on ...

By PAUL COUCH East Anglia’s Pulse Festival, now in its 17th year, has today [25 March 2017] announced its line-up for 10 days of contemporary theatre with established and emerging artists, both local and those from further afield. Building on previous Pulse Festivals, this year’s programme carries on the successes of Suitcase Prize Day and Scratch Day with new work ...

Writers: Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna Director: Pia Furtado Reviewer: Deborah Parry A bloke once said the ‘course of true love never runs smoothly’ and, hundreds of years later, Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna bring us a play which illustrates that this is still very much true and that exploring the subject on stage still entertains. The plot of Dirty Great ...

Reviewer: David Doyle We all lie. Every day we utter a lie. Those can be big or small but they are ever-present in our lives. In All the Things I Lied About, Katie Bonna examines her own relationship with lying and in the form of a TED talk that nobody asked her to give, she explores the devastating impact lies ...

Eight years ago a newcomer entered the summer festival scene. Many saw it as an already crowded market but organisers saw a gap in the market for something different. More Than Just A Music Festival the posters claim and for Latitude that claim is more than justified. Latitude has now firmly established itself on the festival calendar, being named best ...

Writers: Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna Director: Pia Furtado Reviewer: Flip Miller [rating:4.5] From the minute Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna walk on stage you were immediately pulled into their lives and their on / off relationship. This one act play is the poetry equivalent of a Marian Keyes novel. You, the audience are outsiders looking in at the players. ...