My Mix(ed-Up) Tape review – fury on the dancefloor at fiery Welsh wedding

Why it matters: This play offers a raw, intimate look at confronting personal demons within a culturally rich setting.
- Katie Payne's 'My Mix(ed-Up) Tape' is a vivid and raw monologue exploring a violent past and problematic present.
- The play is set at a fiery Welsh wedding, serving as a backdrop for a reckoning with personal history.
- Shakespeare North Playhouse is hosting this taut 70-minute production, showcasing Payne's pacy storytelling.
Katie Payne's raw monologue, 'My Mix(ed-Up) Tape,' at Shakespeare North Playhouse, plunges audiences into a fiery Welsh wedding, where a reluctant return to the valleys forces a reckoning with a violent past and a problematic present. The play, though a monologue, vividly sketches an entire world of fury and unresolved conflict on the dancefloor.

