BATSHIT TOUR DATES
2025
BRISBANE FESTIVAL
10-13 September
SOHO THEATRE LONDON
24-27 September
WORTHING THEATRE
30 September
LAKESIDE ARTS NOTTINGHAM
3-4 October
ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS
17 October
TRAVERSE THEATRE EDINBURGH
22-25 October
STANFORD LIVE USA
4-7 February 2026
THE CULTCH VANCOUVER CA
11-15 February 2026
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Psycho-siren Leah Shelton creates stylized, guttural, renegade feminist work soaked in cult references and dark humour.
Based in so-called Australia, her work has taken her from the glamour of Las Vegas to the back streets of Kings Cross, from rigorous training in Japan to London’s West End.
With Lisa Fa’alafi, Leah is Co-Director of intersectional theatre disrupters Polytoxic, creating protest party works underpinned by diversity and collaboration.
As a solo artist, Leah has played on and off West End in London. She has graced many cabaret stages including La Clique, OhLala Zurich, Little Death Club, Vegas Nocturne. Leah’s triptych of solo works interrogating gender and identity have received critical acclaim: TERROR AUSTRALIS received numerous awards and toured Australia and France; ON HEAT, directed by UK Performance Art luminary Ursula Martinez, toured major festivals in Australia and SOHO Theatre London; and her most recent work BATSHIT won the prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award at Edinburgh Fringe 2024.
With Lisa Fa’alafi (of Hot Brown Honey acclaim), Leah is Co-Director of intersectional feminist theatre disruptors Polytoxic. Since 2000, Polytoxic’s work has been presented in traditional huts, indie theatre seasons, dusty big-tops and major festivals around the world, including PS122’s COIL Festival NYC, Harbourfront Centre Canada, WanSmolbag Vanuatu, Sydney Opera House, and most recently premiered their empowering, unapologetic, hot-as-hell cabaret DANGEROUS GOODS.
Leah is currently undertaking a Churchill Fellowship to research cutting edge practices of activism in live performance.
““A maelstrom of female history and rage … an iconic performance””
“Shelton is an absolutely enthralling performer.”
The National Scotland
Photo by Raw Bones Photography
“Brave, beautiful and furious work … one of Australia’s most courageous female artists.”