When the press release for Lipstick Service arrived it sounded like something a little bit different. “Prison is the setting for LIPSTICK SERVICE, a cutting edge production from La-Di-Da, which premieres in this year’s Absolut Fringe. The play centres on the experiences of three female prisoners, Natasha, Chrisso and Faith, and their ability to cope with life behind bars. In an engaging and gripping presentation, these women reveal the raw truth and harsh reality of living within a prison community.” Then again, press releases have a habit of using adjectives like ‘engaging’ and ‘gripping’ and ‘raw’ with wild abandon so we weren’t particularly worried about picking two seats in the front row until the lights came up on the opening scene of a girl being forced to go down on a prison officer. It’s intensely difficult to look away from something on stage the way you can on TV. There’s … There’s more →