One of the UK’s leading hormone experts is taking to the stage on a theatre tour to debunk decades of misinformation around women’s hormones and their health.
Dr Louise Newson, physician and the founder of the free Balance hormone health app, the Newson Clinic and host of the award-winning Dr Louise Newson podcast, is embarking on the UK-wide tour to educate as many people as possible around the science and history of hormones.
The show sees Dr Louise challenging everything you’ve ever been told about hormones, especially with respect to their effects on mental health, as well as exposing years of medical misogyny.
Hidden story of hormones
Following on from Dr Louise’s hugely successful 2024 theatre tour, her new show, entitled Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Hormones, promises to break new ground with a raw, honest take on how the impact of changing and low hormones (progesterone, estradiol and testosterone) can negatively affect women’s mental health. As well as telling the hidden story of hormone treatments, Dr Louise will explore the decades of injustice where women have not been listened to, believed, nor prescribed the correct hormone treatments by healthcare professionals.
Tackling key questions around hormones, contraception and health of women, Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Hormones promises to be an empowering evening for everyone – from women trying to navigate contraception and PMS, to women looking to increase their knowledge about perimenopause, menopause, HRT and testosterone.
Myth-busting and real-life stories
Kicking off in April, the 38-date tour will see Dr Louise visiting locations including Nottingham, Bristol, Darlington, Worcester, Winchester, Exeter and Swansea. The show will include real-life stories, myth busting and the opportunity for the audience to put their questions to Dr Louise, a No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author.
‘Women of all ages deserve more information, better support and better healthcare,’ says Dr Louise.
‘I’m passionate about sharing my knowledge about the hormones that impact us from our teens onwards, and I want to reach as many people as possible with the right information. I’m particularly looking forward to having honest conversations in the Q&A sessions during the show.
‘This is more than a health talk – it is a movement and a wake-up call. Whether it’s menopause, PMDD, contraception or PCOS, I’m so excited to be able to reach as many people across the UK as possible to provide information that can truly change lives.’
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Tour Q&A with Dr Louise Newson
The new tour is called Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Hormones. What's your mission behind this tour?
‘I want not only to empower the audience, but to shock actually. With this tour I want to educate as many people as possible about the numerous essential roles the hormones progesterone, estradiol and testosterone have throughout our bodies and especially in our brains so people can truly understand what can happen when those hormone levels reduce or change.
‘Through my own research I’ve discovered some really shocking facts about how women with hormonal changes are mistreated – not only in the past, but in the present day. I’m keen to share this with others so that we don’t repeat the same mistakes and help women take charge of their own health and hormones so we can change the future together.’
Who should go and see the show?
‘Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Hormones is a must-see not only for women who are curious about their own bodies and want to improve their future health, but anyone who knows and cares about women. I’ll be taking the audience on a hormone journey from the teenage years onwards, so it’s something that people can bring their teenage daughters and upwards to so women can really learn more about how important hormones are for their health and wellbeing.’
What's different about this show compared to your previous tour in 2024?
‘I had an incredible response from my first tour, and it really lit a fire in me after hearing how so many women out there are struggling to get the right type and dose of hormones because of misinformation and a lack of knowledge.
‘This has to change, and as the title suggests, the new tour is about breaking that cycle. It’s going to be bolder, with more insight, more science, more real stories and eye-opening facts that really will change everything you think you know about hormones and their impact on your current and future health.’
You say the tour 'is more than a health talk' – can you expand on that?
‘I want this show to be the start of a movement where we can help each other to end the suffering of women, and the audience is going to be a key part of that.
‘Knowledge really is power, and the audience will be discovering how for so long hormones have been misunderstood, the confusion around older types of HRT and hormonal contraceptives and how women have been mistreated or ignored by our healthcare systems. I want this show to be a turning point, where audiences can take their new-found knowledge to improve not only their health, but the health of their loved ones and colleagues too by sharing this knowledge more widely.’
What's going to be the most surprising or memorable part of the show?
‘I can’t give too much away because I don’t want to spoil the surprise for the audiences, but safe to say there will be many facts that will resonate with many people and likely to make them reflect on various family members too. There will be many surprising facts about medications that are prescribed to women more commonly than HRT.’
What are the key things the audience will leave with after watching the show?
‘I want this tour to be a catalyst for change. I always end my Dr Louise Newson Podcast with three take-home tips, so to borrow the same format, I’d say audience will leave feeling empowered, enlightened and awakened – and ready to be part of that change.’
