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  • DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY

    Sat 14 Dec at 9pm
    Tickets £8 + booking fee (work-in-progress)
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    ‘DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY’ started as a vent, an agitation towards the London dating scene and then more specifically gay dating and hookup culture.

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    Ollie is trapped in a box of what straight people see as gay men to be. Promiscuous, highly sexual and unfortunately at times predators. He takes on these stereotypes thinking that’s just who he is when in fact it becomes destructive. He’s desperate to prove that he’s desirable. To validate that he could get any man that he wants. 

    Rory, Ollie's old friend from Scotland, completely denies any homosexual feelings and bottles them up. His hyper-hetrosexuality is inauthentic and in result destructive to himself and other people he encounters. But he has an unbearable urge to experiment with men.

    This work in progress is a twisted rom-com exploring the theme of internalised-homophobia.

    Writer/Performer: Fraser Kelsey 

    Dramaturg/Director: Charlotte Anne Tilley 

    Producer: Iona Bremner for Iona Bremner Productions and Sláinte! Theatre 

     

    Developed and supported by Sláinte! Theatre Ltd

    Originating Dramaturg/Director: Lily Elöise-Ormerod

    Content Notice
    Running Time 60 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeStrong language and sexual references. Direct address to audience. Suitable for 16+
    Health Notice
    Health NoticeSmoke/fog/haze,Strobe Lighting,Flashing Lights,Loud Noises

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