Once upon a time in a faraway land called the 1990s, there lived a young gay man who had been transformed into a hideous Beast by a powerful spell.
Locked away in his hideaway with only an extremely talkative Magic Mirror for company, he is forced to confront the record of his relationship dramas in a quest for clues that might help break the enchantment.
And thus begins a journey of self-discovery that summons up boyfriends and breakups, some of London’s lost queer spaces from the era, and the house sounds that defined a decade.
This autobiographical show combines a queer re-telling of Beauty and the Beast with a revisionist take on the 1990s to create a kind of solo panto featuring some inevitable (but entirely voluntary) moments of audience participation.
Written and performed by Martin Moriarty
Director: Sean Ting-Hsuan Wang
Assistant Director: Sasha Tzu-Yin Hsu
Movement Director: Pamela Ching-Yun Tsou
"Our children live in the most deprived ward in London and their parents cannot afford to pay for the classes and activities many more privileged children enjoy after school and at the weekends. A free-to-access youth group run by a local theatre in a professional setting is an incredible opportunity."
Local school teacher
