Theatre: Littered with pop culture, silly couch sex and dancing, Ultan Pringle’s script also tackles big themes
Part love story, part meditation on grief, and part commentary on the ecological crisis, Boyfriends is a tender and witty new play showing at theAfter a chance encounter at The George pub, the pair ghost each other, but bump into each other again at a cafe and ultimately end up in a rather intimate “situationship” .
Littered with pop culture references, silly couch sex and dancing , Boyfriends also takes on the bigger themes of commitment, identity, loss and existentialism.playwright Ultan Pringle’s script is smart, raw, and above all, hilarious. On stage, Pringle plays his character with a lovable warmth and sharp delivery.“No, a dog owner.” Out rolls Marshmallow, a remote-controlled robot dog, to raucous laughter.
Loneliness doesn’t discriminate, but Boyfriends is astute in its observations about its psychological impacts on gay men and the prevalence within the community. It explores the issue of toxic diet culture among young men without reserve.
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