Stroud-based playwright and director Louis Davenport is bringing his absurd and brand new play to the Cheltenham Playhouse this May. With his cast of 5, he will dive into the history of sexuality in his new work Queer Eyes on Queer Lives.
A collection of three short plays, Queer Eyes on Queer Lives is an hour-long romp through the hallowed halls of history. It highlights the ways and means that those on the margins of sexuality lived and loved, with plenty of laughs alongside.
The individual shows are Gladiators, a duologue bridging 1900 years to bring two people out of time together and explore how our identities evolve, The Last Ride of Julie D’Aubigny, a rip-roaring splash into the last years of France’s trouser-wearing, sword fighting bisexual, and Who Killed Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a black comedy/mystery that deals with myth-making and medicalisation. The latter made its debut earlier this year at the Bristol Old Vic, while the other two are entirely unstaged and will be making their premier in Cheltenham!
Watson’s House Production, a local stage production company based out of Stroud and Bristol, is producing the show. It works with up and coming actors to give them the chance to build their skills and get out on stage in their first professional performances.
“Absurdist, comedic and thought-provoking.” “I was gripped throughout!”
“Murder mystery meets Dr Who through the histories” “Sharp and quick.”
– Audience feedback for Who Killed Karl Heinrcih Ulrichs at the Bristol Old Vic.
Queer Eyes on Queer Lives will be at the Cheltenham Playhouse for one hour-long performance only at 6pm on the bank holiday Monday the 25th of May.
Tickets are on sale now!
All seats £9.50
Book now via the Cheltenham Fringe website: https://cheltfringe.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173678892
