I’m very partial to a Rikki Beadle-Blair play, but I’m afraid this one has none of the sweep or depth of the other two plays of his I’ve seen (https://garethjames.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/gutted). It’s a Rom Com, a genre I’m generally fond of, but it arrives on a wave of implausibility which sadly lost me early on.
Four homeless boys, though you’d never believe it by looking at them, compete for the affections of Summer, a Philippine woman living in London. She’s the protégé of life coach Joan, who’s romance with the boys’ friend, sandwich seller Justine, provides a sub-plot. The boys take it in turns to spend a day with Summer, a difficult job when you have no money.
We’re told it’s the first completely trans cast, which is very laudable, though I have to confess this baffled me with at least two of them. When you know this, there is a tendency to confuse the gender of the actors with the gender of the characters and I got in a right pickle trying to understand the various sexual orientations (of the characters).
I admired the ambition and I enjoyed the performances, but it didn’t really work for me, probably because I was expecting a play with more bite, as I have come to expect from Beadle-Blair.
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