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Boy With Beer

By Paul Boakye

Year staged: 1992

Opening night: 14/01/1992

Theatre Company: House of Boache

Staged in: Man in the Moon Theatre, London

Cast Size: 2

Synopsis

An upwardly mobile photographer, Karl, sturggles to connect with his closeted young raver boyfriend, Donovan as the AIDS Crisis looms over them. Caught between the worlds of queerness and Blackness, Karl and Donovan struggle to make sense of their relationship and the crisis.

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Boy With Beer

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Year published: 1995

Original Cast

Tunde Oba

Donovan

Clive Wedderburn

Karl

Production Team

John Lynch

Designer

Jimmy Mackness

Sound

Nicola Stammers

Lighting

Paul Boakye

Producer

Steven Luckie

Producer

Steven Luckie

Director

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: TTC/5/1/20

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 5211

British Library

Poster

Ref: BCA/Ephemera/374

Black Cultural Archives

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