Come Out Fighting

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Tickets

All Tickets £13

Location

Sterts Arts & Environmental Centre, Liskeard

Dates

Fri 6th October, 2023 — Sat 7th October, 2023
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7:30 pm

About this event

Come Out Fighting - What Now Productions

Recommended Age 16+

A new play by Nick Bamford

Joe’s suppressed sexuality finds vent only in violence, honed by his military training.

But then he meets Carl and is propelled headlong into unknown waters – the world of a celebrity boxer and infatuation with a young man whom life has taught not to trust love or commitment. Joe’s confusion and his killer instinct threaten to destroy them both.

Inspired by Merimée/Bizet’s Carmen, this is a love story exploring the testosterone-driven links between sex and violence. Two squaddies, both damaged by childhood abuse, embark on a desperate affair, fuelled by jealousy, anger and betrayal, where fighting and sex become inseparable. Can they overcome their compromised understanding of physical and emotional relationships to find what they both crave, even if they have yet to recognise what that is?

Set against this troubled romance is the wry subplot of a gay celebrity boxer whose manager struggles to keep the nature – and insatiability – of his fighter’s sexual appetite under wraps.

*The play is not suitable for children.*

The new, Mullion-based, company, What Now Productions is run by writer and director, Nick Bamford (www.nickbamford.com) and actor/teacher Richard Curnow (www.richardcurnow.com) who are pleased to bring decades of experience in their fields to Cornwall.

Contact

01579 362 382 | https://tickets.sterts.co.uk/sales

Accessibility

Details

Wheelchair and Carers tickets are available, please contact the box office on 01579 362382 between 10am and 1pm to book. Sterts has a Changing Places facility

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