{"id":9799,"date":"2023-04-27T11:38:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/animal-review-candid-comedy-drama-explores-sex-and-disability\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T11:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:38:06","slug":"animal-review-candid-comedy-drama-explores-sex-and-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/animal-review-candid-comedy-drama-explores-sex-and-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal review \u2013 candid comedy drama explores sex and disability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Park theatre, London
<\/strong>David has cerebral palsy and is determined to lose his virginity using Grindr in Jon Bradfield\u2019s entertaining play<\/p>\n

Any Grindr user faces a barrage of questions. Top or bottom? 420? Pics? Fun? Host? To these, the candid comedy-drama Animal adds another: \u201cDo you have level access for a wheelchair?\u201d David (Christopher John-Slater) has cerebral palsy but that doesn\u2019t mean he isn\u2019t gagging for it. He is 25 and dismayed that his carers can\u2019t bear to ask whether his virginity is still intact (it is), so in desperation he downloads the ubiquitous gay hook-up app. After initial worries \u2013 how can he reveal his vital statistics when he can\u2019t hold a ruler? \u2013 he is soon sending devil emojis and dick pics with the best of them.<\/p>\n

One of the strengths of Jon Bradfield\u2019s play (from a story by Bradfield and Josh Hepple) is that David\u2019s cherry is dispensed with briskly; in no time at all, he is accumulating notches on his bed-post. This necessitates video projection by Matt Powell and swift scene changes on Gregor Donnelly\u2019s set of sliding panels and neon tubes. Multiple parts are shared among the six-strong cast. William Oxborrow is especially deft in a string of roles including, most provocatively, the infantilising brute who tells David to \u201cbe good for daddy\u201d and then David\u2019s actual father, bemused by his son\u2019s sex life.<\/p>\n

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\nPark theatre, LondonDavid has cerebral palsy and is determined to lose his virginity using Grindr in Jon Bradfield\u2019s entertaining play
\nAny Grindr user faces a barrage of questions. Top or bottom? 420? Pics? Fun? Host? To these, the candid comedy-drama Animal adds another: \u201cDo you have level access for a wheelchair?\u201d David (Christopher John-Slater) has cerebral palsy but that doesn\u2019t mean he isn\u2019t gagging for it. He is 25 and dismayed that his carers can\u2019t bear to ask whether his virginity is still intact (it is), so in desperation he downloads the ubiquitous gay hook-up app. After initial worries \u2013 how can he reveal his vital statistics when he can\u2019t hold a ruler? \u2013 he is soon sending devil emojis and dick pics with the best of them.
\nOne of the strengths of Jon Bradfield\u2019s play (from a story by Bradfield and Josh Hepple) is that David\u2019s cherry is dispensed with briskly; in no time at all, he is accumulating notches on his bed-post. This necessitates video projection by Matt Powell and swift scene changes on Gregor Donnelly\u2019s set of sliding panels and neon tubes. Multiple parts are shared among the six-strong cast. William Oxborrow is especially deft in a string of roles including, most provocatively, the infantilising brute who tells David to \u201cbe good for daddy\u201d and then David\u2019s actual father, bemused by his son\u2019s sex life. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Park theatre, LondonDavid has cerebral palsy and is determined to lose his virginity using Grindr in Jon Bradfield\u2019s entertaining play Any Grindr user faces a barrage of questions. Top or bottom? 420? Pics? Fun? Host? To these, the candid comedy-drama Animal adds another: \u201cDo you have level access for a wheelchair?\u201d David (Christopher John-Slater) has …<\/p>\n

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