Theirstories X The Aids Plays Project
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Your first gay bar. A room crowded with men. Every one of them homosexual. Are you going to hang on till they bring the lights up?
For one night only, TheirStories and The AIDS Plays Project join forces at The Standard, London to celebrate the life and work of Colm Ó Clúbhán.
This special evening will feature a performance from Friends of Rio Rita’s, his rarely seen, semi-autobiographical play from 1985. Sharply funny and deeply moving, it follows two gay men who flee Ireland for London, charting their journey through the city’s clubs and cruising spots amid rising anti-Irish prejudice.
Director Alastair Curtis will also be joined in conversation by Mary Evans Young and Derek Evans, two of Ó Clúbhán’s closest friends, who will share memories of their friendship with Ó Clúbhán and his writing as well as their ongoing efforts to extend his legacy as one of the most original queer Irish dramatists of the twentieth-century.
The evening will conclude with a performance by NiCKY, a songwriter from London’s queer performance scene, who will perform 'I Saw You' from their forthcoming EP. A love song about cruising, it draws on lyrics first conceived by Ó Clúbhán and radical theatre collective the Brixton Faeries in the 1970s.
Spaces are limited.
Presented by The Standard, London.
This is an 18+ event
For one night only, TheirStories and The AIDS Plays Project join forces at The Standard, London to celebrate the life and work of Colm Ó Clúbhán.
This special evening will feature a performance from Friends of Rio Rita’s, his rarely seen, semi-autobiographical play from 1985. Sharply funny and deeply moving, it follows two gay men who flee Ireland for London, charting their journey through the city’s clubs and cruising spots amid rising anti-Irish prejudice.
Director Alastair Curtis will also be joined in conversation by Mary Evans Young and Derek Evans, two of Ó Clúbhán’s closest friends, who will share memories of their friendship with Ó Clúbhán and his writing as well as their ongoing efforts to extend his legacy as one of the most original queer Irish dramatists of the twentieth-century.
The evening will conclude with a performance by NiCKY, a songwriter from London’s queer performance scene, who will perform 'I Saw You' from their forthcoming EP. A love song about cruising, it draws on lyrics first conceived by Ó Clúbhán and radical theatre collective the Brixton Faeries in the 1970s.
Spaces are limited.
Presented by The Standard, London.
This is an 18+ event
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