How easy these boundaries of you and me are to cross. How close my body is to yours. When a vigil throws R and J together the day before Valentines, they try to construct a home for themselves. Over three unlikely days, they prod, and spill, and break, and lie; doing and undoing sex, talking themselves into oblivion. But violent delights have violent ends, and homes are always full of teeth. In a darkly intimate world of stasis and revolt, how much care do you need to put into loving someone? And how much carelessness does it take to be free? ACNE ROMEO is the bold and intrguing new play from Sam Smith, award-winning writer-director of Scenes with boys. Praise for previous work: (for Scenes with boys) An extraordinary commentary on art, love and life. Adventures in Theatreland A Young(ish) Perspective LondonTheatre1 (for This Swollen Thing) Theres something exciting about the linguistic talent of Sam Smiths This Swollen Thing, almost Churchillian in its daring. There Ought To Be Clowns Running time: Approximately 70 minutes This production is part of BokFest 2025 Were proud to be raising funds for Not A Phase as part of BokFest 2025. Not A Phase is a trans-led charity working nationwide to support and empower trans+ adults through advocacy, community projects, and funding for trans-led initiatives. Queer and trans stories have always shaped culture, often against the odds, and these voices are vital to modern storytelling. We celebrate them, and stand with those telling them.