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Looking for Fun?
New Writing + LGBT

Looking for Fun?

A queer manifesto against Grindr

A question incessantly sent and received online.
An escape from commitment, from love, from intimacy.
We are all looking for fun, but so few of us find it.

You meet on a night out. You kiss under the lights. You go back to his. He makes you breakfast the next morning. You kiss him goodbye. He’s blocked you on Grindr.

Fresh off the Edinburgh Fringe, this play written and performed by Conor Ó'Cuinn is ‘a powerful critique of hook-up culture and the apps which enable it’ (Ed Fringe Review), navigating the intricacies of growing up gay in a straight world, overcoming loneliness, and searching for an escape from shame one night at a time.

CAST & CREATIVES

Looking4fun Conor Ó'Cuinn
Voice of 1st Nurse Fiona Forster
Voice of 2nd Nurse Clare Nolan


Written by Conor Ó'Cuinn
Directed by Tazy Harrison-Moore
Sound Design by Martha Barrow
Lighting Design by Freya Game
Produced by Conor Ó'Cuinn and Tazy Harrison-Moore
Photography by Faye Hilyer-Zeigler and Marie Rimolsronning
Videography by Lewis Raeburn

Ticket Price

£12.50 - £18

WHEN

11th October - 15th October

WHERE

King's Head Theatre

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REVIEWS

‘This is from-the-heart stuff and a powerful indictment on the risks taken in the search for just a moment of symbiosis.’  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Broadway Baby

‘An evocative and masterful piece of theatre.’   ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ed Fringe Review

'In relaying his sexual escapades, a young man confronts his twisted relationship with #Grindr & gay hookup culture. The masterful direction showcases some excellent experimental new writing, lending articulacy to a powerfully relevant message.'   â­â­â­â­ Fringe Biscuit

YOUR VISIT

This production runs at approximately 50 minutes without an interval.

Content warning: this play includes themes of sexual assault and rape.


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