[GrantCorr]

Hi my new play Rip Her To Shreds is going on at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington from March 17th, it's a story about a transgender teenager in 1980s Northern Ireland (Home of Ian Paisley and Iris Robinson), he wants to look like his idol Debbie Harry. There are some graphic sex scenes in the play and male nudity involving the two young lead guys. My question i guess is what do people think about this, is it going too far? Or is it completely acceptable in this day and age, will people be offended? responses greatly appreciated.

[Viceroy]

Hi my new play Rip Her To Shreds is going on at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington from March 17th, it's a story about a transgender teenager in 1980s Northern Ireland (Home of Ian Paisley and Iris Robinson), he wants to look like his idol Debbie Harry. There are some graphic sex scenes in the play and male nudity involving the two young lead guys. My question i guess is what do people think about this, is it going too far? Or is it completely acceptable in this day and age, will people be offended? responses greatly appreciated.

If the play is being performed in a little over two weeks time, are you not a little late in seeking views on male nudity?

Or am I being far too cynical in thinking this is more of an advert than than a genuine question?

Despite my misgivings on your first post here, please accept my congratulations on getting a play on-stage, no mean feat in the current climate.

[GrantCorr]

If the play is being performed in a little over two weeks time, are you not a little late in seeking views on male nudity?

Or am I being far too cynical in thinking this is more of an advert than than a genuine question?

Despite my misgivings on your first post here, please accept my congratulations on getting a play on-stage, no mean feat in the current climate.

Hi thanks for your comments we're still in rehearsals and working on scenes etc, especially the more sensitive ones. thanks for your congrats really looking forward to it.

[Job]

Hi my new play Rip Her To Shreds is going on at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington from March 17th, it's a story about a transgender teenager in 1980s Northern Ireland (Home of Ian Paisley and Iris Robinson), he wants to look like his idol Debbie Harry. There are some graphic sex scenes in the play and male nudity involving the two young lead guys. My question i guess is what do people think about this, is it going too far? Or is it completely acceptable in this day and age, will people be offended? responses greatly appreciated.

Love the catchpenny topic title, the even catchpennier topic subtitle and the disingenuous appeal to our baser instincts. "Graphic sex scenes"? "male nudity involving our two young lead guys"? Hey, I'm queuing already.

"My question i guess is..." No, it isn't really, is it. It's a peg to hang a thread on, and a hope that a few of the dirty raincoat brigade fancy a cheap thrill.

Hasn't this stuff been done to death already? (Interest levels can go down as well as up. Other subjects for plays are available.)

[Jan Brock]

I suggest you stick a few songs in it and then post this over in the Musicals thread to raise interest above the lukewarm levels of we sophisticated aesthetes in the straight plays section. I am reminded of Peter Cook (impersonating I think Harold Macmillan) “You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained. I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction...I can get all that at home.”

It is a bad idea to put it on at the Red Lion though - you need to find somewhere the local authority could try to ban it, the Rose Kingston maybe - then you could get some national press coverage.

[The Suburbanite]

Would't it make more sense for company members wishing to promote their shows to pay off board members to do it, so it looks less conspicuous than seeing a member with only 1 or 2 posts suddenly announcing a new production? Just for the record, I am in no way amenable to free tickets or other enticements from unscrupulous companies wishing to stoop to such underhand tactics. So don't even consider it.

Snigger, snigger - I said 'member' in a thread that's to do with male nudity, and that. (Just thought I'd throw that in as I remember from the 'Cock' thread there are a few people here who enjoy that kind of fnarr-fnarring).

[MrsDoyle]

Snigger, snigger - I said 'member' in a thread that's to do with male nudity, and that. (Just thought I'd throw that in as I remember from the 'Cock' thread there are a few people here who enjoy that kind of fnarr-fnarring).

Fnarr-fnarr (Oops I just remembered it didn't go down too well in the Cock thread)

[Michael H]

Well, Grant, as they say above, nudity can be a bit distracting. I've found that it can break the spell of getting absorbed in a story.

I'm sure that between you, the director and the cast, you will find what's best for the telling of your story. The producer may be of the opinion that bums on stage = bums on seats, though.

(Oops I just remembered it didn't go down too well in the Cock thread)

Ha ha ha. He said "go down".