F****ing Games

Synopsis

"It's just not realistic to expect one person to remain faithful to another. I mean it just doesn't work, does it?" Terrence and Jonah have been together for ten years. Jude is young, good-looking and always chooses his boyfriends badly. So, when he brings round his latest, Danny, the games begin. F***ing Games is Grae Cleugh's first play.

Our Review:

15 November 2001

The ticket warns: "Contains scenes that you may find disturbing" and it's right. But the really disturbing bit is not the graphic sex scene, which is staple Royal Court fare, but rather the oppressively dark view of humanity and relationships that is presented in Grae Cleugh's debut F***ing Games.

The piece opens onto a modern living room complete with leather sofa, glass table (perfect for nose candy) and drinks cabinet. Here we're introduced to Terence, a snobby, manipulative old queen, and his long suffering partner Jonah who are preparing to receive guests - the actor Josh and his new young lover, Danny.

So far it seems like a gay Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and there are indeed comparisons to be drawn. Terence takes an instant dislike to the interloper Danny, feeling threatened by his youth and optimism and riled by his irreverence towards what Danny sees as a clone-filled gay community which Terence's generation fought so hard to realise. ...

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USER: Whatsonstage.com - 4 December 2001:

I thought this was very well written and acted and I loved the twist at the end. ...

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