The line-up of male comedians performing ”Manwatching”, a play about sexual desire written by an anonymous woman, has been revealed
Manwatching, a play about the female gaze and objectification of men, returns to Edinburgh in August after a successful run at the Royal Court.
The play is written by an anonymous female playwright who has described what she thinks of when she fantasises about sex with men and it's performed each night by a different male comedian, who is reading the script for the very first time. The playing order of the comedians, including Mark Watson and Andrew O'Neill has been announced, as follows:
4 August: Tony Law
5 August: Andrew Maxwell
6 August: Keith Farnan
7 August: Edward Aczel
9 August: Mitch Benn
10 August: Pete Johansson
11 August: Stuart Goldsmith
12 August: Jason Byrne
20 August: Mark Watson
21 August: Darren Harriot
23 August: Dan Antopolski
24 August: Markus Birdman
25 August: Eshaan Akbar
26 August: Simon Munnery
27 August: Andrew O’Neill
Manwatching will play at Paines Plough’s Roundabout at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on various dates from 4 to 27 August.