Smalltown Boy

‘I want them to see it. To throw it in their faces in all its big, camp, messy glory.’

In the wake of their boyfriend Leo’s unexpected death, Edie - a drag queen from Bristol - travels down to Cornwall to meet the family they never knew of. Expecting small-town homophobia, Edie instead finds a community they didn’t expect. As Edie’s arrival awakens new emotions and old tensions, drag begins to trickle through this seaside town, and truths begin to pour out.

How do you piece together a person who didn’t have time to find those pieces themself?

Smalltown Boy by Brenda Callis, is a heartbreakingly joyful play about grief, community, and growing up queer in a rural town, explored through the explosive storytelling medium of drag. 

Written by Brenda Callis

Directed by Frazer Meakin

Produced by The Project People

Made with support and collaboration from Arts Council England, Hall for Cornwall, Bristol Old Vic Ferment, The Writers Block, Black Voices Cornwall and Cornwall Pride.

Please join us for the Smalltown Boy After Party, in collaboration with Kernow Drag Collective upstairs at The Poly Bar. Doors at 8:30pm. Expect music, drag and lots of fun. Show and After-Party ticket - £20 

Cast:

Elliot Ditton - ‘Edie’

Shiquerra Robertson Harris - ‘Hannah’

Theo Cowan - ‘Stephen’

Kate Milner-Evans - ‘Claire’

Creative Team:

Writer Brenda Callis 

Director Frazer Meakin

Creative Producers The Project People (Millie Wood-Downie & Molly Mcgeachin)

Assistant Producer Laura Ollerton

Sound Designer Freddie Lewis

Set And Costume Designer Alice Sales 

Lighting Designer Hugo Dodsworth

Production Manager & Technical Stage Manager Becky North 

Marketing Manager Holly Cooper 

Artists Wellbeing Practitioner Nikki Disney

Dramaturgs Travis Alabanza & Tom Denbigh

Poster Artwork Chris Clegg

Poster Photography Seb Alexander 

Saturday 7th Feb, 7.00pm

Tickets: £15/13, £20 including entry to afterparty

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold.

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