TIME FOR THE GOOD-LOOKING BOY

An extraordinary night in the life of an ordinary young man

It’s me, Mum.  I lost my key.
Let me in before I do something unhygienic on the doorstep.

In the small hours of Sunday morning, trapped on his own doormat, a young man talks.  By turns hyper, reflective and defensive, his remarkable story gradually reveals the life-changing truth of what can happen when responsibility hits at 100 miles-an-hour. 

You ain’t gonna contaminate me with all your talk
About pensions and houses and steady job.
Let’s live a little, yeah, let’s live
Cos I’m telling you, when stuff happens, it happens.
When illness comes, it comes.
When debts come, they come.
When you get rejected, you get rejected.
When you die...
It happens, yeah

 

A must-see for anyone who’s ever just wanted to turn the clock back…

I ain’t bullshitting no one
I’m telling it as it is
I ain’t asking for forgiveness
Coz I ain’t done nothing wrong

Premiered at the Young Vic in 2005, the production is directed by Iqbal Khan (National Theatre, Royal Exchange) and features a tour-de-force performance by Lloyd Thomas, winner of the BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship 2007.