Well & Badly Loved:A Queer Trilogy

2012 | Film & TV

"This collection of short plays is a passionate response to the effect of Section 28 on the artistic and social language of a generation. The plays dance between intimate details and the big, historical picture, telling the story of a love affair from three different angles. Each piece is formally inventive and draws on a rich history of gay and queer theatre practice, whilst innovatively pushing the form forward. So Little of You Left - Beginning as a traditional poetry reading and rapidly disintegrating into physical theatre, combining poetry, children's games, physical risk and bold imagery, So Little of You Left tells the story of a love affair from start to finish and back again, detailing the marks that love leaves on our bodies. His Spread Legs - One year later. A young man, alone in his fl at in the early hours, begins to speak. A haunting and heartbreaking monologue, inspired by the biblical Song of Songs, excavating the relationship between love, language and identity.

The Actor Has Told of His Pain - In this final instalment, the two lovers from So Little meet again and a third character - another ex - helps to give shape to the stories they have been telling each other. A well-made play with a queer twist, about the act of leaving and being left, and coming to terms with the end of the world."

Ben Webb (Author)