Brothers on the Down Low

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On a set appropriately dominated by a double-bed, the turbulent and downright erotic encounters of Karl, a black, gay, well-adjusted, well-to-do photographer and “down low” (closeted) homeboy, Donovan, gradually unravel some of the existing issues and attitudes encountered by and between black gay men.

After a series of unfulfilling relationships with white guys, Karl longs for the solidarity of an ‘African Prince’, but from his first disastrous date with mixed-up Donovan, he unwittingly takes on a range of new complications - from Donovan’s bad attitude and immature posturing to his pregnant girlfriend, Susan, and exposure to HIV. (”I wasn’t having any luck with men”, he tries to explain, and the drama has only just begun).

Staged several time in London, and in New York, Boy with Beer tackles the parts other plays cannot reach - racial, class and other social divisions, preconceptions about AIDS, machismo and black attitudes towards homosexuality in particular and sexuality in general. Championed by strong characterisation and convincing performances, Boy with Beer is a timeless play which remains absorbing and accessible more than sixteen years after its London stage début.

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