Cast Announced for Sarah Page's PUNTS at Theatre503

Graham O'Mara (BU21, Trafalgar Studios/Theatre503; Horniman's Choice, Finborough Theatre; Government Inspector, Young Vic), Florence Roberts (BU21, Trafalgar Studios/Theatre503; French Without Tears, Orange Tree Theatre and ETT Tour; Shakespeare in Love, Noel Coward Theatre), Christopher Adams (Splendid's, Traf Extra; The Winter's Tale, Cockpit/Tête à Tête; Richard III, The Faction) and Clare Lawrence Moody (The Distance, Orange Tree Theatre; Fram, National Theatre; Holby City, BBC1) will lead in Sarah Page's hilarious and moving new play about a young man's sexual awakening and its effect on those who orchestrated it.

Drawn from the playwright's interviews with sex workers, Punts - produced by Kuleshov Theatre (BU21, Cans) - explores love in all its complex and contradictory forms.

Jack, a young man with a learning disability, lives at home, cared for by his devoted parents. Like most men in their twenties, he has needs - his mates at the rugby club talk about nothing but getting laid, whilst Jack's most erotic experience to date is the time he was winked at by the pretty cashier in Lloyds. Desperate for their son to not feel left out, his parents Alastair and Antonia decide that they should to bring in a professional. But Julia, the prostitute they hire, has a far more profound impact on the whole family than they could ever have imagined.

Director Jessica Edwards comments, It's rare to see the stories of sometimes marginalised or excluded groups like sex workers onstage. Equally, to see a character with a learning disability with an empowered and independent sexuality is regrettably unusual. Sarah has done both with warmth, generosity and humanity. It's a privilege to be working with such a talented company on such an incisive, hilarious and important text.

Punts investigates the tensions of familial love, the excitement generated by erotic attachment, the jealousy of finding yourself loved less than another and the paradox of wanting to look after those you love while also wanting them to be free.

Tickets are available priced £15 (£12 concessions)

Wednesday matinees are £10

Pay What You Can Saturday matinees

Available from Theatre503 Box Office and https://theatre503.com/, 7978 7040.

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