The Lost Theatre to Present PROUD, July 27 - Aug. 12
By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 28, 2012
THE LOST THEATRE PRESENTS an Olympic Story for an Olympic City, PROUD, written by John Stanley, Directed by Oliver Jack, July 27 through August 12.
Lewis is nearly eighteen. Lewis is sexy and he knows it Lewis is a talented Olympic hopeful Lewis is in love. Lewis knows the nation’s expectations Lewis is hiding something And the world is about to find out what.
As The Greatest Show on Earth comes to London, this vibrant, moving and ultimately uplifting comedy follows a young Olympic boxing hopeful’s attempts to achieve gold in his career and, more importantly, his life.
Until the eve of his eighteenth birthday it was all going so well - then Lewis’ adoring mum throws him the birthday party from hell. Lies, deception, homophobia, lesbian lust and the memories of that traumatic evening in Soho in 1999 combine to make Lewis face up to a difficult decision – what does he have to do to make himself proud?
Wed 25th July – Preview
Showing 27th July – 12 August @ 19:30 (Not Mondays Or 29th July) (Sunday 15:00 Matinee) Tickets £10 / £8
The LOST Theatre info@losttheatre.co.uk (FAO Proud) 0207-622-9208
To celebrate the Olympics coming to London, this great city’s newest purpose built theatre is presenting John Stanley’s vibrant and ultimately moving comedy about a young man’s quest for Gold, both in his career and in his personal life.
Lewis is a Team GB Boxing hopeful for 2012 and he has the most important fight of his careerapproaching. Unfortunatelythispotentiallylifechangingeventcoincideswithan equally important occasion for his boyfriend Tom – the anniversary of an even more life- changing event.
Things come to a head at Lewis’s eighteenth birthday party, organised for him by his
adoring and proud mum, Rachel. She has no problems with him being gay but on the evening of the party it becomes abundantly clear that Lewis may not have been entirely honest with everyone about who and what he is. Throw into the mix his down-trodden older sister, his bigoted boxing trainer and Tom’s highly unimpressed lesbian friend Ally and you can be assured that this will be an eighteenth birthday to remember.
LOST’s policy is to promote and encourage young people to make the most of their talents and opportunities. Up and coming twenty three-year-old director Oliver Jack has chosen this play to reflect just that, at a time when the hopes and fears of so many young people aroundtheworldwillbedashedorrealisedinJuly. Stanley’suptotheminutecomedy dares to ask difficult questions about what it is to be proud in London in 2012.
“Proud” premiered as part of the “New Voices” Festival at the New Wimbledon Theatre Studio in 2009. This new version has been especially revised for LOST by the author, with the award winning playwright Patrick Wilde as script consultant.
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