Cock Review: Caught In A Love Triangle — The Next Hint
Cock Review: Its sharpness now comes from Marianne Elliott’s theatrical repackaging in this aggressively styled reincarnation — with mixed results. With their theatrical bickering and physical comedy; Bailey and Egerton form a double-act in the play; which opens in hyperactive, puppyish mode. Their performances are amusingly arch, but the more nuanced shifts in mood and sentiments iron out.
Cock Review: What’s More In The Plot?
They evoke intense moments once they’ve settled. Egerton’s romantic desperation is particularly moving as he loses authority in the relationship. Although the on-stage chemistry succeeds in appearing authentic, Anouka prioritizes fun and fluffy comedy above anything more serious. Bailey gives a terrific performance, becoming increasingly unlikable until we see him as the pampered, sulking child of the ending. Still, this Cock Review never sees what M and W find so appealing.
With merely a revolving door and a bench; as well as school-hall strip lighting overhead; Merle Hensel’s set feels both empty and claustrophobic (designed by Paule Constable). Every twitch and turn these individuals make in this void draws our attention. It strips them down to the bone and emphasizes their emotional nakedness; comparable to the recent revivals of Lungs and Constellations, which have given similarly forensic attention to a single connection.
What Is The Love Triangle All About?
When John (Jonathan Bailey), who lives with his long-term boyfriend, M (Taron Egerton), falls for a lady, W (Jade Anouka); he unleashes a three-way existential earthquake as he butts up against social expectations to define himself. John claims that terminology like “gay,” “bi,” and “straight” are from the 1960s, yet he still feels compelled to categorize himself.
Bartlett’s dialogue still zings and eloquently examines love, relationship choices, cowardice, and devotion in its best moments. But the play’s central angst-ridden axis — whether sexual identity is fixed and inherited or on a sliding scale where choice is involved — appears to be less of a problem these days.
Conclusion
In the end, John’s childishly sulky resistance is one of the most dramatic sequences. Finally, the drama reveals itself to this Cock Review as a considerably more traditional romantic triangle with a greedy, destructive, and nasty man at its center, rather than a fight between gender norms and gay relationships or a play about the right to oppose one set identity.
Originally published at https://www.thenexthint.com on March 16, 2022.
