“Don't miss this extraordinary exploration of queer desire.” The Queer Guru
Following its extended, sell-out residency Off Broadway, Chris Thompson brings his hilarious and unflinching one man show about starting your life again when you’re a bottom who has hit rock bottom…
With his 10-year relationship at an end and his career going down the toilet, loser British playwright Chris Thompson heads to New York City where he embarks on a journey of sexual liberation and self discovery.
It’s a journey that propels him into the liminal spaces of gay New York past and present. As he searches for connection in cruising grounds, art galleries, dive bars, Chris is haunted by the artists of New York City who came before him and the ghost of every gay man in whose footsteps he walks- forcing Chris to face up the limitations of his own desires.
Written and performed by award winning playwright and screenwriter Chris Thompson, Desire Under the L Train is a powerful, filthy, laugh-out-loud and lyrical meditation on queer desire, self deception and collective memory.
Laying himself bare with striking vulnerability, Chris Thompson’s writing and performance has been leaving audiences entertained, deeply spoken to and “seen, adored and celebrated.”
This is a work in progress performance.
Desire Under the L Train is based on Chris Thompson's five-star international hit podcast “Two Foreskins walk into a Bar.”
Listener reviews:
“Gaspingly, outrageously funny… a significant contribution to queer writing.”
“Haunting, hilarious, compelling.”
“Side splittingly funny, filthy, deeply profound”
About Chris Thompson
"Chris Thompson can write moments so raw and tender they make the audience gasp. "
The Sunday Times
Chris Thompson is an award winning playwright and screenwriter.
His plays include 'Of Kith and Kin' (Bush Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, directed by Robert Hastie), ‘Albion' (Bush Theatre, directed by Ria Parry), ‘Carthage' (Finborough Theatre), and Dungeness (National Theatre Connections), Two Foreskins Walk into a Bar (Kraine Theater, New York.)
Upcoming feature films: ‘Burn’ for Popcorn Films, ‘Polly’ starring Alan Cumming, dir. Douglas Keeve.
Feature films in development: Life After co-written with Derek Simonds (Netflix's 'The Sinner', 'Call Me by your Name'), RID co-written with Greg Emetaz, Minor Apocalypse.
ACCESS INFO
Sadly, both floors of The Divine are not currently accessible.
- The ground floor, main bar of The Divine is accessible.
- There is an accessible toilet in the main bar.
- The cabaret and club space are in the basement of the venue.
- There are 17 wide steps down to the basement with handrails on either side, this is where the show will take place.
- There are two sets of gender-neutral toilets downstairs, they are not wide enough for wheelchairs.
If you need further information, please refer to The Divine ‘About’ page on the website. www.thedivine.co.uk or email us direct on info@thedivine.co.uk