What's on in London: Daddy’s First Gay Date
A new play from Sam Danson.
Writer and performer Sam Danson is premiering his new play in London in October at Seven Dials Playhouse.
In Daddy’s First Gay Date we meet Ben, a man in his early 30s who, we join during one of the most eventful nights of his life - just as he builds up the courage to admit that he is questioning his sexuality and because of this, to end his heterosexual 15-year relationship; he finds out he's about to become a father. That same night, having bid a tearful goodbye to his ex-girlfriend, he embarks on his first-ever sexual encounter with a man.
The story follows Ben as he navigates the push and pull with Tim - a British-Jamaican man from London who finds himself in the same small northern town - veering between attraction, fear and curiosity as he stumbles through the complicated and unfamiliar rules of queer dating while carrying the new weight of impending fatherhood.
The play highlights the contrast between the idea of queer life in a big city and the reality of a place where gay men feel they must hide, or at least play down their identity in their daily lives. In a community where it is easy to feel like the only one, Ben has never met another openly gay man before he meets Tim. Tim, in turn, is one of the only Black men in the area, which brings its own challenges in dealing with the racial microaggressions that are never more stark than when living in a small – and very white – northern town. Both characters carry the weight of being outsiders, finding themselves isolated in sometimes different but equally defining ways.
Daddy's First Gay Date will run at Seven Dials Playhouse from 28 October - 16 November.
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