My Night With Reg (2005)

Poster by Judy Ratzin

by Kevin Elyot

Directed by Helen Chadney

Performances: Tue 29th November – Sat 3rd December 2005, Bell Theatre

Introduction

Kevin Elyot’s Olivier Award-winning comic drama is the story of a group of gay friends living in London whose lives revolve one way or another around the unseen title character, the lover of one of them who seems to have had more than one night with more than just one person. It is a poignant, beautifully written play constructed around three ensemble scenes which take place over the course of about four years in a single apartment. It is warm and funny, but also completely believable, with characters who are more than just stereotypes and emotional themes which are more than just skin-deep.

At a flatwarming party for Guy, an eternal single, he says that it is not a case of him having given up on a sex life, it’s more a case of a sex life having given up on him. In the face of the mounting AIDS crisis, Guy has more or less sworn off casual sex, but as the play opens he is renewing his acquaintance with John, a friend since college but never a lover. Guy holds an obvious torch for John who remains completely oblivious. John has in fact just fallen in love for the first time, setting off a chain reaction of deception and betrayal, involving mutual college friend Daniel, which bubbles under the surface of the narrative right to the touching finale.

Later thrown into the mix are Benny and Bernie, a couple with some startling revelations of their own to make, and handyman Eric, a young man who seems to appreciate Guy’s warmth and sensitivity, but doesn’t wish to take things any further.

Cast

• Guy - Simon Gleisner
• John - Jason Lord
• Daniel - Jack King
• Benny - Matthew Lyne
• Bernie - Richard Watkins
• Eric - Chris Learmonth

Crew

• Production Assistant - Kat Boyce
• Stage Manager - Jess Osorio
• Assistant Stage Manager - Anton Krause
• Set Designer - Alan Buckman
• Lighting Design - Mike Elliott
• Lighting Operator - Mark Davies
• Sound Operator - Christopher Vian-Smith

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