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Rubber Ring

Monologues  /  1m

Rubber Ring is a coming of age comedy solo play about growing up queer in a rural community, learning to love yourself, love your roots and love without labels.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography

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Summary

‘Where can I ‘explore’ by the coast? Rock pools. I can’t get onto Grindr and Tinder: there’s no 4G in Norfolk. The whole world is a singles bar now but I can’t get in. I am sick of feeling like a story that will never get told.’

Jimmy is sixteen, sexually confused and stuck in the seaside town they forgot to bomb. He’s screwed. Well he isn’t actually: that’s the problem… When pop icon Morrissey comes to London, Jimmy flees to the big city to find his hero and himself.

Rubber Ring is a coming of age comedy solo play about growing up queer in a rural community, learning to love yourself, love your roots and love without labels.

History
Rubber Ring was first produced at The Pleasance Islington on 31 October 2016.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Media

“A humorous look at rural England and the challenges facing LGBT teens who live far away from the big city.” — Carns Theatre Passion

“McDermott’s writing is sardonic, outrageous, hilarious and honest.” — Auditorium Magazine

“McDermott is an emerging talent in total control of his craft.” — Boyz Magazine

“James McDermott gripped the audience, as he recaptured all the pains and struggles of young adulthood.” — Eastern Daily Press

“A sensitively told tale of a young man finding his place in the world.” — West End Wilma

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Authors

James McDermott

James McDermott

James McDermott trained at the University of East Anglia with an MA (Distinction) in Scriptwriting, the Royal Court Writers Group, Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab, Hampstead Theatre’s Inspire: The Next Playwright Programme, Criterion Theatre’s New Writing Programme and Menagerie T ...

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