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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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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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