An American college student commits suicide. Did he commit suicide because he is gay? Is homophobia rife at university and what can be done to change the culture? American playwright Christopher Shinn’s polemic is based on a true incident.
Teddy Ferrara (Ryan McParland) is a socially awkward and singularly unappealing loner, who is, also in the privacy of his room, an exhibitionist on porn-websites. His roommate decides to out him on the internet.
There is nothing wrong with either Dominic Cooke’s production or the performances; but Shinn’s canvas is so broad and there are so many characters, you may feel that the debate would fare so much better in a soap on television, the bitty script’s rightful home, and where it might also reach the audience it needs to.