Theatre Royal Stratford East introduced the Thirtieth anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey‘s Beautiful Thing enjoying Friday 8 September – Saturday 7 October 2023.
Teenage boys Ste and Jamie are neighbours on a South London property. Jamie is extra educated about The Sound of Music than soccer, whereas classmate Ste by no means misses a sports activities day. Both are being bullied, Jamie in school and Ste at residence by his violent father and brother. One evening, when issues get an excessive amount of, Ste seeks refuge in Jamie’s flat and, sharing a mattress, the boys strike up a brand new relationship. Together they arrive to phrases with their sexuality and discover their emotions alongside their Mama Cass loving, rebellious buddy Leah and with the much-needed emotional help of Jamie’s lioness mom, Sandra.
This Thirtieth-anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey’s iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story set within the nineties, is about neighborhood, friendship, rites of passage and what it’s to be 16 and in love.
Beautiful Thing is a touching, city love story, full of heat and humour.
Age steerage: 14+