Killybegs writer and director Ultan Pringle brings his latest rom-com play to Donegal this week after receiving great acclaim in the capital.
Boyfriends, presented by LemonSoap Productions, opened its Dublin run last week to rave reviews and sold-out shows.
The first-ever tour is heading to Pringle’s home turf, to be staged at An Grianán in Letterkenny for a limited three-day run starting July 11th as part of the Earagail Arts Festival.
Described as a great gay love story, the play is a two hander with Emmanuel Okoye [Disenchanted (2022), The Dry (RTE, 2022)] and Ultan Pringle [Falling For The Life of Alex Whelan (2023)].
Boyfriends. Photo credit: Owen Clarke
Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern ‘situation-ship’.
As they swing through four million one hundred and ninety one thousand possibilities of what they might mean to one another, through time, sex, vintage disco, nightclubs, period dramas and calorie counting, Boyfriends asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?
While all the while being a story of two men who by chance meet in The George Nightclub Dublin, foster a dog, ghost each other and ultimately end up grappling with what it means to actually be sorta kinda maybe in a very intimate proper relationship with one another, Boyfriends also seeks to explore modern love, grief, existentialism and the heart breaking joy of really getting to know someone.