“Part of the recovery process is to be okay with one’s former self. I myself am an ex-gay. My therapy involved working with horses… you know, cleaning them out and such. I mean we didn’t ride them or anything. That would be ridiculous.” Read more …
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Susan walks into a clinic that claims it can cure her of her “homosexual tendencies”. As the stories of her sit-com-loving mother, her confident new girlfriend and the clinic’s strange but sweet receptionist unravel around her, Susan must finally confront the secrets she can no longer hide.
Inspired by real accounts of conversion therapy, award-winning playwright Stef Smith uncovers the intertwining stories of four women in this brand new play about love, identity, and The Golden Girls…
Rosalind Phillips’s fluent, witty production features a lovely central performance from Julie Hale as Susan; and a true feeling for the sweetness and value of love, wherever we find it, and whatever obstacles society puts in its path.
While all this is told in a broadly comic sweep that makes such cranky institutions as the one depicted appear ridiculous, there is an underlying seriousness to the play as well.
Overall, the play is quite smart, comical, and quite accessible for people who might not understand what it means to be gay or lesbian.
Interview: Olivier Award-winning playwright Stef Smith on Glasgay! commissioned Cured
Interview: Playwright Stef Smith on Cured
The Arches, Glasgow from Tuesday October 22, 2013, until Saturday October 26, 2013. More info: www.thearches.co.uk
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