I consider myself a feminist. I consider myself equal to you but in sex we’re just not. So this way you pay me what I am owed. This is the price of admission to my intimacy.' Read more …
He provides her with a home and an income. In return, she agrees to give herself up as sexual property to him. Over the course of 30 years, a woman and a man document their experiment in living a relationship defined by an unconventional contract. Stimulating each other’s minds, bodies and appetites between blow jobs and breakfasts in bed, She and He debate body image, gender equality, generational divide and sex in later life. Inspired by the real-life couple behind the memoir, The Mistress Contract sets out to establish clear cut rules of engagement between the sexes in a complicated world of blurred lines and grey areas.
The Mistress Contract is deftly performed and the script explores some fascinating and uncomfortable areas of relationships and sexuality.
New adaptation of Abi Morgan play examines power, consent and desire over the years.
Eve Nicol on The Mistress Contract
Eve Nicol: 'The Mistress Contract presents debates about sex, power and exchange in which there are no easy answers'.
Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Wednesday May 1, 2019, until Saturday May 11, 2019. More info: www.tron.co.uk