THE LUXURIOUS TIME - A QUEER LOVE STORY

PRESENTED BY THEATRE NORTH

A true story of the author's life with his partner, as the man he loves succumbs to dementia, asking can the love survive?

“Now is the luxurious time when we can grow old”.   

The Luxurious Time – a queer love story is a true story that recounts the author’s life with his partner, as the man he loves succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease, posing the question:  when dementia strikes can love survive?

The play follows the insidious progression of the disease and its consequences, as well as the difficult decisions that must be made about his partner’s future.  It gives a unique perspective about the impact of dementia on a long-term gay relationship with the distinctive and very moving inclusion of verbatim dialogue from both parties.  At times upsetting, sometimes funny, it’s a very human story that resonates with everyone on many levels, and a queer call to action in the fight against dementia    

Award winning Theatre North (founded 2001) has a long history of producing groundbreaking queer theatre in the UK and  Europe. www.theatrenorth.co.uk   

Martin Lewton has written and performed more than thirty plays and performance pieces, including Lord Arthur’s Bed, Naked Homo, Billy Budd Sailor, Handel’s Cross, Mirando the Gay Tempest, Queer Bodies and Scream Queer Murder.   His book Out On Stage – How to Make Queer Theatre will be published by Nick Hern Books later this year.   

Director Nathan Crossan-Smith has directed for Liverpool Everyman, Orange Tree, Audible, LAMDA, Aurora Orchestra, NYT, Graeae, National Theatre Learning and Southbank Centre and led projects for Barbican, National Theatre Wales and 20 Stories High. He is Co-Director for Hydrocracker and a Trustee for Graeae.