{"id":732,"date":"2017-12-18T15:05:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/?page_id=732"},"modified":"2018-09-14T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T12:58:18","slug":"locker-room-talk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/locker-room-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Locker Room Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"09-06-locker-room-talk\"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605The Guardian<\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605The Herald<\/p>\n

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\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 The Stage<\/p>\n

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\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Edinburgh Guide<\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605Broadway Baby<\/p>\n

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Locker Room Talk<\/i> is a provocative piece of event theatre. Inspired by Donald Trump\u2019s leaked sexually aggressive comments, the show is a confronting exploration of the phenomenon the then presidential candidate later dismissed as \u2018locker room banter\u2019.<\/p>\n

But can this be true? Is this simply a loathsome individual or one who speaks to a silent majority? This\u00a0\u00a0verbatim piece of theatre\u00a0is comprised of\u00a0honest conversations with men about women when women are not around. The words of these men are performed by a cast of women in this verbatim piece.<\/p>\n

You can buy the play text for Locker Room Talk<\/em> from Oberon<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Locker Room Talk<\/em> is heading out across the UK<\/strong>.
\nFor performance rights please contact Emily Hickman<\/span>:\u00a0ehickman@theagency.co.uk<\/p>\n

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‘McNair set out to discover how widespread this sort of talk was by taking his dictaphone into places where men gather, asking them how they talk about women and recording their words with anonymity guaranteed. Hundreds of hours of conversation have been whittled down to an hour, with a post-show discussion an integral part of every performance…\u00a0It\u2019s hard to listen to this relentless and toxic catalogue of misogyny. Probably as much for many men as it is for the women in the audience. While it\u2019s never comfortable, it\u2019s always fascinating. And by using female actors the show increasingly shines a light on the uncertainties of the interviewees and their confusions and fears over what it means to be a man<\/em>.’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

‘Even with women voicing these words, even in the relative safety of the controlled theatre environment, this feels intimidating, the emotional equivalent of walking the gauntlet of the building site… it’s not so much a play about women as the beginnings of a discussion about masculine identity…\u00a0a challenging, disturbing piece, Locker Room Talk comes from a place of anger, compassion and \u2013 ultimately –\u00a0optimism<\/em>.’ The National<\/em>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605The Guardian \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605The Herald \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 The Independent \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 The Scotsman \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 The National \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 The Stage \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Reviews Hub \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Edinburgh Guide \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605Broadway Baby         Locker Room Talk is a provocative piece of event theatre. Inspired by Donald Trump\u2019s leaked sexually aggressive comments, the show is a confronting exploration of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garymcnair.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}