Four young men break into their old school one night to drink, chat and go back to a time when they were inseparable. Back to the jokes and games they shared as kids. To the silly fun and the careless cruelty. To the hopes and dreams that warped and changed over the years as they became the men they are today.

 

BOY-ISH is a new play from the Matsena brothers and acclaimed Welsh playwright Rhys Warrington. Told through music, movement and gripping drama, it shows the impact that mates and spaces have in shaping men' s identities. How trying to change looks like betrayal and staying the same looks like failure. How feelings are something you’re taught to ignore or deflect, until the moment you can’t.

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Written by Rhys Warrington, with Anthony Matsena and Kel Matsena

Cast: Harrison Claxton, Emmanuel Olusanya, Luke Rhodri, Rithvik Andugula

Direction and Choreography: Kel Matsena and Anthony Matsena
Designer: Jacob Hughes 
Lighting Co-Design: Matthew Carnazza 

Lighting Co-Design: Ryan Joseph Stafford

Composer: Barbara Blank Stahl

Stage Manager: Weronika Dwornik

Technical Stage Manager: Tom Naylor

Production Manager: Jonah Stein

Costume Supervisor: Katherine Leventhal

Admin Assistant: Jacquelyn Tepper

Producer: Tim Wood

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Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Wales

Cefnogwyd gan y Loteri Genedlaethol drwy Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru