Lovers From Hell
After a sell-out run at Oval House in December 2004, Lovers From Hell transfers to Oval House's main stage in February 2005
 
 
The plays
Four sexy world premieres for the price of one: Complex, Get The Guest, The Smell of Asparagus Pee and Donut
 
 
Psychodrome and London New Play Festival
London New Play Festival joins forces with new gay theatre company Psychodrome as Lovers From Hell transfers
 
 
People taking part
Psychodrome artists Robert Farrar, Phil Setren, Shaun Levin and Valentin Hoffmann.
 
 
Photo credits and Cast
Lovers From Hell photographed by Robin Forster, Sean Patterson and Avery Cunliffe. Cast: Mari-Claire Turley, James Holmes, Todd Boyce, Nick Malinowski and Daniel Higley
 
 
Contact us
Contact details for Psychodrome Queer Theatre and Oval House, plus links to other events
 
 
Reviews
Lovers From Hell reviewed
 
 
Wild Fruit and other future Psychodrome Productions
Wild Fruit, a new play by Robert Farrar; Get The Guest on TV; Donut at the movies
 
 

People taking part

Fancy a sherry?

Nick Malinowski and James Holmes in Get The Guest

Robert Farrar (writer and director)

Robert Farrar wrote the screenplays for the Warner Brothers film The Man Who Knew Too Little, starring Bill Murray, and the award-winning Bedrooms and Hallways; the novel State of Independence; the TV show RuPaul's Christmas Special; and the radio-play Castle Spellbound (BBC Radio 3). He was signed to A&M Records with his glamrock band The Mystery Girls, and has directed videos and short films, including the notorious Sunday Morning, which has been shown at film festivals around the world.

Robert Farrar's filmography

interview with Robert Farrar

interview with Robert Farrar 2

Phil Setren (director)

Phil Setren founded and served as Artistic Director of London New Play Festival from 1989-2002 (1994 Time Out Award/1998 Peter Brook Empty Space Award).  Notable productions include The Davids, Zero Positive, Julie Johnson and Gay Marriage in Suburbia. Other productions include Temporary Girl (Cockpit), Below the Belt (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh – Independent Theatre Award Nomination), Soap Crazy (Lyric Hammersmith Studio) and Ben Elton’s Popcorn at the Waterfront Playhouse with Kelly McGillis.

Shaun Levin (writer)

Shaun Levin is a South African writer and is founder of Queer Writers and Poets. His novella, Seven Sweet Things, was published in 2003, and his stories have appeared in anthologies as diverse as Modern South African Stories, Boyfriends From Hell, the Best Gay Erotica series, and The Slow Mirror: New Fiction by Jewish writers. He teaches creative writing and is editor of the new queer literary journal Chroma.

"Levin's novella is as poetic as Auden, as intelligent as Forster, as richly-smooth as Delia." The Gay Read.com

“In every chapter there is a moment to take your breath away.” Daniel Paddington, Time Out

More about Shaun Levin

Valentin Hoffmann (Composer)

Valentin Hoffmann is a Russian composer and performer living in London. He is currently studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He performs in the Brighton-based cabaret combo The Desperate Ones.

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