
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

The plays

Donut Lick

The three plays that make up LOVERS FROM HELL are all world premieres, although The Smell of Asparagus Pee appeared in its original short-story form in Kevin Bentley’s excellent anthology Boyfriends from Hell in 2003.

"Complex" by Robert Farrar

"You can stay here if you like. There's a spare room. With a lock on the door..."

A young woman turns up at a remote farmhouse in the middle of the night, dressed to kill and claiming to have broken down. But she has brought her demons with her. Sexy demons.

"Get The Guest" by Robert Farrar

"Pleasure doesn't have to come at a cost. But then, we're brought up to believe it must, aren't we? We're brought up to be, well, almost afraid of pleasure sometimes..."

At the Gemini Lodge Guesthouse, Weston super Mare, the proprietor has a very strange way of welcoming his guests.

"The Smell of Asparagus Pee" by Shaun Levin, adapted for the stage by Robert Farrar

"Men love selfish lovers. They love to fight for their love. They love to feel the pain of one-sided love. They love to feel chivalrous and denied and heartbroken..."

Shaun Levin's intense and disturbing short stories have a theatricality that cries out to be tranlsated into live performance. So here is the first fully dramatised adaptation of his work: a darkly poetic portrait of an abandoned lover, shot through with bitter humour and startling imagery.

Bonus Playlet: "Donut" by Robert Farrar

"Get thee behind me, Satan!"

To mark the transfer to the big stage, we will be adding a brand new playlet to the programme, to be performed at the end of the evening. "Donut" is a ten-minute bon-bouche describing the attempts of bon viveur Phil to persuade his neurotic, perfect-bodied boyfriend Linus to eat a jam donut while they are having sex.

Discussions

There will be two free after-show discussions: with the authors (Shaun Levin and Robert Farrar) on Friday 25th, and with the company (Phil Setren, Robert Farrar and members of the cast) on Wednesday 2nd. These will be opportunities to give feedback on these provocative plays, or just to hear more about how they came to be written and brought to the stage.

Todd Boyce and Mari-Claire Turley in Complex

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