You forget I knew you were a queer long before I knew you were a fascist...
Harry McDonald’s new play is a biographical drama about Nicky Crane, a notorious British skinhead and racist who led a double life as a gay man, until he came out in the early ’90s prompting his ostracism from the fascist community. Matthew Iliffe directs.
1973, a public lavatory. Nicky shaves his head, watched by an older man.
Publicly, Nicky is a skinhead. And a Neo-Nazi. But right now, in this place, that doesn’t matter.
He’s not the first man Nicky meets in a public toilet, and he won’t be the last…
Spanning twenty years, Foam examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London’s skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.
With right-wing extremism again on the rise, Foam confronts the flashpoint where the terrifyingly personal and the violently political collide.
Post Show Discussion 27 March
On Wednesday 27 March, cultural critic Barry Pierce will be chairing a post-show discussion with Foam playwright Harry McDonald and director Matthew Iliffe. Additional guests to be announced. All events are free to ticket holders for that evening’s performance.
Cast: Jake Richards (Nicky Crane); Matthew Baldwin (Mosely/Craig); Keanu Adolphus Johnson (Bird/Nurse); and Kishore Walker (Gabriel/Christopher)
Listings
FOAM: 19 March – 13 April
Venue: Finborough Theatre118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED
Tickets: Foam – Finborough Theatre