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Dateline: 26th March, 2004 (Updated 5th April) Sex - and More - at Greenwich The Greenwich Theatre is to open its spring season with Sex Week. Dedicated to exploring why the British find talking about sex so difficult, the week will feature a comedy gala, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, Richard Herring's Talking Cock (his answer to the Vagina Monologues), a discussion on the topic that English men are no good at sex, and a sexual health training day. The week runs from Monday 19th April to Saturday 24th. Sex Week has been devised and programmed to acknowledge and draw attention to the dramatic crisis looming in the changing sex lives of people across the country - and especially in London. HIV is on the rapid increase in this country, with over half of those diagnosed positive living in London; prostitutes have become a common sight on the streets of the capital, with nearly 10 percent of young male Londoners having paid for sex; and as many as 40% of women and 20% of men harbour regrets about aspects of their sex lives. Sex Week certainly seeks to celebrate sex, but at the same time to address some of the reasons why we face such a problematic sexual future, and to encourage open discussion on the subject. Also in the spring season is a final year student production of Arthur Miller's The American Clock (6th to 15th May) and Musical Futures, featuring the best of new music theatre (18th to 21st May). Moving into the summer, the theatre will present the Salisbury Playhouse production of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn from 1st to 5th June, followed by a production of I Pagliacci from 8th to 12th. After three days of Pinocchio from the Sherman Theatre (17th to 19th June), the Greenwich venue goes dark until 6th July when Trinity College of Music presents the opera version of Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana (until 10th). In September Opera della Luna presents HMS Pinafore from 14th to 18th September. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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