The Boys Are Kissing
Author(s): Zak Zarafshan
Company: Theatre503
Age recommendation: 14+
When two 9-year-old boys kiss in the school playground of a small town, two sets of parents are told to "do something about it’"—but neither of them is entirely sure what.
Amira is sending inclusive children’s books to the school library, whilst her wife Alice dreams of a kitchen island. Sarah is trying her best not to upset Leanne and the Mum WhatsApp group, and her husband Pete just really wants to do the right thing—as soon as he can work out what that is.
Luckily, here to guide our helpless humans are two cherubic winged guardians of the gays, summonsed to attend to a disturbance in the queer atmos and intervene only where strictly necessary… but where’s the fun in being an ethereal being if you can’t drop in and cause a scene wearing latex?
A high camp comedy about angelic intervention, children’s birthday parties gone sour and whether it ever really is “just about the children”, The Boys Are Kissing is written by 503Five 2019–20 alumni Zak Zarafshan and directed by Theatre503’s Artistic Director, Lisa Spirling.