BOY MEETS BOY at Jermyn Street

Gene David Kirk’s final production as Artistic Director at the Jermyn Street Theatre, BOY MEETS BOY, has now opened, with a cast that includes Ben Kavanagh.

The time: December 11th, 1936. The place: the elegant Savoy Hotel in London.

Outside, the abdication crisis is reaching its climax, the United States reels from the Great Depression and Continental Europe is shadowed by the menace of Hitler and the National Socialist party as storm clouds gather for the maelstrom to come.  Inside, society London exists in the twilight of empire - a hedonistic bubble where party-goers dance away the last years of peace.

The show has been enthusiastically received by the critics:-
Gene David Kirk's production (the UK premiere) delightfully communicates the giddy good humour of this charming oddity …An unexpected Christmas treat.
Independent ****

“Love is strictly for laughs” we’re told, and there’s no shortage of either in this lavishly mounted production … handsome blonde egotist (Ben Kavanagh) inserts a spanner and a few comic missiles in the works …Gene David Kirk’s fast, fluid, detailed production … a light, bright and classy affair.
Whatsonstage ****

directed as a cheerful farewell by Gene David Kirk, whose eccentrically lively tenure at the Jermyn has unearthed many neglected gems … Funny, silly and, with gay marriage on the horizon, slyly topical.
Times ***

louche comic delivery of Ben Kavanagh, as jilted groom Clarence Cutler, providing many of the laugh-out-loud moments throughout the evening …Gene David Kirk’s lucid direction …there is an unfailing sense of optimism about this show that makes it one of the most pertinent revivals of the year
The Stage

The production runs until 20th December and tickets can be bought here.