In response to the battle lines that have been drawn around the world's public bathrooms
with regard to transgender people in recent years, the Young Vic was one of the
first London theatres to put up signs making clear visitors there can use whichever
loo they feel more comfortable in. So it's not too surprising to see this inclusive
attitude extend to the programming, and the latest Genesis Award winner in the Clare
has a cast made up of a trans man, a trans woman, and the bearded drag cabaret star
better known as Le Gateau Chocolat. And it is, of all things, an Anton Chekhov double bill
that director Lucy J Skilbeck uses to look at fluid gender identities.
The
Bear /
The Proposal is a pair of one-act comedies, and in the first half
things are played, no pun intended, straight.
