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- ↑ Nick Curtis (22–29 January 1992). "Boy with Beer". Time Out.
Level-headed moustachioed photographer Karl (Clive Wedderburn) has trouble uncovering the finer feelings of coarse young raver Donovan (Roger Sewell), who's initially only after a quick shag and doesn't want his girlfriend to find out.
- ↑ Arthur Neslen (23–30 January 1992). "Boy with Beer". City Limits.
Boakye's inspired script gently explores their relationship. In so doing, it goes quite a way towards constructing the kind of vibrant characterisations for ethnic London which Spike Lee and others have provided for ethnic New York. The acting is stunning, the production is both funny and sexy, and the occasional continuity problems barely detracts from the overall feel. Amidst the tat of the King's Road, it shines like a star.
- ↑ Michael Earley & Philippa Keil (ed.). The Contemporary Monologue: Men. Methuen.
Life was once a rave where all the sexual boundaries were colourfully blurred. But by the end of the play, Donovan finds he has to make a hard choice between a man or a woman. Suddenly his identity begins to come together. Notice how physical and edgy his language is. It has a wonderful musical quality and is full of freedom. The actor must note the changes in Donovan's life over a short span of time.
- ↑ Alison Donnell, ed. (2013). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge.
In his self-produced Boy with Beer (1992), Boakye chooses to deal with hitherto taboo subjects including the making of a black gay couple, bisexuality, and AIDS.
- ↑ Leone Ross (31 March 1992). "Breaking the Final Taboo". The Voice newspaper.
Playwright Paul Boakye examines gay love and AIDS in his latest play. Paul Boakye climbed off a bus one day and overheard something that touched him to the core. A Black man was telling his girlfriend, "When I first heard about AIDS, I thought, 'Boy, I ain't never going into a swimming pool again!'" This passing comment became the basis for the playwright's most recent success, Boy with Beer. This is Now Theatre Company examines the growing sexual relationship between two Black men and has been hailed as a first in British theatre.
- ↑ David Taylor (7–13 November 1994). "Boy with Beer – Oval House". Time Out (magazine).
On a set appropriately dominated by a double bed, the turbulent and downright erotic encounters of Karl, a black, gay, well-adjusted, well-to-do photographer (Treva Sealy) and closeted homeboy Donovan (John-Loyd Stephenson) gradually unravel some of the existing issues and attitudes encountered by and between black gay men…It's hard not to be completely drawn into this turbulent relationship: with every twist, you'll be praying that love really can conquer all.
- ↑ "Homosexuality: A Reality Still To Be Embraced". Journalism.
- ↑ Howard Loxton. "Boy with Beer". British Theatre Guide.
