Project XXX

Description

Project XXX

by Kim Wiltshire & Paul Hine

• A play about the increasing influence of pornography on the sex lives of teens.
• From Laid Bare Theatre, who explore the social and political issues that affect everyday lives.
• The result of a two-year workshop series with young people.

A dark, romantic comedy, this story follows a feminist teen blogger who decides it is time to prove that sex on the web is not just for men.

During a rainy summer in a northern seaside town, Amy resolves to show that sexual choice is firmly in the hands of women, by persuading new love interest Callum to film her first time. Meanwhile, Callum has his own issues to deal with, including a mother on the edge of a nervous breakdown and an obsession with faded porn star Jaze.

About the authors

Kim Wiltshire is a writer and lecturer at Edge Hill University. Her plays include: Joy With Child (2010) Organised Chaos, The Loser (2009) Camden People’s Theatre. In 2013 she was part of the North West playwrights’ Alligator Club, with Blackout at The Dukes, Lancaster and Pages From My Songbook at The Royal Exchange Studio. She is Lead Artist for Lime Arts and has worked with Activ8, Burnley Youth Theatre and Lets Go Global.

Short fiction includes: The Rose Seller in Migration Stories (Commonword) and The Loser in the Good Ear Review.

Paul Hine is a theatre maker who specialises in creating innovative multi-media theatre with performers and non-performers. Paul has produced work for The Royal Exchange Theatre, including Waiting For The Baccy Man in collaboration with the charity Stepping Stones; A View From Guide Bridge in collaboration with the mental health organisation OPT-IN.

Paul’s first play Just A Game was workshopped by Stephan Escreet from Theatre by the Lake and headlined at Dys-Play festival at Theatre Technis, Camden. Paul also works as an actor and manages community arts projects.