The new play, written by Paul Harvard and directed by Jon Pashley, has opened at London’s Charing Cross Theatre. For those looking for a feel-good festive show, GHBoy is not the one – set in East London’s party scene, it explores issues of drug addiction, sex addiction, and their impact on mental health.
There’s also talk of an unnamed killer following the unexplained deaths of several young men. At times it’s a difficult watch.
The story focuses on the life of Robert (Jimmy Essex), a gay man in his 30s, who has led a pretty hedonistic lifestyle up until the present day.
He tries to get himself clean and back on the straight and narrow after his much-younger boyfriend Sergi (Marc Bosch) unexpectedly proposes.