Using his one man show to tell his own personal story of the highs, lows and in-betweens of growing up as a black gay man, Jamal draws on his experiences to confront the use of prejudicial language and anecdotally tells tales of sex parties, hook-up’s, relationships and Grindr dates; mixed in with candid accounts of surviving periods of self-loathing, experiences of racism and homophobia and of his internalised conflict between his religion and his sexuality.
"Jamal puts everything out there in his performances. He's a storyteller invested in the body and therefore bodacious. He's a ventriloquist and thus liable to find the pitch of your soul and reveal it to you, warts and all. But better than that he's the friend you need when the truth that you must hear should make you laugh and cry all at once." - Fred D'Aguiar Novelist, poet and Professor of English, UCLA, USA.
"Jamal is a dynamic, engaging and arresting performer; combining words and physicality into a challenging and must-see show" -Andrew McMillan, poet.
Tickets: £7/£4 Concs.
From: www.hiveonline.org.uk; 01743 234970, or at the door.
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