DEBBIE OATES
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Plays by Debbie Oates
Angels and Amazons |
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Belly |
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||
| Company: | Living Proof Theatre Company | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: One of the characters in 'Belly' expresses frustration at having to label her sexuality: she's been with boys and girls, iscurrently with the former but clearly prefers the latter and the term bisexual just won't do. 'Can't I just be? she asks of her fiercely homosexual friend, to which he facetiously retorts, 'You can't be be-sexual'. Debbie Oates' new play is preoccupied with decategorisation, of finding the infinitely diverse person behind the two-dimensional type, and in so doing, exposing the error of 'putting people in pasta jars', as one of them describes it. Her four protagonists are anti-stereotypes: there's the ex-army gay man with belligerent tendencies; the straight, homophobic police officer who dabbles in off-duty cross-dressing; his girlfriend, amostly gay but currently heterosexual fellow cop; and her ex, the lesbian whose pridealmost gets the better of her passion. Madeleine North, Time Out | ||||