23 Nov Meat: Matt Harris’ new play questions the abuse of political correctness | Theatre Review

The dreamscape bleeds freely into reality in Meat, playwright Matt Harris’ stage adaptation - or re-imagining - of Tennessee Williams’ short story Desire and the Black Masseur. Directed by Vernon Douglas, this current production is moving to The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town from 22 November, after completing its run at the Albany, Deptford last week. Meat follows the surreal experiences of Ashley Hicks (Nicholas Clarke), a well-meaning if weedy clerk for a repressive (nameless) organisation. Suffering from chronic narcolepsy Hicks grip on reality is never very firm and the line between dreamland and the real world is inscrutably smudged. Ashley faces two formidable challenges at work; rebuffing the sexual advances of his boss Maggie (Virginia Byron) and her frighteningly officious tactics in upholding political correctness within the office environment.

23 Nov Meat: Matt Harris’ new play questions the abuse of political correctness | Theatre Review

The dreamscape bleeds freely into reality in Meat, playwright Matt Harris’ stage adaptation - or re-imagining - of Tennessee Williams’ short story Desire and the Black Masseur. Directed by Vernon Douglas, this current production is moving to The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town from 22 November, after completing its run at the Albany, Deptford last week. Meat follows the surreal experiences of Ashley Hicks (Nicholas Clarke), a well-meaning if weedy clerk for a repressive (nameless) organisation. Suffering from chronic narcolepsy Hicks grip on reality is never very firm and the line between dreamland and the real world is inscrutably smudged. Ashley faces two formidable challenges at work; rebuffing the sexual advances of his boss Maggie (Virginia Byron) and her frighteningly officious tactics in upholding political correctness within the office environment.