STUD by Paloma Oakenfold
Paloma is back to update us on her journey!\xa0\n\nPaloma has been busy since we last spoke and good lordy does she have some tales and work to prove it! She\xa0has gone from the timid assistant on her secondment at the Lyric Hammersmith to bold and brave associate\xa0taking\xa0TERROR all the way to Australia... During that time she wrote a play called STUD about a gay footballer and now it's about to open at the Vaults Festival at The Network Theatre. My mind, body and soul is BLOWN! She is the embodiment of inspiring and happens to be hilarious at the same time!\xa0\n\nENJOY!!!\n\nhttps://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/stud/\n\n@PalomaOakenfold @LiamFrankBergin\n\n#STUDplay\n\n\u201cThere are currently no openly gay or bi players at any level of male professional football in Britain.\u201d Stonewall\n\nTom\u2019s sixteen. His family home is falling apart. His mum has left and his depressed Dad can\u2019t pay the bills. The only light in Tom\u2019s life is football: He lives it and breathes it. Going pro is Tom\u2019s chance to make life better, for everyone\u2026.\n\nBut Tom has a secret, one that could cost him his career.\n\nWe follow Tom as he weighs his dreams against each other because in professional football, you can\u2019t have both.\n\nSTUD is a funny, defiant, inspiring piece that explores gender, ambition and what it takes to make dreams come true.\n\nPresented as a World Premiere at VAULT Festival in association with Team Angelica, STUD is a celebration of being different.\n\n\u201cFunny and touching and fearlessly truthful, \u2018Stud\u2019 is more than timely, it\u2019s what this world \u2013 wrestling as we are with masculinity in crisis \u2013 is crying out for.\u201d- Rikki Beadle Blair\n\nSTUD is supported by Arts Council England and Lyric, Hammersmith.