Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho - Trafalgar Studios
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
CLAYTON Littlewood’s acclaimed book, Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho, comes to the London stage – to Trafalgar Studios where it runs from April 30 (previews from April 26) to May 23, 2010.
Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho is based on Littlewood’s bizarre experiences running an upmarket menswear shop in bohemian Old Compton Street.
From his window on one of the most colourful street corners in the world, Littlewood sat and blogged about the real life characters that passed through his doors – characters such as the aging ‘polari speaking’ Leslie, Sue and Maggie from the brothel upstairs, Angela the feisty transsexual, the bizarre ‘Thongman’ and Chico the campest queen on the street.
Although Littlewood wrote about prostitutes, street cleaners, bag ladies, rude boys and shoplifters, his subjects were invariably treated with humour and sensitivity. Moreover, the blog became a highly successful column in thelondonpaper.
Phil Willmott (Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi, Naked Boys Singing) directs a cast that includes Littlewood (as the narrator), award-winning solo performer David Benson (Think No Evil Of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams) and Alexis Gerred, runner up in BBC 1’s UK Eurovision contest Your Country Needs You, who will be singing torch songs such as Dirty White Boy.
Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho is presented by Seabright Productions.