Stupid Bloody Thursday

A remarkable read for men who came of age in the eighties and the women who love them.

Stupid Bloody Thursday is a profane, profound novella masquerading as a three-act play. Imagine ‘The History Boys’ where Art replaces History and where the pervasive educational atmosphere derives from disadvantage, rather than privilege. ‘Beatles nerd’ John Prestidge and his mates, Paul, Stew and Graeme are flawed, swearing monsters who cannot help themselves, let alone each other.

The play follows them as they progress from sixteen to thirty-two, searching for identity from the Thatcher era to the new century. Stupid Bloody Thursday grapples with what it means to be a ‘good’ man and is a reflection on how the actions of ‘bad’ men damage other men as well as women.

It is a unique comedy drama that discusses the male need for heroes, institutional racism and the loss of our cultural icons. Be warned other themes include; Art, Asperger’s, bisexuality, masturbation, rape and paedophilia…And not forgetting sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.

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