SAM HUGHES
I
mulled over the theme of masculinity for
the solo show I have to do for my acting course several times. I definitely wanted to talk about lots of different things. I had a thousand ideas, but masculinity stuck out the most to me. I started doing research into it and, when I began playing with the idea, I got really hooked. I knew I definitely wanted to talk about this. It is a really serious subject, but to me, some aspects of it are quite funny as well. There are loads of dark undertones and serious social issues, but then it is also like men can’t paint their nails, men can’t wear pink. Stuff like that is just really funny to me, all the rules that are involved in “being a man”. I want people to laugh, but at the same time, I want them to reflect on their own behaviour. Hopefully, it will say
