GRINDR / a love story is a piece of spoken word documentary theatre premiering at Dublin Fringe Festival 2013. It is about the internet, sex, and frantically trying to connect. It is about a generation whose first relationships took place on Bebo, whose first sexual experiences were co-ordinated through MySpace, and who have never managed to meaningfully connect with another adult without simultaneous connection to their Facebook page. It is about human relationships, genuine connections, and Twitter. It is about sex as defined by technology or technology as defined by sex. It is about the things that bring us together. It is about Johnny. Johnny is looking for love. He looks in the clubs. He migrates from the smoking area to the dancefloor to the taxi rank just like everyone else does. He looks for it on the bus. He looks for it in boys with particular haircuts the appeal of which he can’t exactly define, but he knows it when he sees it. Johnny needs an answer. And it might just be GRINDR. There’s a new potential partner lurking at every corner, and who knows? The next one could just be the one. This is a show for anyone who has ever been hook and sinker sure that their soulmate is the stranger they just stumbled across on Facebook. We need you to help us make this. We are a new company and thus, unfunded. The €1500 target will go a long way to cover insurance, set design and marketing costs. We really believe in this project. We believe it is urgent, relevant and fresh. We would like you to help us make it as good as it could possibly be. GRINDR / a love story is written by Oisin McKenna and directed by David Doyle.
GRINDR / a love story (2013)
“GRINDR is, at it’s heart, a long-overdue and welcomed look at the condition of that rare genus of young man, the admirable if somewhat irreconcilable cocktail of hopeless romantic and virile, red-blooded male.” - Totally Dublin
Johnny’s first relationships took place on Bebo. His first sexual experiences were coordinated through MySpace. But lately, this isn’t enough. Johnny is looking for love. He’s looked on the bus. He’s looked in the clubs. He’s looked in the smoking area, the dancefloor, the taxi rank, and the chipper. He looks for it on Grindr and still can’t find it anywhere. A new play about the internet, sex, and frantically trying to connect, this is a show for anyone who has ever been hook and sinker certain that their soulmate is a stranger they stumbled across on Facebook.
GRINDR / a love story premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival, 2013.
Written by Oisin McKenna
Performed by Matthew Malone and Oisin McKenna
Directed by David Doyle and Patrick Culhane