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'You want me to have full penetrative sex with your son, right? I just wanted to, you know, check.' Jack, a young man with a learning disability, lives at home, cared for by his devoted parents. Like most men in their twenties, he has needs - his mates at the rugby club talk about nothing but getting laid, whilst Jack's most erotic experience to date is the time he was winked at by the pretty cashier in Lloyds. Desperate for their son to not feel left out, his parents decide to bring in a professional. But the woman they hire has a far more profound impact on the whole family than they could ever have imagined.Written by up-and-coming writer Sarah Page, this text has been published to coincide with Kuleshov Theatre's 2017 production at Theatre503.
About the author
Sarah Page was formerly a script reader at the Finboroush Theatre. Sarah was a member of the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers’ Group, before being invited to join their Studio Writers’ Group in 2013. She recently participated in the Milano Festival Playwrighting Scheme in association with the Finborough Theatre. Her first full-length play Pilgrims (Etcetera Theatre), debuted last year to critical acclaim, and Sarah has also had performances of her work at the Arcola Theatre, Curve Theatre Leicester, Old Vic Tunnels, Hampstead Theatre and Soho Theatre. Sarah was a contributing writer for BBC Radio 4’s new comedy series The Show What You Wrote, and her first television pilot GYPPO made it to the final stage of the BBC’s Scriptroom 4 Prize. The Sweethearts was a finalist in the Curve Leicester Playwrighting Competition, whose judges included the Finborough Theatre’s Artistic Director Neil McPherson, and was also supported by IdeasTap, Writing East Midlands and BBC WritersRoom. The play had its first performance as a sell-out staged reading at the Finborough Theatre’s Vibrant 2014 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights.
