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Jimmy Essex is set to make his theatre debut in GHBoy. (Supplied)
Jimmy Essex had two things on his mind as he swerved out of the way of a car as he crossed the road: deciding what sandwich to grab from Pret a Manger and just how furious he is with Boris Johnson.
The British prime minister, and the bungled way his government had handled the coronavirus’ impact on the country’s once-thriving and beloved arts sector, is on the actor’s mind. A lot.
“Every day feels like a gift at the moment because we just don’t know what’s going on,” Essex told
The new play, written by Paul Harvard and directed by Jon Pashley, has opened at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
For those looking for a feel-good festive show, GHBoy is not the one – set in East London’s party scene, it explores issues of drug addiction, sex addiction, and their impact on mental health. There’s also talk of an unnamed killer following the unexplained deaths of several young men. At times it’s a difficult watch. The story focuses on the life of Robert (Jimmy Essex), a gay man in his 30s, who has led a pretty hedonistic lifestyle up until the present day. He tries to get himself clean and back on the straight and narrow after his much-younger boyfriend Sergi (Marc Bosch) unexpectedly proposes.