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Teddy Ferrara
Donmar Warehouse
London WC2
2/5
Christopher Shinn’s 2013 play Teddy Ferrara has transferred to the Donmar Warehouse from Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. To be honest it is difficult to see why.
Set on the campus of a large, unnamed US state university, the play aims to focus its lens on the issues facing students in the LBGT community. The university president — played with great verve by Matthew Marsh — much like wider society, would like to believe that great strides have been made on LGBT issues, but the suicide of a gay student on campus the previous year suggests otherwise.
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