The Lyric Theatre
Co Created and Performed by Declan Bennett
Co Created and Directed by Nancy Sullivan
Design: Reuben Speed
Lighting Design: Alex Lewer
Sound Design: Max Papenheimer
Production Photographer: Colin J. Smith
Boy Out Of The City is a solo autobiographical play by Declan Bennett that is set during the first lockdown of 2020, when Bennett moved from London to live in the Oxfordshire countryside with his boyfriend. After his boyfriend leaves for Atlanta, Bennett is left alone to confront his past.
“Reuben Speed (Set Designer) have also masterfully helped to craft the world we see on stage” - Theatre & Tonic.
“Bennett remains within Reuben Speed’s beautifully-designed set” - London Theatre Reviews.
“Reuben Speed’s set – the bare bones of Declan’s cottage that he holds in his memory … work beautifully to turn a warm and cosy cottage into a hellishly claustrophobic cell” - Fairy Powered Productions