{"id":52592,"date":"2024-09-20T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=52592"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:42:35","slug":"dont-b-2-keen-mr-matchmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=52592","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t B 2 Keen Mr. Matchmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t B 2 Keen Mr. Matchmaker by Conrad JB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ethan, a young Dublin gay man, disillusioned with his prospects of ever owning a house in the capital, sets off to deep rural Ireland in search of a Sugar Daddy. Written as a reaction to John B Keane\u2019s \u2018The Matchmaker\u2019, Don\u2019t B 2 Keen Mister Matchmaker explores the transactional feeling of modern day Grindr culture and how that can interact with rural isolation. Queer men\u2019s hook-up apps can show you every man in Dublin who is willing to sleep with you, but if each of those men is still living in their parent\u2019s gaff, what is one to do? Rural isolation is a real problem for countryside communities and LGBTQ+ people suffer heightened levels of loneliness when they feel unable to come out. Can we meet in the middle? Can we be our own Matchmakers?<\/p>\n

The play was directed by Anna Nugent<\/p>\n

Ethan was played by Robert Downes<\/p>\n

Sean, Casper, Daniel, Padraig was played by Emmanuel Okoye<\/p>\n

Sharon, Bride to Be, Sive was Maureen O\u2019Connell<\/p>\n

Caoimhe, Jackie\u00a0was played by Biaina Ryan<\/p>\n

Made with the support of the Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n\u2019s Sound and Vision scheme \r\nthrough the Television License Fee.<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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