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The BGT English Theatre Company is putting on performances of its new play The Good Guy? at the Abbaye de Neumünster (neimënster) in Luxembourg-Grund, from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 October 2024 (each evening at 19:30).
Ferelith Kingston's play won the "Special Mention by the Jury" Prize at the Prix Laurent 2023.
The Good Guy? explores the impact that enforced gender norms have on young people growing up in the digital age. Online extremism, particularly extreme misogyny, has been normalised to the extent that, for many young adults and teenagers, it has become an invisible background noise. The result was a rise in online communities like "incels" (involuntary celibates) and the popularity of figures such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson. The Good Guy? examines what the real-world impact of this pervasive online rhetoric is, through two voices.
Dylan (Alessandro Stasi) and Katie (Natacha Stevenin) are two 20-somethings whose stories are separate but mirror each other. Dylan’s loneliness leads him to seek community online by playing video games and he slowly gets pulled into a cult-like community instilling in him the belief that women are the root of all his problems. Meanwhile, Katie adopts "pop feminism", believing that a positive, go-getting attitude and "girl power" will suffice. Feminism does not seem like a "big deal" to her until she finds out about the reality of extreme misogyny and the incel sub-culture.
A Q&A session with the writer, actors and director is scheduled after the performance on Saturday 5 October 2024.
Tickets cost €20 (€12 for students) and are available at https://www.neimenster.lu/evenements/the-good-guy/
Venue: Abbaye de Neumünster (28 Rue Münster, L-2160 Luxembourg)
Organiser: BGT
Price: €20 (€12 for students)
Reservations: See website
URL: For details, see https://www.neimenster.lu/evenements/the-good-guy/
