A smash-hit satire by multi-award-winning comedy writers William Johnston (The Diplomat, Netflix) and Katie Sayer (BAFTA nominee, The Skewer: Three Twisted Years), Love’s a Beach is a modern take on celebrity post reality television. It follows the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality show, narrated by a chorus of bloggers and social media posts (some from real life!)
Six months after winning an acclaimed series, fame is drying up for Cyrus and Ben and their status is rapidly dwindling. They’re 22, have thousands of followers but now spend most of their days making sponsored content about dog food and fronting campaigns about adult incontinence. When they’re offered an influencing deal in Dubai, the couple must decide how far they’ll go to cling to celebrity stardom… and at what cost.
With rising stars James Akka (Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones) and Iain Ferrier, Love’s A Beach considers the pressures of navigating modern celebrity as a young person in the public eye, and how far you should go to reconcile ambition with morality.
Love’s A Beach is produced by Unusual – a TV/ radio production company best known for satire, who make internationally-award-winning satirical comedy The Skewer, produced by Jon Holmes. This production marks Unusual’s first foray into theatre.
Writers William Johnston and Katie Sayer comment, We were inspired to write Love’s a Beach after seeing a genuine article about an ex-Love-Islander cutting the ribbon on the grand opening of a kebab shop in Coventry. It’s hilarious on the surface, but on a human level, genuinely heartbreaking. It was always important to us that this isn’t a show that sneers at influencers or influencer culture, and is instead about the pressures of modern celebrity and coming of age in the public eye. ion: fantastic play… had me howling with laughter – ★★★★ Broadway World
