Throwing a sharp light on casual relationships and today’s hook-up culture, Love Me Now is about the toxicity of casual dating and the grey area between love and sex, consent and compliance, yes and no. Brutal, funny and honest as hell, Michelle Barnette’s debut play explores the superficial intimacies we share and the defensive barriers we put up.
Written in 2015, when Tinder’s popularity was on the rise, Barnette asks why millennials have come to view the relationships and sex as transactional. It has since become apparent that this is not just a story that needs telling, it’s a story that everyone seems to be living in some capacity.
LOVE ME NOW by Michelle Barnette ;
Helena Wilson as B ;
Alistair Toovey as A ;
Directed by Jamie Armitage ;
Set Design by Fin Redshaw ;
Lighting Design by Ben Jacobs ;
Tristian Bates Theatre, London, UK;
26 March 2018 ;
Credit and Copyright: Helen Murray ;
LOVE ME NOW by Michelle Barnette ;
Helena Wilson as B ;
Alistair Toovey as A ;
Directed by Jamie Armitage ;
Set Design by Fin Redshaw ;
Lighting Design by Ben Jacobs ;
Tristian Bates Theatre, London, UK;
26 March 2018 ;
Credit and Copyright: Helen Murray ;
Gianbruno Spena, Helena Wilson and Alistair Toovey, Love Me Now, credit of Helen MurrayLOVE ME NOW by Michelle Barnette ;
Gianbruno Spena as C ;
Alistair Toovey as A ;
Helena Wilson as B ;
Gianbruno Spena as C ;
Directed by Jamie Armitage ;
Set Design by Fin Redshaw ;
Lighting Design by Ben Jacobs ;
Tristian Bates Theatre, London, UK;
26 March 2018 ;
Credit and Copyright: Helen Murray ;
LOVE ME NOW by Michelle Barnette ;
Helena Wilson as B ;
Alistair Toovey as A ;
Directed by Jamie Armitage ;
Set Design by Fin Redshaw ;
Lighting Design by Ben Jacobs ;
Tristian Bates Theatre, London, UK;
26 March 2018 ;
Credit and Copyright: Helen Murray ;
LOVE ME NOW by Michelle Barnette ;
Helena Wilson as B ;
Gianbruno Spena as C ;
Directed by Jamie Armitage ;
Set Design by Fin Redshaw ;
Lighting Design by Ben Jacobs ;
Tristian Bates Theatre, London, UK;
26 March 2018 ;
Credit and Copyright: Helen Murray ;
Directed by Jamie Armitage, Love Me Now stars Alistair Toovey and Helena Wilson, and is at Tristan Bates Theatre 27th March – 14th April 2018.
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