LAMBCO productions hosted a night of not one, but two short plays at Kensington’s Drayton Arms Theater this summer. 

Boys in the Buff

The first show of the night, Boys in the buff, kicked off the evening with a short running time of just 60 minutes, Boys in the Buff; a comedy musical as entertaining as it is camp.

Directed by Robby O’Reilly, the host Diana lead a team of 4 young men in a fun-filled flurry of body positive hits with the occasional cheeky one liner thrown in for good measure. 

The Boys in the Buff plot isn’t too deep, but the message is there. One of the lads is a bit shy about getting his todger out, so Diana and the other three gently coax him away from his inhibitions and out of his clothes. 

How do they do it? With the sound of music of course.

The mostly male audience eagerly watched as the four scantily clad guys strut themselves on stage, with an early on nearly nude number to get the theatre stirring in their seats. You can expect the outrageous as songs about loving the body you’ve got were quickly followed by heart-wrenching ballads about foreskin grief.

All in the run up to a finale that certainly bares all.

Love is Blue 

For the second performance of the night, LAMBCO Productions gave us a much more serious tone in Love is Blue.

City bigwig Olly has it all, the swanky flat, the sharp suit and the looks, but behind the cocky bravado is a man drowning his grief in vodka. When he meets the homeless teenager Aaron, he does something out of character and decides to help the youth.

As the dialogue unfolds it becomes clear the two characters are polar opposites to each other, so why is Olly helping Aaron?

“picking up a young guy… or picking up the pieces?”

Love is Blue poignantly explores loss and regret, and how the circumstances of a person’s life can impact their entire being. With adults themes discussed throughout, it’s a sobering story from writer Dan Cotter and directed by Prav MJ, the dire situations of both characters will leave you feeling reflective of yourself and those around you.

LAMBCO Productions is a grass roots theatre that springboards young people into the spotlight across the UK. You may have heard of some of their other works Soho Boy or Bettie Midler and Me, both of which enjoyed runs in London in 2022 and 2023.

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