Lonesome Tonight

Aim: Aireborne Theatre's new play, 'Lonesome Tonight' is heading to Edinburgh Fringe! We are looking for financial help to support us with this.

Aireborne Theatre is taking their original, new play 'Lonesome Tonight' to Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer! We are raising money towards our performances in Leeds and Edinburgh, specifically to help fund set, costumes, accommodation and travel expenses. If you are able to give anything at all to support this project, it would be hugely appreciated!

If you'd like to keep up to date with all things 'Lonesome Tonight', you can access all our social medias, as well as ticket info, via our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lonesometonight

What is the show about?

Chris has been having horrid thoughts – thoughts that led to his breakup with Anya, thoughts that have since kept him from reaching out to Len. One night, Chris sulks in his flat. Desperate for someone to talk to, he returns a phone call to his best friend for the first time in four weeks. Len, a part-time Elvis impersonator, isn’t impressed. ‘Pay me’, he says. ‘Okay’, says Chris. Now, Len is on his way and Chris is panicking. What if he can’t find Len from underneath the pompadour and jumpsuit? What if he loses his friend forever?

At its core, ‘Lonesome Tonight’ is about how men love each other but hate themselves for it. The play interrogates the mask - or rather, the pompadour wig and jumpsuit - that all men wear, which stops them from calling out for help when they need it most. Using Elvis’ image as a tool to deconstruct popular notions of masculinity, the play asks, why are men scared to reach out to other men? Why are they scared to let other men love them?