The Old Nick Company, Tasmania’s premier amateur theatre company, is proud to present

16th – 24th July at the Peacock Theatre, Hobart

Book now at Centertainment, either on-line, by phoning 03 6234 5998, or in person.

“Beautiful Thing” is set in 1993 on a working class South East London council estate called Thamesmead. It follows the bittersweet love story of two 16 year old boys Jamie and Ste. Jamie lives with Sandra his mum who is a barmaid at a local pub. Sandra is searching for a way out of the Estate while trying to maintain her relationship with Tony her boyfriend. She is at odds with her next door neighbour Leah who is a 16 year old school drop out who takes drugs and is obsessed by the music of Mamma Cass. Ste lives with his drug dealing abusive brother and his alcoholic father next door to Jamie. After Ste gets a beating from his brother one night, Sandra invites Ste to stay at her flat. Ste must share Jamie’s bed and with this begins the sexual awakening of the two boys. The play deals with the throws of teenage first love and sexual awakening in a humorous and sometimes tough and tender way. The characters of Jamie and Ste are not effeminate in anyway, they just happen to be two ordinary English working class lads who fall in love for the first time.