Lads of the Flies

Student Theatre at Glasgow

When some teenage boys (played by female-presenting actors) get lost in the wilderness on Duke of Edinburgh, they feud, flirt and fornicate in a way that forces us (and them) to ask – is there hope for modern men? Getting stranded was not on rugby captain Lewis Smith’s 2024 bingo card. Now, all he has to do is try not to shag his best friend. Or be converted into a misogynist. Or get his DofE group high on shrooms. Or come to any earth-shattering realisations about the performative nature of masculinity. What could go wrong?