The Strip Club Drama 'Tender' Explores Infinite Pleasure and Vulnerability

The Lead

The play 'Tender' by Dave Harris is a drama that explores themes of sex, masculinity, and vulnerability in a failing strip club. The show aims to challenge societal norms and encourage open conversations about pleasure.

Exploring Masculinity and Pleasure

Harris, who has always been obsessed with sex, created 'Tender' to explore how infinite pleasure can be and how stifled people are in understanding it. The play presents the idea that masculinity is performed rather than fixed.

The Event Details

The story revolves around a failing strip club, the Dancing Bears Club, where the characters' rigid ideas about sex and power are challenged. The club's owner sends in his daughter, B, played by Jessie Mei Li, to turn the club's luck around.

The Impact Analysis

The play aims to create a safe space for discussions about consent and pleasure. Harris and the cast, including Dex Lee and Kwami Odoom, have been working to create an immersive experience, with the audience being handed paddles to indicate their comfort level with interactive scenes.

The Prediction

Harris predicts that audience members will leave the show feeling vulnerable, turned on, and possibly wanting to call their parents. The play runs at Soho Theatre in London until June 6th.