Description
Struggling at the beginning of his medical transition, a young trans man has dropped out of university and returned to his quiet hometown.
His friends are away, the locals are becoming increasingly hostile, his body is transforming before his very eyes into someone he doesn't quite recognise yet and it's all becoming too much... Until he catches a midnight screening of Frankenstein.
At last, when he looks into the monster's big, dead, sad eyes, staring down at him from the screen, he feels seen.
Dear Young Monster is Pete MacHale's debut solo show, pulling apart fear, otherness, and what it means to embrace being the monster that the world keeps telling you that you are. First staged at Bristol Old Vic in 2024, it is at Soho Theatre Dean Street in 2025.
About the Author
Pete MacHale is an actor and writer. His debut solo show Dear Young Monster was first staged at the Bristol Old Vic in 2024 before playing at Soho Theatre, London, in 2025.
Reviews
'A truly important piece of theatre... captures the emotional truth of this turbulent time in a young trans person's life'
* Bristol 24/7 *'Deserves to be seen by the widest audience possible'
* StageTalk Magazine *Book Information
ISBN 9781839044991
Author Pete MacHale
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
