> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # PREVIEW: COCK at Minerva Theatre, Chichester - URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/preview-cock-at-minerva-theatre-chichester/ - Published: 2018-09-18T18:13:51.000Z - Updated: 2018-09-18T18:13:51.000Z - Description: HAS John straightened out? After years glued to his boyfriend, the couple have been through a sticky patch, and now John’s attached to someone else. - Author: Besi ## **HAS John straightened out?** After years glued to his boyfriend, the couple have been through a sticky patch, and now John’s attached to someone else. ![Luke Thallon, Matthew Needham and Isabella Laughland in rehearsal for COCK by Mike Bartlett: Photo Richard Davenport](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web-600-46.jpg) Luke Thallon, Matthew Needham and Isabella Laughland in rehearsal for COCK by Mike Bartlett: Photo Richard Davenport **SOMEONE who is** different in every single way. But can John give her what she wants, when he’s never been with a woman before? Funny and eye-openingly fresh and frank, **COCK** is a provocative peep into modern relationships. It tussles with knotty twenty-first century questions: can we – and should we be allowed to – change if we want to? **Mike Bartlett** is one of this generation’s leading writers for stage and screen. His award-winning work includes *King Charles III* (Almeida, West End and BBC) and the hit television series *Doctor Foster*. The Olivier Award-winning Cock premiered at the Royal Court and off-Broadway in 2009. **Luke Thallon**, who plays John, was nominated for the Evening Standard’s Emerging Talent Award for his role in **Mike Bartlett’s** *Albion* at the Almeida Theatre. His other theatre work includes *The Inheritance* (Young Vic) and *Misalliance* (Orange Tree Theatre); he was the recipient of the National Theatre’s Michael Bryant Award 2017, and the Society of London Theatre’s Laurence Olivier Bursary Prize 2016. **Matthew Needham** will recreate his starring role in the acclaimed production of *Summer and Smoke* when it transfers from the Almeida to the West End later this year. His recent theatre work also includes *The Twilight Zone* and *The Treatment* (Almeida) and **Benedick** in *Much Ado About Nothing* (Globe); he previously appeared at Chichester in *Bingo* and *The Grapes of Wrath*. **Isabella Laughland** played Leanne in *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* and *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*. Her theatre work includes **Cordelia** in Chichester’s 2013 production of *King Lear*; *Pride and Prejudice* (Sheffield); *The Last of the Haussmans* (National Theatre); and *Wanderlust* at the Royal Court, for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard’s Outstanding Newcomer Award. **Simon Chandler** has previously appeared at Chichester in *The Stepmother*, *For Services Rendered* and *Cavalcade*. His extensive screen work includes *The Theory of Everything*, *Mr Turner*, *The Iron Lady*, *The King’s Speech* and *The Crown*. **Kate Hewitt** directs. Winner of the JMK Young Director Award and the inaugural RTST Director Award 2016, Kate was recently named as one of Variety’s ‘10 Brits to Watch in 2017’. Her credits include **Peter Morgan’s** *Frost/Nixon* at Sheffield, **Caryl Churchill’s** *Far Away* at the Young Vic, and *Midsummer* (National Theatre of Scotland/Edinburgh International Festival 2018); future work includes *Jesus Hopped The A Train* (Young Vic 2019). COCK will be designed by Georgia Lowe, with lighting by Guy Hoare and sound by Giles Thomas. The production is sponsored by Genesis Town Planning. --- **Event:** COCK by Michael Bartlett Contains very strong language and scenes of a sexual nature. Age guideline 16+ **Where:** Minerva Theatre, Chichester **When:** September 28 – October 27 **Time:** 7.45pm matinees 2.45pm Press night on October 4, 7pm **Cost:** Tickets from £20 – Prologue tickets for 16 – 25 year olds for £5. **To book tickets online, click [here:](https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/cock?ref=scenemag.co.uk)** --- **SPECIAL EVENTS** ♦ Pre-Show Talk with Kate Hewitt – Wednesday, October 3, 6pm: Free but booking essential. ♦ Late with Kate Mosse & Mike Bartlett – Tuesday, October 16, post-show ♦ Writer Mike Bartlett talks to novelist Kate Mosse about his celebrated dramas for stage and screen Thursday, October 25, Post-Show Talk. Stay after the performance to ask questions, meet company members and discover more. Free, but booking essential. --- ![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web-600-1-7.jpg) ---