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Colquhoun and MacBryde: John Byrne

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Fresh from artistic triumph in their native Glasgow come the two painters, Colquhoun and MacBryde, swaggering down to London's wartime Bohemia to take the art world by storm.

This is the true story of two painters who were also partners and lovers, whose careers took off with a bang only to fizzle out again soon after. Success came too easily for them, and once achieved was impossible to control; perhaps one was a better artist than the other, perhaps their wild behaviour (excessive even by Fitzrovian standards) was too much for the art establishment, or perhaps the public were just looking for something new. This is a real rough-and-tumble of a play, the dialogue crackling with fine art and profanities as Byrne charts the careers of two painters and their passion for art, fame and each other.

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Genres & Themes:

Art; Celebrity; Homosexuality; Love