Tender
$31.25
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2026
Summary
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The Dancing Bears strip club is failing. Meanwhile, the new club down the street is welcoming fifty women a night with their twelve-inch synchronised dicks. When the boss’s daughter shows up, she realises they’re gonna need a bigger show.
Steamy and boisterous, Dave Harris’s play Tender is a story about breaking free from masculinity’s seductive cage. It was first produced by Soho Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839045363 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839045361 |
| Author: | Dave Harris |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 8mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
‘Very entertaining indeed… The Tambo & Bones team hit gold again with this bonkers story of male strippers having a meltdown… genuinely breathtaking… modestly outrageous… exuberantly uninhibited storytelling’
* Time Out *‘Modern masculinity laid bare’
* Guardian *‘A hilarious, sexy and sincere exploration of masculinity and the unspoken pressures that shape it… a wildly entertaining play that balances comedy with emotional depth, while sharing a unique exploration of masculinity’
* WhatsOnStage *‘Anarchic, joyful, unashamedly horny… has a riotously subversive spirit… Harris’ sparky script embraces the beauty and absurdity of sex, its quippy dialogue packed with penetrating observations and filthy punchlines’
* The Stage *‘Amazingly theatrical… fabulous entertainment… a wildly immersive show… plenty of sharp insights and many hilarious lines… both moving and theatrically exciting… riotous, anarchic, but ultimately loving’
* Arts Desk *‘Hilarious, unexpected, and quietly thought-provoking, Tender is a starkly original exploration of masculinity’
* Theatre & Tonic *‘An incredibly tender portrayal of vulnerability and driftlessness… heartbreaking’
* Reviews Hub *‘Unpredictable and riotous’
* LondonTheatre1 *‘Bold, brash and brilliantly entertaining… a fresh, funny and affecting study of masculinity’
* Everything Theatre *About The Author
Dave Harris
Dave Harris is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter from West Philadelphia.
His plays include:
- Tender (Soho Theatre, London, 2026)
- Tambo & Bones (Playwrights Horizons, Center Theatre Group, 2022; Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2023)
- Exception to the Rule (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2022)
- Incendiary (Woolly Mammoth 2023)
- Everybody Black (Humana Festival, 2019)
His play MANAKIN won the 2024 Relentless Award, selected by the American Playwriting Foundation.
His first feature film, Summertime, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
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