The Bearcat at The Bearcat

Jessie and Garrett are a perfect couple: she's a budding pop star, and his dad owns, like, everything. There's just one problem — Garrett's father has no idea they've been dating, and would never approve of the match.
In an act of campy desperation, Garrett ropes the denizens of the last club in town into a plan so ridiculous and borderline offensive it just might work.

Set in an Appalachian town on the brink of progress, THE BEARCAT is an exploration of gender and racial politics within the generational divide of the contemporary American Southeast. Also, it's a comedy. Promise.

Featuring pop vocals, gagworthy drag, and more social commentary than you can shake your ass at, THE BEARCAT is a remixed take of Middleton & Dekker’s THE ROARING GIRL. This excerpt showing is an ode to queer club culture – who lives it, who loathes it, and who’s left standing to protect it.

THE BEARCAT comes to Camden Fringe through a collaboration between director Charlotte Cattrall and playwright EG Roeder of the American company FIRST TAKE CO. This production builds on the successful presentation of THE BEARCAT at new work festivals in the UK and USA.

“Unique and unrepeatable…[First Take Co. is] breaking the rules and chasing a feeling.” – ArtsKnoxville

Praise for Charlotte Cattrall
“Full of zingers... funny, bawdy and off the wall.” -- London World
“Sparky comedy with feminist and fun values at its heart.” -- North West End UK
“Brave, intelligent theatre at its best” -- Reviews Hub