Gangsta Baby

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Hastings for rent boy/escort Junior and his graffiti artist trans half-brother Pete is home. It's a neglected working class town on England's south coast quiet except for the odd street brawl or two where the views are epic but the water is brown and opportunities - or anything to do - are far away. In the middle of a session with a client Junior's thuggish absentee dad pops up out of the blue. Where has he been? Why does he want his son back? Why now? </span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Gangsta Baby</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is a deep dark dive into the world of sex-work drugs internalised homophobia betrayal and the desperate need for love in the criminal classes.</span></p><p></p><p>This version of the text is of the September 2025 production at Open Space Arts Chicago at which <em>Gangsta Baby</em> received its US premiere. An earlier version was presented at the Hope Theatre London in 2024.</p>