Jonathan Bailey and Taron Egerton tell tale of identity and sexuality in revival of Cock – review
Without wanting to make this review one long, protracted innuendo – we’ve really been looking forward to Cock. With a cast led by beautiful and talented duo Jonathan Bailey and Taron Egerton, this revival of Mike Bartlett’s comedy about identity and sexuality does, in theory, tick pretty much every one of our boxes.
It also stars Jade Anouka – who we’ve seen before, and really rate – with the renowned Phil Daniels completing the cast. It focuses on the story of John (Jonathan Bailey), who lives with his long-term partner, M (Taron Egerton).
Up until the point we meet them, we assume they have been living as a conventional gay couple, but John now has a problem – he’s decided they’re incompatible.
He leaves, and returns with a further dilemma – he’s had sex with a woman, W (Jade Anouka), and he doesn’t know what to do. Over the course of 100 minutes (no interval) we see John’s identity crisis play out through a series of conversations individually with M and W and, most entertainingly, one with both of them – which also sees M’s father F (Phil Daniels) join for reinforcement.
