Boy Parts (stage version)

By Eliza Clark

Irina takes erotic photos of average-looking men. Always behind the lens, she watches, she moulds, and she stalks. These boys are putty in her hands, just the way she likes it.
When the opportunity to show her photographs in a fashionable London gallery coincides with a new boy to obsess over, cracks begin to appear. How far can she push her new prey for the perfect shot, or has she already gone too far?
Based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark, which was a finalist for the Women's Prize Futures Award, Boy Parts is a pitch-black psychological thriller that subverts the erotic gaze and asks what happens when our need for connection gets twisted.
This stage adaptation for one actor by Gillian Greer was premiered in 2023 at Soho Theatre, London, in a co-production between Metal Rabbit Productions and Soho Theatre, and directed by Sara Joyce.
Praise for Eliza Clark's novel:
'Hilariously sardonic… Will make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eyes in horror' Guardian
'Boundaries are for breaking and if anyone can crash through and reinterpret the fear of our time, Eliza Clark can' Mslexia
'Delightfully and deviously rooted in the now with its delectable internet and culture references and evocative and real-feeling portrait of women' Dazed
'Explores the darkest corners of artistic practice, sexuality and violence with bold wit and fearlessness. A dazzling, horrifying debut' Irish Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Oct 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9781788507516

Eliza Clark

Eliza Clark is the co-creator of Foxfire Mountain House, an inn in the Catskills, NY, with her husband Tim. Formerly a television showrunner and writer, Eliza has had a lifelong passion for interior design, and her designs for Foxfire have been featured in Vogue, Domino, Elle, Remodelista, Apartment Therapy, House & Garden, Goop, and Condé Nast Traveler, among others. Tim Trojian is the co-creator of Foxfire Mountain House, an inn in the Catskills, NY, with his wife, Eliza. He has worked in kitchens for more than thirty years, and for the past several years has worked as an executive chef and Food & Beverage director. Fresh, seasonal, and locally produced with global influences from Korea to Sweden, Tim's dishes are inspired by the ingredients he finds. He secretly thrives on limitations and swears many of his best dishes came from cleaning out the fridge.

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Reviews for Boy Parts (stage version)

[davidroche_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Eliza Clarke made the news around the launch of Boy Parts (Influx Press) this summer with the quote: “I'm from Newcastle and working class. To publishers, I'm diverse…”. In her 26 years Eliza has worked for Mslexia magazine in her native Newcastle, received a grant from New Writing North to develop her creative writing, and studied at Chelsea College of Art in London. This her first novel, and what an entertaining, brassy ride it is! Its main figure is Irina who asks boys she meets to model for her as she takes their explicit and taboo photographs in the hope of constructing a gallery project which could be the making of her but is always likely to be dynamited by her own actions. Irina is massively flawed and self-defeating but she’s perversely engaging, definitely alternative and never boring. The dedication is “For my mother and father. Please don’t read this.” which gives you a clue as to its edginess, but this is also a confident and punchy debut novel and Eliza Clark is one to watch.