By: Jackson Hedges

The production company Pink Triangle Theatre espouses a clear message directed towards curbing the current trend of “homophobia, bigotry, hatred and intolerance.” Such thematic content directs it’s focus and is intended to touch upon much of what human experience is like. And despite many homophobic rhetoric denying its core, the intolerance often perpetrated by main stream society onto those marginalized groups, like the LGBT community (which is thankfully growing daily), is not determined by sexual orientation. To summarize the often quoted theologian and poet, Martin Niemöller, of his poem First They Came…, manifested oppressive forces often operate under the umbrella of popular consent or lassitude due to the general tone of passivity from those that knew the persecution of a certain sect of society was wrong but did nothing to stop it.

The etymology of the name, Pink Triangle, comes from, like Mr. Niemöller, the Holocaust, in which homosexuals were forced to where a pink triangle to identify themselves. When creator of P.T.T., Paul Burgess, wrote a poem in 2009 in response to some of the horrific homophobic-motivated attacks regarding homosexuality with the Holocaust’s pink triangle in mind, he knew it would make a powerful name as a theatre company’s name.  And so it is a statement not only of remembrance but also of combating similar hatred that manifested in such dreadful and intolerant times.

The Pink Triangle Theatre attempts to bridge the gap of apathy in much of mainstream society through the ancient art of drama. With a company of talented performers and an arsenal of brilliantly powerful messages, the P.T.T. endeavor to unveil the superficially thin perception people often have about sexuality, on both sides, in their current production of “Show One” touring around in taverns, universities, theatres, and other such venues. The show examines the many pervasive mannerisms and nuances that sexuality takes on within our daily lives, with distinct social commentaries as to the prevalence in how homosexuality and homophobia are being treated within the mainstream of today. As a relatively new production company (only founded in 2010), the P.T.T. has already found a niche within the vastness of theatre within the UK, developing plans for a new musical.

And as the P.T.T. furthers it will undoubtedly prove to touch hundreds, even thousands and millions, of audience members willing to listen to their message. Sure to continue in questioning the very nature of how sexuality is treated within society, the Pink Triangle Theatre combines the best of theatre with social commentary in which you will most assuredly be glad you saw.

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