“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” a work from interdisciplinary theatrical duo Bullyache (Courtney Deyn & Jacob Samuel), is a glorious mush of finance bro aesthetics, Queer irreverence, ritual, and kink culture. The latter being especially apparent in the opening third of the work: slithering nude bodies struggle to dress and undress in and out of suits while manspreading onlookers gaze from an office chair. A major work for any fans of the “Clothed Male Naked Male” category of gay porn. There’s some piss too. But Bullyache’s interest with these images never reeks of gratuitousness or hamfisted subversion, rather it makes evident the underlying kink and homoeroticism of the men who hold to these cult-like fraternities so dearly. It feels almost natural in the setting of this dilapidated bank boardroom, where it seems like the afters are starting to get weird.  

The set, designed by Tor Studio, is especially impressive. A lacquered table and mini bar are monuments of austere power compared to a giant shattered window. It is as if whatever explosion that occurred outside left those within the fortress unscathed. Their fictitious bank’s logo appears an awful lot like that of Barclay’s, a bank which has drawn ire and condemnation due to its investments in the oil and weapons industries—they are one of Sadler’s Wells’ main sponsors. The image of the broken bank is not only a metaphorical image, but strikingly resembles the many smashed and vandalised Barclays offices across Britain during the height of the protests against Israel’s bombing of Gaza. The polemics of the outside world have come uncomfortably close to Sadler’s Wells’ doorstep.