To Be Straight With You : Vox Pops 

In this scene from To Be Straight With You premiered on the 6th December 2007 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Berlin, the company dramatise the responses given when people were stopped in the streets in London and asked about homosexuality. 

DV8 director Lloyd Newson created a piece in response to his views towards the continued intolerance to homosexuality across the world. After watching a documentary entitled Gay Muslims, Newson was struck by the fact that out of 200 interviewees, only one would allow their face to be shown, the others too scared for their safety, and this has inevitably inspired the religious angle present in the production. DV8 began its research by interviewing 85 people living in the UK, some who were both religious and gay, others who were members of the clergy or human rights organisations. The result of these interviews is portrayed in the production, with the words spoken taken directly from the mouths of those who chose to share their experiences or views.

About the artist:

DV8 Physical Theatre was formed in 1986 by a group of independent dancers who had become frustrated and disillusioned with the preoccupations and direction of (most) contemporary dance. DV8’s work is characterised by the desire to communicate ideas and feelings clearly with a focus on socio-political issues. DV8 officially ended in April 2022 when Lloyd Newson announced his retirement via the company web page. 

https://dv8.co.uk/

Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6CtJ21UrU