These Gays! They're Trying To..., a self-described "celebration of queer TV meme culture," begins a limited engagement at The Divine in Dalston December 27, with performances set to continue through January 4, 2025.  

The work was created by David Levesley and Brooklyn Rep U.K. director and creative producer Charles Quittner, and penned by Levesley, Nathaniel Foster, reid tang, and Colin Waitt. 

The cast includes Alice Morgan Richards (a.k.a. Dairy King), Shakeel Kimotho (La Cage aux Folles), Marcus Zebra (a.k.a Zeborah), and Dan de la Motte (Too Much Pills & Liquor). Thereminist, sawist, and composer Jo Frase round out the company. 

The work imagines an unauthorized fifth season of HBO's The White Lotus, set in Iceland and featuring a fictional cast led by Lindsay Lohan and Björk. From shamanic rituals to sound baths, to Eurovision star-led cults, the wealthy descend on Reykjavik's finest spa to fix their bodies and their lives.

“Sometimes it seems that the only way for emerging fringey theatre companies to make a mark in London is to strike an instant chord with the zeitgeist," Quittner said in an earlier statement. "Enter Brooklyn Rep’s post-panto play, catching a trend months before its reawakening, sicking our gorgeous stable of past writers and performers on that appointment TV, gay HBO hotel anthology of the rich and the shameless. An All-Stars spin off of our Scritches new play festival, our four writers lampoon wellness and entertainment trends while also holding space for genuine tension… I genuinely have no idea how this will all turn out, but I can’t wait to find out with the rest of you.”

Visit TheDivine.co.uk for more information.