Joseph Rawlings was diagnosed with testicular at the age of 26. However, the cancer tumour was discovered in his chest and later found to be in his testicles too. Hide My Porn is a reference to the question he asked his friend in a letter in the event of his death.
The one-man verbatim performance is an account of the journey he went through from the symptoms, diagnosis and through the lengthy treatment he needed.
With a washing line on the right-hand side of the stage, that had all the hospital and consultant letters hanging on there like yesterday’s washed underwear, the extent of the treatment and communication is laid out for the audience to visualise.
Rawlings doesn’t hold back on some the details about the invasive tests Doctors had to carry out in the process if diagnosis. His accounts and experiences on the wards aren’t particularly pleasant either.
Despite everything that happened to Rawlings he attempted to hold on to his sense of humour and with the help of his brother’s gifts of different hats sent through the post they helped lighten up the dark days, although he was getting them all back if Rawlings had died.
As well as being an all-round entertaining performance it’s a play that doubles as an information production. Rawlings highlights the importance of men getting themselves checked out, and potentially saving their own lives.
Hide My Porn touches on the human side of the NHS and the number of people called “Karen” who all played a role in his road to recovery. Rawlings has an abundance of charisma and highlights the importance of humour during this horrendous time.
For more information about Hide my Porn and other productions at Prague Fringe please use the link below.
Four Stars.
https://www.mintyspectre.co.uk/
Divadlo Inspirace
Malostranské naměstí 13
Malá Strana, Praha 1
28 May 2025 @ 21:00
29 May 2025 @ 21:00
30 May 2025 @ 22:15
31 May 2025 @ 20:45
This humorous and moving one-man show is performed by Joseph Rawlings and based on his experience upon discovering he had developed testicular cancer… in his chest.
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/germ-cell-tumours
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/testicular-cancer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell_tumor
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/testicular-cancer
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