There’s a very specific kind of life a lot of us recognise. The nice flat. The holidays booked. The couple photos that look effortless but definitely weren’t. Everything ticking along exactly as it should.
Nice Things: A Queer Love Story starts right there, then quietly pulls the rug.
Premiering at Pleasance London this April before heading to Bristol and Cardiff, Luke Hereford’s new play follows a gay couple who, on paper, have it sorted. Until one of them comes out as non-binary, and suddenly all the things that felt stable start to shift.
Not in a dramatic, explosive way. In that slower, more unsettling way where you’re forced to actually look at your relationship, your expectations, and yourself.
It’s a premise that feels very real. Because this isn’t about “issues” in the abstract, it’s about what happens when the person you love changes, or maybe just becomes more fully who they’ve always been, and you’re left figuring out what that means for you, for your attraction, for the version of your life you thought you had locked in.
Geraint Rhys Edwards and Reece Connolly take on the couple at the centre of it, and as a two-hander, there’s nowhere to hide. It’s just them, the relationship, and everything that comes with it. The good, the defensive, the messy bits we don’t always say out loud.
And that’s what makes this feel worth seeing. It’s not trying to wrap things up neatly or tell you what to think. It’s sitting in the grey areas, the uncomfortable conversations, the questions a lot of us are still working through in real time.
Directed by Izzy Rabey, with a creative team that knows how to handle intimacy and nuance properly, this feels like one of those smaller shows that quietly lands a punch.
If you’ve ever looked at your relationship and thought, “are we actually as sorted as we think we are?”, this one might hit a nerve.
And honestly, that’s kind of the point.
Nice Things: A Queer Love Story
Dates: 1st to 4th April 2026
Address: Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF
Nearest Tube: Caledonian Road / King’s Cross St Pancras
Tickets: pleasance.co.uk
