SHOVE IT DOWN

MY THROAT

A gonzo true-crime story about homophobia, violence, sex, and mystery.

In 2013, Luke O’Donovan is arrested after a knife fight at a New Year’s party.

The media portrays him as a maniac who went on a stabbing spree. Luke says

he’s the victim of a queer-bashing, punished for fighting back. In 2014, theatre artist

Johnnie Walker begins writing letters to Luke in prison and working on a new play.

A fierce and freewheeling exploration of a powerful true story, Shove It Down My

Throat puts queerness, identity, and complicity through a theatrical kaleidoscope

as Johnnie sifts through the different versions of Luke’s story — and the different

versions of Luke — in search of the ever-elusive truth.

Developed in the Buddies Residency Program in collaboration with Pandemic

Theatre, with additional script development support from Playwrights’ Workshop

Montréal. The Buddies Residency program is sponsored by BMO Financial Group,

with additional support from the Paul Butler & Chris Black Foundation.

photo of Johnnie Walker by Tanja-Tiziana