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<br>Thanks For Having Me (Riverside Studios, London)<br><br>Verdict: It was my pleasure<br><br>Rating:<br><br>Following a couple of sell-out runs in small fringe theatres, Keelan Kember's fast, funny dating drama set in a large living looks a tad dwarfed in the barnlike Riverside Studios, as if it's happening on the telly... somewhere over there.<br><br>Which is actually where, sharply trimmed, this sweet, old-fashioned Men Behaving Badly-meets-Friends sitcom would work even more of a treat.<br><br>Talented Kember is as good on the stage as he is on the page. Blessed with terrific comic timing, he is hilarious as Cashel, almost 30, which means — to him at least — that he's 'an older man'. Posh, neurotic, hypochondriac, agoraphobic, claustrophobic, egomaniac, romantic, he's allergic to almost everything and given to panic attacks.<br><br>Dumped by his girlfriend of forever and broken-hearted, Cashel turns to his super-chilled, determinedly singleton best-mate, Honey, deftly played by Sex Education's Kedar Williams-Stirling, who becomes his unofficial dating tutor.<br><br>The rules of Honey's game are simple: sound interesting (so pretend you're a musician if you're really an accountant), talk holidays, suggest a drink at a bar which has stopped serving to get her back to your place, insist that you are not the kind of guy who would dream of having sex on a first date in order to set yourself up as a challenge, then play Amy Winehouse to prove you're aware of the fragility of life. Oh, and when you have sex, imagine all her friends are watching, so take time — and [https://meneercasino.com/online-casino-tips/online-casino-storten-vanaf-5-euro viagra 900] — and make sure she has the best experience.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Keelan Kember, left, and Kedar Williams-Stirling, right, in fast, funny dating drama Thanks For Having Me<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Honey, deftly played by Sex Education's Kedar Williams-Stirling, becomes his unofficial dating tutor <br><br>Enjoy for five nights max, then move swiftly on to the next lucky lady.<br><br>Piece of cake.<br><br>As Cashel discovers when Honey's current squeeze, Maya (Adeyinka Akinrinade) introduces him to her up-for-it therapist friend, Eloise (Game of Thrones's Nell Tiger Free).<br><br>Trouble is, Cashel — who decides to introduce himself as a poet — falls instantly in love with the leggy blonde and wants an intense, exclusive, old-fashioned relationship, hopefully forever with said cake.<br><br>Footloose, fancy-free Eloise, however, wants to keep things casual. Seriously casual. No hand-holding, no kisses goodbye, no breakfast, no visits to the farmers' market. Just wham, bam, thanks for having me and see you around.<br><br>In other words, Eloise is a girl who wants to have fun. She claims she doesn't want to be objectified or seen as a prize but to be as free as a man.<br><br>In one ridiculously entertaining scene, Cashel handcuffs himself to a radiator to stop himself from texting her.<br><br>Needless to say, in the course of 75 minutes, Cashel and Honey switch emotional positions. Honey suddenly develops an appetite for breakfast and hand-holding on a leisurely stroll around the farmers' market, and one thread of a romcom becomes a love story.<br><br>The men are considerably better written and much more amusing than the sketchily drawn women but Kember skilfully charts that tricky emotional passage from no-strings to tentative connection to provisional attachment to tying the knot.<br><br>Light, bright date-night fun.<br><br>Until April 26.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>As Cashel discovers when Honey's current squeeze, Maya, who is played by Adeyinka Akinrinade,left, introduces him to her up-for-it therapist friend, Eloise (Game of Thrones' Nell Tiger Free)<br><br><br><br>Game of ThronesAmy WinehouseSex Education<br><br>