For the first time, Camden People’s Theatre will be putting on a new festival called “Hotbed”. It is three weeks of performance on the subject of sex and will be taking place from April.

It is a celebration of sex positivity and what difficulties come about in representing sex onstage. We live in a world saturated with sexual imagery from adverts to television shows, but how often do we talk about sex as it is really experienced and why is theatre so seldom a part of that conversation?

With sex there is also the concern over appropriateness, and how young is too young to learn about sex. There may be some reservations, but with the festival set to start next month, Camden People’s Theatre is trying new by exposing people the realities of sex in everyday life.