THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU SO

A regular Friday night finds a wealthy trust-fund Colombo native on a gay dating app trying to
find someone for a few hours. In walks a British expat, looking for a few moments of pleasure
and not much else. What is supposed to be just a run-of-the-mill one-night experience becomes
something quite different. Over two one-day encounters, mostly confined to a crummy
one-bedroom apartment, the two men make love, tell stories, inebriate and commiserate, and in
the process share their lives with each other. As the pair tangle between lovemaking and
connection, sex and sexuality, love and lust, 'The One Who Loves You So' grapples with the
complexities of short-term intimacy, and asks what becomes of love when it has no recourse to
future illusions. The One Who Loves You So is a candid and honest love story; a play about our
universal struggle for connection.

Written and directed by Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke

Cast: Brandon Ingram, Benjamin Aluwihare

Lighting Design: Ryan Holsinger
Set Design: Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke and Thilini Perera