Theatre: Heartrending story of gay pride and naked prejudice

The Laramie Project

**The Everyman Theatre, Cork**

**Run concluded**

**Reviewed by** Brendan Daly

**Rating:** 4/5

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In October 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay, 21-year-old university student in Laramie, Wyoming was found tied to a cattle fence on the outskirts of the small town and severely beaten around the head.

He never regained consciousness, and died in hospital five days later. The brutal murder ignited a fierce debate in the US about hate crimes ...