HART HOUSE THEATRE – A student musical has exploded in popularity within the engineering community and incited what some are calling a “massive sexual awakening” across campus, putting the combined efforts of Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble to shame. The musical was performed by the newly established “Erotic Drama Society,” or EDS for short, a student-group focused on teaching engineers the basics of sex, relationships and intimacy through a variety of titillating musical numbers.
The show’s opening scenes examined popular myths surrounding childbirth and conception. “Such a large percentage of engineers don’t really know where babies come from,” said director Gedant Vupta, “and that’s all because of the rather flaccid state of sexual education in the province.” When probed deeper into his creative process, Vupta admitted that each song was carefully crafted to appeal to “the virgin engineer,” which could help explain the show’s huge success.
One particularly erotic number, “The Bitch of Living,” highlighted the universality of sexual fantasy and desire through a gloriously juicy comparison of a woman’s voluminous breasts to rotund apples–“just let those apples fall!” Toike reporters are obliged to inform readers that no ‘apples’ fell for the duration of the show; however, there were points when they came dangerously close. Another audience favourite, “My Junk,” celebrated the normalcy of self-pleasure with an on-stage demonstration from a very handsome gentleman.
The musical reached its climax with “The Word of Your Body” and “I Believe,” two songs which played as the show’s protagonists went through the motions of heterosexual sex in front of everyone. The actors drew attention to several common pitfalls to avoid during your first time–including not asking for consent, not planning for contraception and, most notably, not engaging in foreplay of any kind. “For men, the bar really is hell,” the female protagonist noted, “and I hope women will be able to achieve more than just mild disappointment in the bedroom.”
While some found the show’s visuals “outrageous” and “inappropriate” for a student audience, EDS maintains that the visual aids were necessary, especially for those who identify as visual learners. At a glance, it seems as if EDS’s claim has some substance, as following the show’s end, several students admitted to “mentally bookmarking” the scene for later “replay and reflection.”
In an exclusive interview with The Toike, members of the EDS band also confirmed that the educational programming continued at the show’s afterparty, for those fortunate enough to attend. “People were outright making out,” one of the music directors, Honathan Jua, admitted, “like on purpose.” Jua, an ArtSci, remarked that he had never seen such an “extravagant display of sexuality” among engineers, and encouraged all engineers to attend EDS’s upcoming show to maximize their chances of landing a date for Cannonball.
