A hard look at Irish chemsex scene: 'I've experience of losing friends to this' 

Phillip McMahon is developing a dance-theatre piece about what he terms a 'crisis' issue for some gay men. He realises not everyone will welcome the focus on what can be a dark area 

Phillip McMahon, writer and director of Party Scene (Reflections on a ChemSex Crisis). Picture: Ruth Medjber

For several years, it’s been heralded by some as the biggest silent killer of gay men since the Aids epidemic in the UK, but is chemsex causing a hidden crisis amongst the Irish LGBT community?

Phillip McMahon, writer and director of theatre company This Is Pop Baby, believes it is.