Enduring the most in Cleansed is Carl. at ‘an institution designed to rid society of undesirables', punished for any deviation from social norms of sex or identity. Luke Cinque-White as Carl and Leo Bill as Tinker Marc BrennerCarl, played by dancer Luke Cinque-White, is gay. ‘I’ll always love you,’ he says; ‘I’ll never betray you’; ‘I’ll never lie to you.’ When Cleansed was first staged, in 1996, red ribbons were used to symbolise the spray of blood.