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REVIEW: ‘Where Do All The Quiet Gays Go?’ at The Actors, as part of Brighton Fringe

REVIEW: ‘Where Do All The Quiet Gays Go?’ at The Actors, as part of Brighton Fringe

Rob Cattanach is a gay archaeology student on a mission – to find a boyfriend or failing that, just a friend. With Rob at a mic on a stand this short piece at Brighton Fringe looks and feels like stand-up. But it’s not. Between each excruciating narrative chapter, Rob turns upstage and coming back t

REVIEW: ‘The Tailor-Made Man’ at Stage Door Theatre, London

REVIEW: ‘The Tailor-Made Man’ at Stage Door Theatre, London

In order to keep gay actors in the closet and their sex life out of the headlines, for decades Hollywood studio bosses said the same thing: “remember what happened to William Haines”. And what did happen is the subject of Claudio Macor’s passionate and searingly honest play The Tailor-Made Man – the

Stage Door Theatre: new queers on the block

Stage Door Theatre: new queers on the block

At a time when small theatre spaces are struggling to keep afloat, it’s a brave team who open a new venue – especially in London’s ‘Theatreland’. But Robert McWhir and Richard Lambert have a lifetime’s experience of getting a gallon of theatre out of a pint pot of space. Robert ran the wonderfully i

Queer Brighton Fringe Preview: Paul Diello cruises through the decades of one hit wonders, Crudi Dench needs your help, and Club Revenge opens their ‘Cabaret of Queeriosities’

Queer Brighton Fringe Preview: Paul Diello cruises through the decades of one hit wonders, Crudi Dench needs your help, and Club Revenge opens their ‘Cabaret of Queeriosities’

In my second article on LGBTQ+ shows at this year’s Brighton Fringe, I look at a gay prince, the best short queer films around, and a gay choir’s Eurovision tribute. Laugh Till It Hurts is billed as a BDSM comedy show. It’s one man’s voyage into fetish and kink. Get tied up in its net […]

INTERVIEW: Frances Ruffelle to head cast in new production of iconic queer musical, Closer to Heaven

INTERVIEW: Frances Ruffelle to head cast in new production of iconic queer musical, Closer to Heaven

Broadway and West End star Frances Ruffelle will head the cast in a new production of the iconic queer musical Closer To Heaven, Scene can exclusively reveal. The show, written by gay icons Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys, will run at Battersea’s Turbine Theatre from 31 May – 30 June. Frances,

REVIEW: Andrew Pepper stuns with ‘House of Pepper’ at Crazy Coqs

REVIEW: Andrew Pepper stuns with ‘House of Pepper’ at Crazy Coqs

Andrew Pepper’s one-man cabaret House Of Pepper is a chaotic, whirlwind of high camp, some low singing notes and just tons and tons of fun. His opening is a mishmash of fast paced dialogue and snatches of songs, and as he tells us in one of many innuendos: “It’s 30 days since I sniffed around […]

A round-up of queer theatre highlights – from Ty Jeffries’ bon voyage to camp vamps and Eurovision: Your Decision

A round-up of queer theatre highlights – from Ty Jeffries’ bon voyage to camp vamps and Eurovision: Your Decision

An interview with a camp vamp, a harrowing story of post-war Germany, revelations of being gay in the South African army, and a look back at Eurovision hits tells us just how varied the current queer theatre scene is. But first, after 12 years performing as both himself and his alter ego damaged cab

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