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Brian Butler

Review: This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre

Review: This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre

First things first: if you are in London June/July to use playwright Harrison David Rivers’ language, you need to get your cute butt down to the Soho Theatre and see This Bitter Earth. Actually, if you are anywhere in the UK or abroad and visiting London, then you need

BILLY PORTER speaks -'To be black and gay in the USA is a death warrant.'

BILLY PORTER speaks -'To be black and gay in the USA is a death warrant.'

The recipient of three Emmys, a Grammy and three Tonys, he is currently making his London directorial debut staging This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Rivers.

REVIEW: Titanique - "outrageously gay"

REVIEW: Titanique - "outrageously gay"

There should be a trigger warning for Titanique the musical - it’s outrageously gay and leaves little to the fertile imagination. Co-written by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue, and directed by Tye Blue, it’s a sure-fire, 5-star romp with a laugh every few seconds and quick-fire

REVIEW: Field of Anise @ Ironworks

REVIEW: Field of Anise @ Ironworks

It’s a story of love, of belonging, and a shocking betrayal, made worse by an ending I had not seen coming and which will make you gasp. Not only is this Amir’s debut as a playwright, he also stars and directs – an amazing achievement.

REVIEW: Glenda & Rita: LIVE @ Brighton Fringe

REVIEW: Glenda & Rita: LIVE @ Brighton Fringe

They really are black and white -costume, hair, make-up ; they’re monochrome humans. It’s a brilliant, bizarre & comic

REVIEW: Resound Voices at Brighton’s Chapel Royal

REVIEW: Resound Voices at Brighton’s Chapel Royal

The compact space of Brighton’s Chapel Royal suits the smallest of Brighton’s queer choirs – Resound Voices. The 14 singers, as always with this group, produce beautiful harmonies, and under the direction of Sam Barton they always please, surprise and entertain. Their early summer concert was entitl

BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘Deadnamed’

BRIGHTON FRINGE REVIEW: ‘Deadnamed’

Before we’re allowed into the tiny tent that is Rotunda Pip, in Regency Square, Brighton, we’re asked to leave a message on a post-it about the deceased whose funeral we are about to attend. As the lights come up – bright red – a man sits up in the coffin and says hello. This is […]

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