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# PREVIEW: Portsmouth Pride: The Pink Triangle – Untold story of gays in World War II
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/preview-portsmouth-pride-the-pink-triangle-untold-story-of-gays-in-world-war-ii/
- Published: 2016-05-27T21:50:20.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-27T21:50:20.000Z
- Description: Life being a homosexual can still be difficult. Home Office figures show that the number of homophobic attacks reported to police leapt by nearly a quarter last year.
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: Arts, In The South, News, Previews, Theatre, Portsmouth Pride

## Life being a homosexual can still be difficult. Home Office figures show that the number of homophobic attacks reported to police leapt by nearly a quarter last year.

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Police forces in England and Wales recorded 5,597 hate crimes against gays and lesbians in 2014-15, a rise of 22 per cent on the previous 12 months. The spike in violence and abuse based on victims’ sexual orientation emerged in statistics revealing a continued rise in offences which are classified as *hate crimes*.

The Gay community in Portsmouth is getting together for their first Portsmouth Pride Arts Festival being held in June.

Groundlings Theatre, a keen supporter of equality, has become involved with a new production based on a true story of love and survival.

*The Pink Triangle*, directed by **Richard Stride** is a story about Luca, an artist from (the former) Yugoslavia, who is accused of homosexuality and as a result is sent to Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp during World War Two. His experiences of survival and determination to live are an inspiration to us all.

**Richard, said:** *“This was an important story that needs to be told, especially in the current climate with so much hatred, suspicion and *fear”.**

**For more information about *The Pink Triangle,* [click here:](http://www.portsmouthpride.co.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

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**Event:** The Pink Triangle

**Where:** Groundlings Theatre, 42 Kent Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3BS

**When:** Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday June 16

**Time:** 8pm

**Cost:** Tickets Adults £14, concessions £12

**Box Office:** 023 9273 7370