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REVIEW: ‘Stiletto’ @ Charing Cross Theatre

REVIEW: ‘Stiletto’ @ Charing Cross Theatre

It’s Venice, it’s 1751, and everyone is at it like rabbits. A stiletto – a small, but deadly dagger is at the heart of this rumbustious romp of a musical, with book by Tim Luscombe and music and lyrics by Matthew Wilder (creator of Mulan). The hiss-boo racist and villainous Count Pietro (Douglas Han

PREVIEW: ‘Jack And the Beanstalk: What A Whopper!’ at Charing Cross Theatre

PREVIEW: ‘Jack And the Beanstalk: What A Whopper!’ at Charing Cross Theatre

A team of five theatre makers, whose acclaimed adult gay pantos regularly filled the now-gone Above The Stag Theatre, are reunited in the outrageously rude, camp and brilliant Jack And the Beanstalk: What A Whopper!, which runs at London’s Charing Cross Theatre from 23 November to 11 January. It’s w

REVIEW: ‘Barbra and Liza Live’ at Charing Cross Theatre

REVIEW: ‘Barbra and Liza Live’ at Charing Cross Theatre

As they tell us in their opening number, this is a show where “two legends are together forever.” Steven Brinberg brings us a quietly confident, laid-back Barbra Streisand, whereas Rick Skye is a feisty Liza Minnelli – all staccato hand gestures and with a sky-full of twinkles in her eyes. Much of t

Rick Skye gets under the skin of gay icon Liza Minnelli

Rick Skye gets under the skin of gay icon Liza Minnelli

For over two decades actor Rick Skye has been getting under the skin of gay icon Liza Minnelli but his career could have gone in a totally different direction. He hit the stage as a child as Max in the Sound of Music and his teacher told his mother: “this one’s a character.” At 14 […]

SPOTLIGHT ON: George Takei- Still boldly going

SPOTLIGHT ON: George Takei- Still boldly going

Brian Butler talks to a Star Trek legend about his internment, LGBTQ+ activism, and panto in Brighton

REVIEW: George Takei’s Allegiance

REVIEW: George Takei’s Allegiance

Brian Butler finds love, hate, loyalty and patriotism in a new musical

PREVIEW: LGBTQ+ activist and Star Trek legend George Takei debuts in West End

PREVIEW: LGBTQ+ activist and Star Trek legend George Takei debuts in West End

Brian Butler looks forward to the London debut of legend George Takei

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