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Brokeback Mountain meets Top Gun. ‘Firebird’ coming to the stage for the very first time from January 9

It’s been called Brokeback Mountain mixed with Top Gun, and Firebird draws on a true-life Cold War story and follows a handsome soulful young soldier, who embarks on a clandestine affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on an air-force base in Soviet-occupied Estonia at the height of the Communist r

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Two ground-breaking queer shows from Alexis Gregory

There’s a chance to see multi-talented queer theatre-maker Alexis Gregory’s latest monodrama Smoke and also catch his amazing three-in-one queer history drama Riot Act – both in London over the next few weeks. Directed by the outstanding film and theatre-maker Campbell X, Smoke investigates the blur

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A look at phenomenal, new queer theatre – from Cowboys and Lesbians to 52 Monologues for Young Transexuals and FutureQueer

As LGBT+ History Month comes to a close, there are some excellent productions by queer theatre-makers to look forward to. FutureQueer has its last performance at the new King’s Head Theatre studio space on 2 March. It’s said to be sold out but check the box office. I’m sure that the multi-talented A

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REVIEW: ‘Exhibitionists’ at the new King’s Head Theatre, Islington

First off, it’s great to welcome a new theatre space in London, with the opening of the King’s Head Theatre, nestling in a shopping centre behind the original iconic pub theatre in Islington: more about it later. Shaun McKenna and Andrew Van Sickle’s play Exhibitionists is billed by the authors in

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PREVIEW: From Tits & Teeth landing in Brighton to ‘national trinket’ Julian Clary, Alexis Gregory’s ‘FutureQueer’ and some ‘Really Old Friends’ with Tanya Hyde and drag royalty

There’s lots more varied queer theatre to enjoy in Brighton and London in the coming weeks. Tits & Teeth present their latest show, Thick & Tight – a combination of drag, dance, satire, mime and lipsync – at Brighton Dome’s Corn Exchange on February 21. Barbara Cartland, Andy Warhol, Grace Jones and

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Queer Theatre Highlights: from outrageous drag panto to a rollicking queer western and iconic gay code-breaker Alan Turing

Brian Butler looks at New Year queer theatre offerings

Books

BOOK REVIEW: ‘No Straight White Men’ by Paul Stone

Brian Butler finds Paul Stone’s anthology of queer monologues intriguing

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SPOTLIGHT ON: Stonewall memories, drag queen revenge and tickling

Brian Butler previews more Queer shows to look out for

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SPOTLIGHT ON: Cam sex, drag queens and Grindr

In the first of two articles, Brian Butler finds a treasure trove of queer shows

Previews

PREVIEW: Queer cowboys, a Grindr musical, Eurovision and Miss Hope Springs

You wait forever for one show about queer cowboys, and then along come two. Not only that, there’s a musical about Grindr, the return of everybody’s favourite Jamie, and more of the faded star that never was Miss Hope Springs.

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SPOTLIGHT ON: John Yap – Master Of Musicals

Brian Butler talks to a man with a musical theatre mission

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SPOTLIGHT ON : Openings and closures, drag addiction and Eurovision

Brian Butler looks at a feast of new theatre

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