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This Must Be Heaven: John Tothill @ Komedia

This Must Be Heaven: John Tothill @ Komedia

Tothill offers wit as survival strategy, pleasure as resistance. Joy in his audience, in ideas, in history's odder footnotes, in the absurdity and abundance of being alive in a world that keeps offering buffets.

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny — English National Opera, London Coliseum

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny — English National Opera, London Coliseum

The ticket price is, as the opera itself might argue, the least of what you'll pay — but it is very much worth it.

Cosi Fan Tutti: ENO

Cosi Fan Tutti: ENO

this staging softens some of the original's nastier implications without entirely sanitizing them. What emerges is opera as guilty pleasure: brilliant, frivolous, and self-aware enough to get away with it.

Cinderella Varna International Ballet

Cinderella Varna International Ballet

Varna International Ballet delivers a production where kindness, hope, and love lead somewhere worth going, all wrapped up in a formal classical approach.

REVIEW:The Brighton Alternative Pantomime: Dick (Remixed)

REVIEW:The Brighton Alternative Pantomime: Dick (Remixed)

This is panto that throws endless jokes, puns, slapstick, songs, costumes and utterly daft plot twists at you until something sticks. And plenty does.

Short History of Queer Parenting by Kirsty Loehr

Short History of Queer Parenting by Kirsty Loehr

A smart, engaging read from a local author who knows how to make history feel relevant, fun and curious. It’s ideal for anyone who wants to understand the roots of queer family life—and why those roots matter now.

Rebels, Rockers, and Revolutionary Love: The Leather Boys ride again

Rebels, Rockers, and Revolutionary Love: The Leather Boys ride again

This slim volume absolutely flies by, utterly compulsive despite—or perhaps because of—its unflinching approach. It's essential reading for understanding how far we've travelled and what it cost those who came before.

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