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Southbank Centre to celebrate Queer Culture

The Southbank Centre, London has announced two weekends of queer culture as part of the Festival of Neighbourhood in July and August. The first, Queering Voices, takes place Thursday, July 11-Saturday, July 13 and is three days of performances and discussion exploring the queer community and differe

Flown performed by Pirates of the Carabina at the Udderbelly

Flown performed by Pirates of the Carabina at the Udderbelly

Is it on to compare a circus with a circus? After all, these days circus is a broad church – a very broad church – so broad in fact that the South Bank feels confident enough to run three ring-based entertainment shows over the summer in its temporary tents, expecting each to make a profit. […]

Jonathan Harvey connects

Jonathan Harvey connects

“I was in John Lewis about two years ago and there was a girl wearing a t-shirt that just said ‘You’re So Gay’ and I really just wanted to say ‘Yeah, I fucking am! What’s the matter with that?’” We’re at a rehearsal in South London of Jonathan Harvey’s new play and he’s explaining exactly […]

The Noise next door: Komedia: Review

The Noise next door: Komedia: Review

This is rock improv, these five gents worked very hard throughout the night to delight the crowd, worked well together as an improv troupe, sharing the space and mostly handing the best lines over the next lad up and occasionally shamelessly hogging the limelight.

The Amen Corner: James Baldwin: National Theatre: Review

The Amen Corner: James Baldwin: National Theatre: Review

Since losing her unborn child, Sister Margaret (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) has put herself in the hands of the Lord. He’s made her a preacher in a small but thriving Harlem church, and he’s guided her hand as she’s brought up her now 18 year old son David single-handedly. But the Lord now seems to be l

Kat calls

Hello m’dears! Kat here, beginning a new weekly column letting you in on what I’ve been to see each week. It’s a ragbag of odds and sods so you might be surprised. You might even be vaguely entertained. If not, you lucky people, you always have the option of shutting down your browser. I, on […]

A Chorus Line: London Palladium: Theatre Review

A Chorus Line: London Palladium: Theatre Review

A West End musical only two thirds full on a Friday night set the alarm bells ringing. Word had perhaps got around town but had missed tourist ears, as there was a frothing Babel drifting all round us at the Palladium. A Chorus Line is a seminal Pulitzer Prize-winning show which changed the face of

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