Theatre Nathaniel J Hall, HIV activist and star of ‘It’s a Sin’, to bring critically acclaimed play ‘TOXIC’ to the Old Market during Brighton Fringe Following its sell-out debut at HOME in Manchester in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall, who starred in seminal series It’s A Sin, will be bringing his critically acclaimed play Toxic to the Old Market during the Brighton Fringe in May. Set in the hedonistic world of Manchester’s By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Theatre Relish Theatre announces ACID’S REIGN, a new musical queering and querying the climate discourse, starring RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Scarlett Harlett Relish Theatre has announced its spring 2025 season of three queer works across theatres in North London will include ACID’S REIGN, starring RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Scarlett Harlett. ACID’S REIGN (Pleasance Theatre, 5 Feb – 1 March) is a new musical queering and querying the climate discourse, explo By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Theatre Nathaniel J Hall is taking his critically acclaimed play Toxic on tour from March 2025 Following its sell-out debut at HOME in Manchester in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall, who starred in seminal series It’s A Sin, is taking his critically acclaimed play Toxic on tour from March 2025. Set in the hedonistic world of Manchester’s underground queer rave scene, Toxi By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Theatre 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 By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Slava’s SnowShow @ Theatre Royal Brighton A Whimsical Winterscape of Wonder: Slava’s SnowShow Enchants and Transforms By Eric Page • 2 min read
Culture REVIEW: The Devil Wears Prada musical with music by Elton John. Groundbreaking. Last weekend I stepped into the glamorous world of Runway Magazine at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End for the new Devil Wears Prada musical with my BFF, (hey doll if you’re reading this :)). Vanessa Williams, best known for her celebrated roles in Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives and as By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Theatre Glamrou – aka Amrou Al-Kadhi – to return to Soho Theatre with DRAG MOTHER Glamrou – aka Amrou Al-Kadhi – is to return to Soho Theatre from January 20 – 25, 2025 for the first time in five years with their most autobiographical show to date; the key character of their award-winning memoir, LIFE AS A UNICORN (Harper Collins), this show, DRAG MOTHER, finally explores the rel By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Theatre Lights of the West End to be dimmed on December 3 for gay theatre star Gavin Creel, who died in September aged just 48 The lights of four West End theatres will be dimmed on Tuesday, December 3 for gay Broadway and West End star Gavin Creel, who died in New York in September aged just 48. Creel, who performed at Prince of Wales Theatre (where he starred in The Book of Mormon), Prince Edward Theatre (where he starred By Graham Robson • 1 min read
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 By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Theatre Life of trans bus driver from Belfast, who died in 1980 just three days after undoing gender reassignment surgery, inspires new play The life of a trans bus driver from Belfast, who died just three days after undoing gender reassignment surgery, has inspired a new play showing in Northern Ireland. An inquest found that Wilma Creith, who was just 47 when she underwent gender reassignment surgery in Leeds in 1980, died as a result By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Breach Theatre: After the Act @ Corn Exchange Overall, After the Act is a powerful and timely theatrical experience that shines a light on a dark chapter of LGBTQ+ history while celebrating the resilience and activism of the community. It is a must-see for anyone interested in queer stories and the ongoing fight for equality, just don’t go expe By Eric Page • 5 min read
Theatre ‘Ginger Johnson Blows Off’ at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange on November 15 What goes on in drag royalty Ginger Johnson’s sock drawer stays in Ginger’s sock drawer. But lest your imagination runs riot, let’s just say his array of sock puppets are very frisky when no-one’s looking. It’s just one of Ginger’s crazier ideas in their roller coaster cabaret life. When you talk to By Brian Butler • 2 min read
