Theatre
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Musical Theatre
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 […]
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George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, about a totalitarian state, was written 75 years ago and it’s depressing and scary that most of its futuristic visions have come true. As we enter the auditorium at Brighton’s Theatre Royal for Ryan Craig’s stage adaptation we are scanned by a camera in the huge
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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
Musical Theatre
Evan Hansen is an isolated high school student with no friends and no life and on medication for social anxiety disorder- and he’s fallen out of a tree and broken his arm, now in plaster. When his doctor prescribes that he writes a daily letter to himself – hence the show title Dear Evan Hansen […]
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It’s several decades since drag performer Dave Lynn first met then amateur actor Allan Cardew at Marilyn’s club behind Brighton station. Since then, they’ve shared the stage in many a gay-themed play and Allan has gone on to be a director and producer – most recently of the alternative panto. And so
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With its celebration of uniqueness and community strength, Hairspray is not just a musical – it’s a high energy showstopper
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The Mad Gay King is a modern retelling of the life and love of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, a decadent 19th century monarch who funded the operas of Richard Wagner, built a flight of fairy tale castles, and was ultimately deposed by his conservative government on the grounds of homosexual insanity. Th