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Arts

REVIEW: Secret Byrd @ BREMF

The Secret Mass was a beautiful opening gig to BREMF….with this sacred music made tangible, giving everyone something to sigh over

Theatre

Hester-Stefan Chillingworth presents Monster Show at Camden People’s Theatre – a re-dubbing of the audio from the iconic film Frankenstein in a trans act of purging outdated narratives

Opening on Halloween at Camden People’s Theatre, Monster Show considers the potential violence in how we read each other’s bodies, questioning why we crave so much to know what people look like to decide how we feel about them.

Arts

OPERA REVIEW: Peter Grimes @ London Coliseum (English National Opera)

A night of grim fascinations.

Theatre

You better watch out, you better not cry… BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon’s ‘The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show’ to bring festive spirit to the UK in November

You better watch out, you better not cry, because global drag icons and RuPaul’s Drag Race stars, BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon are coming back to your town with the wildly successful, internationally acclaimed, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show – produced by BenDeLaCreme Presents.

Theatre

Homo Promos, Britain’s oldest LGBTQ+ theatre company, to premiere its latest production, 1944: Home Fires, in London in September

This 50-minute chamber opera is based on a possibly-true story of when Welsh icon Ivor Novello, the darling of the West End, was imprisoned in 1944 for fiddling his wartime petrol coupons.

Cabaret

Brighton Alternative Panto to return with CINDERELLA: REMIXED in January to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon

Under completely new artistic direction and production, the much anticipated Brighton tradition is back and Remixed with a live band, professional dancers and of course a cast of Brighton’s favourite cabaret stars.

Theatre

SPOTLIGHT ON: From the oldest queer theatre company in the UK to queer cabaret La Cage Aux Folles, Ruby Wax’s quest to find peace and the stage debut of a gay diving star

Brian Butler finds passion, forbidden love, singing and dancing in the latest queer theatre offerings

Theatre

Cast announced for 30th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey’ seminal ‘BEAUTIFUL THING’

Commenting on his new production, Director Anthony Simpson-Pike says: “Beautiful Thing is an iconic queer story that holds a special place in so many people’s hearts. Many people saw their own stories on stage and screen for the first time.”