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# Two ground-breaking queer shows from Alexis Gregory
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/two-ground-breaking-queer-shows-from-alexis-gregory/
- Published: 2024-10-28T14:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-28T16:57:38.000Z
- Description: 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
- Author: Brian Butler
- Tags: Theatre, Alexis Gregory, Campbell X, King’s Head Theatre, LGBT, LGBTQ, World Aids Day

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 between reality and fantasy. It’s full of dark humour, like all Alexis’s work, but this time also suspense.

We follow Alex, his mobile phone and his story. He’s haunted by an ex-partner, when he receives a private Instagram message from his now-dead boyfriend’s account.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gyloc8vxoaafm9r-1-e1730122221702.jpg)

Smoke

Alex finds himself in a haphazard and dangerous attempt to uncover the truth. The play confronts today’s obsession with self-documentation, drugs, paranoia and living and dying in a digital age. When privacy no longer exists, where do we draw the line?

It runs late night at the **Kings Head Theatre**, Islington from **November 2-11**. [Tickets HERE](http://kingsheadtheatre.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/riot-act-online--production-photos-by-holly-revell-oe2b4223.webp)

Riot Act

On **December 1**, **World AIDS Day**, there’s a rare opportunity to see Alexis’s staggering *Riot Act*, which is a solo verbatim show created entirely from interviews with three key players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

They are: **Michel-Anthony Nozzi**, a survivor of the Stonewall Riots; **Lavinia Co-op**, an alternative ’70s drag artist; and **Paul Burston**, a prominent ’90s London AIDS activist.

I’ve only seen it online but it’s funny, breathtaking and a white knuckle ride through six decades of queer history.

Tickets at [eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mulwade-presents-riot-act-tickets-1047815553527?ref=scenemag.co.uk) – it plays at **21Soho** for one night only and is presented by **Mulwade Foundation.**

Both shows will be reviewed in *Scene* magazine – look out for them.