Very Special Guest Star ☆☆☆☆ https://www.omnibus-clapham.org The best of British theatre often takes place in a drawing-room and acclaimed playwright Tom Wright’s new play Very Special Guest Star continues in that fine tradition. Following sold-out runs of Undetectable and My Dad’s Gap Year, Wright’s darkly comedic, sexy and thought-provoking play is currently on at … Continue reading
Fresh from it’s critically acclaimed sold-out run at the Assembly Hall at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, Flaming Theatre brings Ben Santa Maria’s REALLY WANT TO HURT ME back to London. This enchanting new dark comedy with dance sequences is about growing up as a gay teenager in ‘80s Devon. It offers a fresh small town … Continue reading
Soho Cinders ☆☆☆☆ Charing Cross Theatre, London If you are ready for some traditional seasonal fun but not quite ready to go full panto until after Guy Fawkes this bouncing romantic musical twist on the Cinderella story has immediately likeable tunes that are show stopping in places but never stop the story. Each of the … Continue reading
Sophie Duker’s Venus ☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre , London Sophie Duker knows her audience. Tonight’s one hour one woman show at the Soho Theatre is a hilarious double dutch of playing with expectations. Duker knows she is the triple threat of black, female and queer whilst acknowledging that anyone in her audience is probably going … Continue reading
SOUTHERN BELLES ; SOMETHING UNSPOKEN ☆☆☆☆☆ KINGS HEAD THEATRE Southern Belles is the intoxicating back to back pairing of two of Tennessee Williams most rivetingly queer one act plays, ‘Something Unspoken’ and ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens’. In this compelling production at the King’s Head Theatre the glorious dialogue in … Continue reading