Lucian Freud’s landmark exhibition to mark the centenary of his birth finishes next Sunday 22nd January at London’s National Gallery, so head on down there while you can. Freud (1922-2011) was one of Britain’s most renowned figurative painters. Born in Berlin, and the grandson of the famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, his family fled the Nazis … Continue reading
Self-proclaimed queer ‘hot mess’ Katy Baird brings the London premiere of her latest show Get Off to London’s Battersea Arts Centre this 8-25 May. Get Off continues Katy’s frank, poignant and uproarious take on the human condition. An honest and raw interrogation into our need for distraction, Get Off is an acutely personal one-woman show about excess and consumption, raising essential questions about the … Continue reading
Queer artists/performers The Cocoa Butter Club and Bold Mellon Collective present two shows at London’s Bethnal Green Rich Mix arts space next week as part of Soul on Ice. This is the latest festival from Certain Blacks, the East London arts organization specializing in celebrating diversity. The program is named after the seminal 1968 book … Continue reading
Frank’s Closet, the off-West End cult stage hit of 2009 is back! Staged at Hoxton Hall, one of England’s last remaining Victorian music halls, it sold out to packed houses and glowing reviews. Now it is to get its first London revival at the Union Theatre, Bankside, SE1, with additional new material by … Continue reading
Queerdos and their performances are all the rage these days – the weirder and queerer the better. London’s King’s Head Theatre presents two fabulous shows this month and next, What If They Ate The Baby? and a re-run of last year’s hit And Then The Rodeo Burnt Down, both by New York based … Continue reading