Jonathan Kemp reviews ” Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran”   at London’s Omnibus Theatre

  Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran  ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend … Continue reading

Jonathan Kemp reviews LOTE ‘a gem of a novel’ by Shola von Reinhold

Jacaranda Books recently won UK Regional Small Press of the Year, and if all their output is of the very high standard of quality to be found in this wonderful novel, they very much deserved to win. Shola von Reinhold’s debut is a joy, a gem of a novel, as lustrous and multi-hued as the … Continue reading

Jonathan Kemp reviews Megan Volpert ‘glorious mishmash’ memoir BOSS BROAD

  Volpert describes herself as “a theory junkie who cannot resist rock ‘n’ roll”, which, as a fan of both theory and music, drew me immediately. She is also a high school English teacher and political activist, and her latest book demonstrates amply all the rich facets of her life and interests. Boss Broad is … Continue reading

Jonathan Kemp reviews ‘the consummate storytelling’ of Stones in London Kings Head Theatre

  THE STONES ☆☆☆☆ KINGS HEAD THEATRE Writer/director Kit Brookman describes his latest offering as “a sort of contemporary gothic horror story” and there are certainly shades of Robert Aickman, Shirley Jackson and Henry James’ ‘Turn of the Screw’ in The Stones. A dissatisfied school teacher, Nick (LUKE MULLINS) meets up with an old school … Continue reading

Jonathan Kemp reviews the surreal experience of AFTER EDWARD

  AFTER EDWARD ☆☆☆☆☆ SAN WANAMAKER PLAYHOUSE, LONDON Sense is overrated”, declares Gertrude Stein at one point in this play and certainly you’re in for a surreal experience with this powerful and quick-witted response to Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II. Much of tonight’s cast are from the recent Globe production of Marlowe’s famous gay play, including … Continue reading

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