Jonny Ward reviews Matt Franco’s performance piece that asks if men can be both masculine and feminine

Alpha Who ☆☆☆ Cockpit Theatre, London Alpha Who? is a one man show billed as an exploration of masculinity and vulnerability and we are certainly taken on a journey of angst and rage of the inner psyche of the protagonist played by writer/performer Matt Franco. He comes on backlit, stripped to the waist, a vision … Continue reading

Jonny Ward reviews QUEERTERIA : ‘a spectacular hot mess’

Queereteria ☆ Above the Stag Theatre Queereteria is a spectacular hot mess. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the only TV station is run by and stars Lady Domina Bizarre (played with professional pizazz by Matthew Baldwin). She is holding Torsten – a former star and singer (played by Andy Bell of Erasure … Continue reading

Jonny Ward reviews SAN DOMINO : an evocative production that weaves the themes of love, loss, betrayal, and reconciliation.

San Domino  ☆☆☆☆ Tristan Bates Theatre San Domino is an extraordinary true story about how gay men in Italy were rounded up during the fascist pre-war period and sent to detention camps on the island fortress of San Domino. It’s a hot sultry night and Carlo is getting his club ready for another evening of music … Continue reading

Jonny Ward reviews the European premiere of CRY HAVOC at London’s Park Theatre

  Cry Havoc ☆☆☆☆ Park Theatre Is there a right way to care? Can you love in the wrong way? Cry Havoc looks at these questions and more as the play opens to reveal a shabby but cultured room in Cairo, with books lining the floors and intricately carved wooden panels casting shadows on the … Continue reading

Jonny Ward reviews the UK premiere of GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM ” a truly uplifting, optimistic treasure of a play”

  Gently Down the Stream ☆☆☆☆☆ Park Theatre When a young man takes an older lover, is there always an ulterior motive, or can the reasons be purely romantic, sexual even? This is a question that is raised many times in ‘Gently Down The Stream’. The play is directed by Sean Mathias and written by … Continue reading

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