Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp reviews Vicky Moran’s play about LGBTQ homelesness

  No Sweat ☆☆☆☆ Pleasance Theatre, London With homelessness on the rise in the UK, and 24% of young homeless people identifying as LGBTQ+, Vicky Moran’s important new play is very timely, and very good. Using verbatim interview clips and based on real stories from the playwright’s interviews with homeless queer youth, it uncovers the … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp waxes lyrically about Gothic Opera’s new production of BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

  Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartok Porchester Hall, London, July 8th-10th ☆☆☆☆ In mid-March 2020 – which feels now like eons ago – I waxed lyrical about a certain dancer, Carmine de Amicis, in his role as Jokanaan in a dance-theatre adaptation of Wilde’s Salomé . Then Covid19 struck and a hurdle-track of lockdowns prevented … Continue reading

Queerguru’s JONNY WARD ☆☆☆☆ review of the revival of Philip Osment’s classic gay play THIS ISLAND’S MINE

This Island’s Mine ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London The year is 1988; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reigns supreme; Section 28 has been brought in (which decrees local authorities shall not intentionally promote homosexuality) and HIV/AIDS hysteria begins to take hold. Against this backdrop, seventeen-year-old Luke (nicely played with all the fresh faced fizz of youth … Continue reading

QUEERGURU’s Jonny Ward at BALLETBOYZ watching for the spine-tingling goosebump moments we have come to expect

  Keen-eyed readers of Queerguru will know we have covered BalletBoyz productions many times before. What makes us revisit their work so often? Well – let’s review the evidence. Fourteen Days is the umbrella name for their current UK/Europe tour which features a revival of four works first performed at Sadler’s Wells in October 2017 and … Continue reading

QUEERGURU”s Jonny Ward celebrates LONDON PRIDE and BLACK PRIDE too

There was standing room only this weekend as the two major LGBTQ events in London were rammed to the rafters, amongst their crowds was JONNY WARD a very excited QUEERGURU CONTRIBUTING EDITOR  Estimates for Pride London put attendance at 1.5 million which is up by a whopping 50% on last year. A few years ago, … Continue reading

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