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London may have been forced to cancel its Pride Parade this month, but it hasn’t dented the enthusiasm of the capitals’ theatre industry to showcase queer plays.
Over at the Bush Theatre, they have two must-see dramas. the first being the return of Overflow, a hilarious and devastating tour of women’s bathrooms written by Travis Alabanza. It had its run cut short due to lockdown when produced at the Bush last year.
Cornered into a flooding toilet cubicle and determined not to be rescued again, Rosie distracts herself with memories of bathroom encounters. Drunken heart-to-hearts by dirty sinks, friendships forged in front of crowded mirrors, and hiding together from trouble. But with her panic rising and no help on its way, can she keep her head above water?
From an internationally acclaimed writer and one of the UK’s most prominent trans voices, Travis Alabanza (Burgerz), comes a hilarious and devastating tour of women’s bathrooms, who is allowed in, and who is kept out.
Plus they have a smash hit from the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, Pink Lemonade, which is presented in association with The Queer House and performed by Mika Onyx Johnson. Original beats collide with poetry and movement in this explosive autobiographical piece of storytelling. Pink Lemonade opens in the Bush Theatre’s studio on 6 September
Just when Mika was starting to feel at home in their own body, they find themselves caught between Simmi who’s sweet like sugar but ain’t a lesbian and Token Toni who loves a bitta bashment and only dates black and brown butches – how can they catch a break when straight women are like junk food?
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