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Maureen Lipman, Tom Conti and Anne Reid star in a West End rehearsed reading of Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK
For one night only West End Royalty : Maureen Lipman, Tom Conti and Anne Reid are to head the cast for a rehearsed reading of Peter Shaffer’s critically acclaimed play Lettice and Lovage. Flamboyant tour guide, Lettice Douffet comes up against brusque traditionalist Charlotte Schoen from the Preservation Trust, for theatrically over-embellishing historical…
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PANSEXUAL PREGNANT PIRACY is a raucous queer comedy with songs telling a swashbuckling true story
Pansexual Pregnant Piracy is a raucous queer comedy with songs telling the swashbuckling true story of eighteenth-century pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read Inspired by the true tale of a freedom-loving outlaw roaming the Caribbean with her lovers, it tells the swashbuckling story of two eighteenth-century women forgotten from history. Disguised as a man, Anne Bonny…
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PALM ROYALE : Apple TV’s star studded ‘camp’ comedy set in Florida 1960s where a former pageant queen tries to fit in with the ‘society’ crowd
Apples TV’s new camp comedy series PALM ROYALE starring Kristen Wigg has a really fab cast that includes Carol Burnett, Laura Dern,Allison Janney Josh Lucas and Leslie Bibb. Oh yes, and speedo clad Ricky Martin. Its story centers centers on a former pageant queen (Kristen Wigg) who tries to break into the upper…
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Farewell DAVID MIXNER an iconic champion and fierce fighter of LGBTQ rights who has died aged 77
The word ‘icon’ is bandied around so much these, but one queer man who was this, and so much more, is the legendary activist DAVID MIXNER. His death has just been announced and he will be a great loss in our community as he was a giant in the global struggle for LGBTQ+ rights…
