Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAt Queerguru we like to think when it comes to spotting real queer talent we so know what we are doing, and this time we were really ahead of the game. In 2010 we presented the ROGER WALKER-DACK AWARD FOR EMERGING ARTIST to Marja-Lewis Ryan who wrote and starred in The Four Faced Liar which … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter& Juliet ☆☆☆☆ Shaftesbury Theatre The plot for & Juliet opens with an intriguing proposition. What if Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s neglected wife) could take control of the plot of Romeo and Juliet and rewrite it to focus on Juliet’s desires. How would that female perspective change Shakespeare’s most famous romantic play? Throw in a selection … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterParris is Dreaming ☆☆☆☆ The Pleasance Theatre Parris is Burning examines the lives of three women “dismissed, ignored and affected by society” through music, dance, sound effects, clowning, physical theatre and natural dialogue. The show opens with three androgynous stylish performers lip syncing to “I got the music in me” with cropped hair, immaculate makeup, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterEscape from Planet Trash ☆☆☆☆ Pleasance Theater & Sink the Pink Panto season is in full swing and if you fancy something that harks to the traditions but also manages to incorporate a non binary, eco friendly, vegan message (it’s like carrot cake – way better than it sounds) then Escape from Planet Trash … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterQuentin Crisp; Naked Hope ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre Quentin Crisp; Naked Hope draws much of its material from Crisps autobiography “The Naked Civil Servant”. It follows a similar format as the show Quentin Crisp himself devised back in the 70’s (an amusing autobiographical monologue followed by a relaxed question and answer session with the … Continue reading
