Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFITTER ☆☆☆☆ SOHO THEATRE, LONDON Heading off to a deconstruction of masculinity on a cold December night is not everyone’s idea of a festive treat. Thankfully instead of a smash n grab on a boy’s crown jewels Mary Higgins and Ell Potter have written a funny, and in parts incredibly moving ‘love letter to masculinity … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGeneration Games ★★★★ White Bear Theatre, London Whether you are more M&S or like this lowly writer you wander the aisle of dreams at Lidl, everyone loves a bargain. Generation Games, the new double bill of one-act comedy dramas at the White Bear, is the best two-for-one we have spotted this year. Not counting the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAllegiance ★★★★ Charing Cross Theatre, London Last year this critic learned about the tragedy of the partition of India from DIsney’s Ms Marvel. This year it was time to learn about the scandal of the US internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in World War II from George Takei’s Allegiance. So far, it’s two points to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGUYMART ★★★★ KINGS HEAD THEATRE, LONDON Arriving on the high heels of Grindr the Opera’s reincarnation (https://queerguru.com/queergurus-andrew-hebden-enjoys-the-gay-guilty-pleasure-of-grindr-the-opera/ comes George Lacey’s GuyMart, a less symbolic and musically aspirational take on the gay dating game. However, GuyMart has a bigger heart and where it needs to be is much more capable of drawing a tear. GuyMart is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHappy Ending ☆☆☆☆ The Garden Theatre, London Fantasies are slippery things. Do you want what you want because you can’t have it? If you get what you want, will you still want it? Happy Ending by Ronnie Larsen at The Garden Theatre Summer Festival is a tricksy, fun, slap on the butt that manages to … Continue reading