Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTell Me Straight ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London Tell Me Straight will sound off-putting to a lot of people. A play about a gay man who has a succession of hopeless relationships with straight men conjures up images of a self-loathing tragic character chasing the impossible, doomed to unhappiness because he would despise anyone who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterQueerdos and their performances are all the rage these days – the weirder and queerer the better. London’s King’s Head Theatre presents two fabulous shows this month and next, What If They Ate The Baby? and a re-run of last year’s hit And Then The Rodeo Burnt Down, both by New York based … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAnd Then The Rodeo Burned Down★★★★ Kings Head Theatre in Islington until 11th February. And Then the Rodeo Burned Down is a delightful theatrical romp of a queer rodeo currently on at London’s iconic Kings Head Theatre in Islington. New York-based writer/performer duo Chloe Rice and Natasha Roland have brought their playful … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Kings Head Theatre in Islington has been such a firm favorite for nearly every London theatre-goer for decades. It is actually one of the oldest pub theatres in London having been housed in the back room of the King’s Head Pub for over 50 years. Founded by its first Artistic Director Dan Crawford … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe English composer and conductor Benjamin Britten was one of the most prominent figures of 20th-century British classical music, known for works such as the War Requiem and the opera Peter Grimes. In 1937, Britten met the tenor Peter Pears through a mutual friend, and in 1939, the relationship turned romantic. From then on Britten wrote … Continue reading