Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPanti Bliss – If These Wigs Could Talk ★★★★ Soho Theatre, London Panti Bliss is the Queen of Ireland. Drag queen, activist and author, and she has been the face of Irish LGBTQ+ politics since 2014 when a speech she gave about homophobia and transphobia went viral. It led to a national debate about … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPREDRINKS/AFTERPARTY ☆☆☆☆ Drayton Arms Theatre On another night of Brexit mayhem in party politics it was a relief to have a night of chaos that kept its destructive tendencies on stage. PREDRINKS/AFTERPARTY is a high octane and fizzy romp that is aptly described, as one of the characters says of themselves, as “a food … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterShelf: Teenage Men ⚝⚝⚝⚝ Soho Theatre In a world seemingly teetering on the cusp of the abyss, Shelf have a charm that’s hard to define. Deeply comforting and oddly wholesome Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde ease the audience along a journey of sexual and gender fluidity that seems effortlessly authentic, guilelessly hilarious, and wonderfully … Continue reading
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 queermatterGlory Ride ★★★★ Charing Cross Theatre The new musical Glory Ride is off to a flying start. With a relatively unknown story of heroism to tell, a swelling score, and a high degree of likeability it manages to strike touching emotional notes despite keeping the audience within their comfort zone. Written by Todd & … Continue reading