Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterROSIE JONES: BACKWARD ☆☆ ☆☆ Soho Theatre Rosie Jones is Britain’s 96th most powerful lesbian, according to one poll. Jones would enjoy this accolade much more if only she had met another 95 lesbians in her entire life. Treating this as a challenge to fulfill much of her act is devoted to her search … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHow to survive the Cherpocalypse ☆☆☆ There is a witty line, author unknown, that claims in the event of a nuclear apocalypse only Cher and cockroaches will survive. Whether this is down to the amount of plastic surgery she has had or her ability to constantly reinvent herself and subsequently achieve more spectacular comebacks than … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterA Taste of Honey ☆☆☆☆☆ By Shelagh Delaney Trafalgar Studios I’ve been obsessed with Shelagh Delaney since I caught the black and white 1960 film version on TV aged fourteen and became enchanted by its tatty Northern camp. There was something about seeing one’s home town depicted in dour black and white and the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLucy McCormick Post Popular ☆☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre, London I didn’t see Lucy McCormick’s inaugural show, ‘Triple Threat’ but have seen her perform shorter pieces and was excited to see how her engagingly energetic and anarchic style would play out in longer form. I wasn’t disappointed. From the get-go, this high-energy show takes the audience on … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterA Generous Lover ☆☆☆☆☆ LaJohn Joseph Camden People’s Theatre, London IMHO, LaJohn Joseph is one of the most compelling performers around so I suggest you hot foot it down to the Camden People’s Theatre to catch this all-too-short rerun of their solo show, “A Generous Lover”, that wowed audiences and critics at Edinburgh Fringe … Continue reading