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Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆ review of ALADDIN : ‘a great night out’

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A Lad In Soho ☆☆☆☆ Karma Sanctum Hotel The basement room of a mid range hotel in London’s Soho is not the first place you would expect to find a raucous gay panto. For those not from the UK, firstly an explanation of the British eccentricity that is Pantomime. Its roots go back to Victorian … Continue reading



Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ review of the revival of Philip Ridley’s masterpiece VINCENT RIVER

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  VINCENT RIVER  ☆☆☆☆☆ TRAFALGAR STUDIOS, LONDON This is a must-see, muscular revival of a play first performed at the Hampstead Theatre back in 2000. Philip Ridley’s masterpiece has lost none of its explosive power with this production which is directed by Robert Chevara with great clarity and an unbroken line of tension from curtain … Continue reading



Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ review of the “spellbinding” KOMPROMAT

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  Kompromat ☆☆☆☆☆ Vault Festival London is frequently listed as the most popular tourist destination in the world with travellers drawn to the incredible sights such as Big Ben and Buckingham Palace and all the pomp and ceremony that goes with it. There is, however, another aspect for which we are becoming famous and that … Continue reading



Kevin Elyot’s classic gay play Coming Clean is revived in London

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  Coming Clean  Kevin Elyot’s (My Night with Reg, Clapham Junction‘) award-winning 1982 play about the breakdown of a gay couple’s relationship  opens this week at London’s Trafalgar Studios.  Our London Correspondent JONNY WARD will be there to see this new revival Adam Spreadbury-Maher, the artistic director of the King’s Head Theatre, so check back here to … Continue reading



Nigel Slater’s Toast : A Play about Growing up (Gay) with Food

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  NIgel Slater’s Toast  ☆☆☆☆ The Other Palace, London Nigel is a nine year old boy growing up with his adoring mother and rather emotionally cold stepfather in Wolverhampton. Their mutual love of cooking is the highlight of every Friday afternoon for Nigel (played convincingly by Giles Cooper) and his mother (Lizzie Muncey bringing warmth … Continue reading



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