Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterONLY A OCTAVE APART☆☆☆☆☆ Wiltons Music Hall, London You know when you are at the hottest ticket in town when you cast your eyes around and realise that sat in front of you is supermodel Kate Moss, so entranced by the show, that instead of nipping out every 5 minutes to blaze through her customary … Continue reading
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 queermatterPublic Domain ☆☆☆ Stayhouse, London While some theatres have met the challenge of streaming during the pandemic by transferring their standard content to online Southwark Playhouse (or Stayhouse as they now call themselves) have done their version of the “Little Engine that Could” by producing a new musical that embraces the creative opportunity … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterREBECCA ✯✯✯ CHARING CROSS THEATRE, LONDON Written in 1938 the gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier was quickly turned into a film. And that film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock went on to become Best Picture at the Oscars. The source material has enormous potential, but it was a huge challenge that Michael … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterRemembrance Monday ⚝⚝⚝⚝ Seven Dials Playhouse The Seven Dials Playhouse in the West End is a tiny theatre. It only becomes more so in this Alan Souza directed play written by Michael Batten. The set is the smallest room in the house, the bathroom, a tub and a sink, and yet it still manages to … Continue reading