COMING CLEAN ☆☆☆☆ Trafalgar Studios There was a time, long, long ago, when the possibility of gay marriage was not yet a twinkle in even the most optimistic gay mans eye. Indeed from the birth of the gay rights movement in the 60’s right through to the 80’s and the Aids crisis , gay … Continue reading
Little Wimmin ☆☆☆ The Pleasance, London Figs in Wigs are the darlings of the alt-cabaret scene and everyone has turned out in force to support the London premiere of their latest show. John Sizzle (boss of The Glory) is here, as is Glyn Fussell (boss of Sink The Pink) and also club mega star … Continue reading
Mission Creep ☆☆☆ The White Bear Theatre, London The exposition for Mission Creep, written by Bee Scott, is intriguing enough: Tess and Liam are determined to get off the planet at any cost. On paper, they’re the perfect applicants for Britain’s intergalactic relocation project: they’re young, fertile, and their queerplatonic relationship might even pass … Continue reading
Parris is Dreaming ☆☆☆☆ The Pleasance Theatre Parris is Burning examines the lives of three women “dismissed, ignored and affected by society” through music, dance, sound effects, clowning, physical theatre and natural dialogue. The show opens with three androgynous stylish performers lip syncing to “I got the music in me” with cropped hair, immaculate makeup, … Continue reading
Illegal drugs! They can be such fun – until addiction takes over and starts to derail your life of course. This is the jumping off point for GHBoy by Paul Harvard, an admonitory tale about the thrills of the East London chemsex scene. Robert (played by Jimmy Essex) is a young man for whom … Continue reading