Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ‘Trompe L’Oeil’ a queer parody cabaret/musical at The Other Palace

Trompe L’Oeil ✩✩✩ The Other Palace   Anarchic and already strangely anachronistic Trompe L’Oeil, (pronounced Trump Loyal) is a Cabaret-ish satire of the strange and unprecedented ascent of Trump to the highest office on earth. Written by Henry Parkman Briggs and performed at the Other Palace Trompe L’Oeil can only be described as surreal. Except … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews WINDFALL ‘a jack-in-the-box comedy’ @ Southwark Playhouse, London

Windfall ★★★★ Southwark Playhouse Borough   Windfall is a jack-in-the-box of a comedy, but in the first half, you don’t know it. It unwinds in an amusing but restrained way with glimpses of something more compelling beneath the surface, then in the second half, it leaps out at you. A manic, blade-wielding clown from a … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden revisits The Glory, one of his favorite queer spaces , to review All The Fraudulent Horse Girls

All The Fraudulent Horse Girls ☆☆☆ The Glory, London Just as the opening of the Elizabeth Line has nudged The Glory Pub onto a few more people’s destination lists then this quirky, teaching fable, with a raucous overtone and a psychological undercurrent, might be a timely elbow for those not familiar with The Glory’s gloriously … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden tells us Dumbledore is SO GAY!

      Dumbledore Is So Gay ☆☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse, London First, let us reassure you, JK Rowling has not participated in, or endorsed this play. The title Dumbledore is so Gay is one of many references to the obsessions of the play’s hero, Jack (Alex Britt) a fanboy of the wizarding world. There is … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden ‘was getting so excited’ reviewing GINGER ALL THE WAY at Soho Theatre, London

  GINGER ALL THE WAY ⚝⚝⚝⚝ SOHO THEATRE, LONDON   Drag Race UK Season 5 winner Ginger Johnson (Donald Marshall)  is living the dream. Self-described as a ‘helium balloon in the shape of a woman’ Ginger has landed disgracefully at the Soho Theatre to share their own happily melancholic version of seasonal mischief. The fiery … Continue reading

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