Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews DECLAN a contemporary ghost story

  DECLAN ☆☆☆ Online (via The Actors Centre) Set in a Wiltshire suburb, Declan is a contemporary ghost story, exploring isolation, fear of the outside world and the distance between two friends. As Jimbo recalls the disappearance of his best friend Declan, he is plagued by ghosts of the past, present and future, and the … Continue reading

Queerguru’s JONNY WARD reviews Drag: Self Portraits and Body Politics @London’s Hayward Gallery

    Drag: Self Portraits and Body Politics ☆☆ Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London They were queuing round the block on Wednesday for the private view of “Drag: Self Portraits and Body Politics” at the newly reopened Hayward Gallery. It features the work of more than 30 artists who have used drag to explore or … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews FIGS IN WIGS in Little Wimmin

  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

Queerguru’s JONNY WARD reviews Mark Farrelly in QUENTIN CRISP: NAKED HOPE

  Quentin Crisp; Naked Hope ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre Quentin Crisp; Naked Hope draws much of its material from Crisps autobiography “The Naked Civil Servant”. It follows a similar format as the show Quentin Crisp himself devised back in the 70’s (an amusing autobiographical monologue followed by a relaxed question and answer session with the … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews Mission Creep @White Bear Theatre in London

  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

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