Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Great British Bake Off Musical ★★★★ Noel Coward Theatre, London Residents of London get ready. Every aunty you haven’t seen in years is about to start deep liking your Insta. Your neon harness is getting more thumbs up than you did that one night in Mykonos. It’s not because you are their favourite niece/nephew/nibling. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAn Absolute Farce of a Murder Mystery ★★★ The Drayton Arms Theatre, London For those of you looking for theatre that does what it says on the tin, there is currently an obvious choice having its world premiere at the Drayton Arms Theatre. An Absolute Farce of a Murder Mystery delivers a spirited … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Bitter Earth ★★★★ White Bear Theatre, London Do you feel safe? Right now? Where you are and who you are? If you do, do you know what you have? Harrison David Rivers’ remarkable This Bitter Earth, directed by Peter Cieply, evokes what a privilege it is to feel safe. It is the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBootcandy ★★ ★ ★ The Gate Theatre, London Do you remember spin art? It was the art of carnivals and funfairs, bright sploshes of colour thrown onto a spinning canvas. It was art that children, lacking the tools of adults, could make. Whirling chaotically during creation, it suddenly stops and a final, beautiful picture … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWindfall ★★★★ 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
