Tag: Jonny Ward
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews Victor Esses autobiographical ‘Where To Belong’
Where to Belong☆☆☆ Casa Festival at the Monochrome Studios Where to Belong is not a conventional play but rather an intriguing mix of video production, photographs, music, song and even movement along with a very honest style of first-person storytelling aimed directly at the audience. It outlines the tender, moving autobiographical story of artist…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ of The Funny Ladies
The Funny Girls ☆☆☆☆☆ New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, London, What if you could be a fly on the wall? What if that wall was the dressing room belonging to two titans of the entertainment industry: Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand? This intriguing premise is the basis of The Funny Girls – a two-act play…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward discovers ‘Mae West (is) Better than Sex’
Better Than Sex ☆☆☆☆ The Story of Mae West The Cockpit Theatre, London Better than Sex – The story of Mae West is a one-woman cabaret performed by Bella Bevan. It opens with several of her most famous quips at which Mae says defiantly “You can leave now…that’s what you came for isn’t it?”.…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews an All-Male Jazz Ballet double-bill in London’s Garden Theatre
Coppelia and The Supermarket Suite ☆☆☆☆☆ St Gabriel’s Halls London This double bill of all-male jazz ballet starts with Supermarket Sweep set to The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and concludes with Coppelia by Delibes. The opening scene of Supermarket Sweep sees life working in a supermarket through the eyes of two members of staff (performed by…
Queer Brit comic Tom Allen : No Shame
Young people need to come out in their own good time – no matter how many well-meaning people are willing you on to throw off those straight shackles and wrap yourself in the feather boa of gay pride! Tom Allen is a good example of this and as we skip lightly through his memoir, we…
