Tag: Jonny Ward
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward gets all his senses TICKLED @ Kings Head Theatre
Tickle the Musical ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre London Way back in 2016 David Farrier, a New Zealand TV reporter, got hold of a story and would not let it go. This was the murky world of “competitive endurance tickling”. The documentary explored the possible legal and ethical issues raised in the production of…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward checks out a new recording of beloved Brit Camp Comedy Up Pompei
UP POMPEI The Shaw Theatre “Titter ye not!” The eternal cry of camp icon Frankie Howerd. Welcome to ancient Rome, where the steps of the Forum are peopled by nubile slave girls and a range of outrageous characters including Lurcio’s owner, Ludicrous Sextus the Senator, his wife Ammonia, his son Nausius and his…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward checks out A PARTNERSHIP to see if two London lads can last together
A Partnership ☆☆☆ Theatre 503, London A Partnership has an in depth look at whether two men in modern-day London can have a long-lasting monogamous relationship. In real time over the course of an hour, partners Ally (Ben Hadfield) and Zach (Rory Thomas-Howes) have returned to their new flat after a night out to…
Derrière on a G String : intense, scatological, childish, and absolutely bloody brilliant.
Derriere on a G string ☆☆☆☆☆ Lillian Baylis Studio, London There are over twenty separate scenes in Derriere on a G String, packed into just one hour fifteen minutes running time. Its intense, its scatological, its childish, and it’s absolutely bloody brilliant. The show takes some of the most popular classical music passages and…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews REDD by Boy Blue at London’s Barbican Theatre
REDD by Boy Blue ☆☆☆ Barbican There is a poem by the singer/songwriter Rachel ‘Maiday’ Moulden in the programmes for tonight’s show. It’s a touching meditation on the nature of bereavement called ‘Words on Grief’. Choreographer Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy (Olivier nominated for Blak Whyte Gray in 2017) has taken this as basis to develop…
