Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTorch Song ☆☆☆☆☆ The Turbine Theatre When you were young did you ever see a play or a film and thought “This will be the blueprint for my life.”? For many gay men of a certain age, Torch Song Trilogy promised to be just that – not because of the high drama, the tragedy or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFALSETTOS ☆☆☆☆ THE OTHER PALACE THEATRE, LONDON This revival of the two-time Tony Award winning Falsettos is a truly funny but poignant examination of the dynamics of an alternative family revolving around the life of a Jewish gay man Marvin (Daniel Boys), his wife (Laura Pitt-Pulford), his lover (Oliver Savile), his soon to be bar … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterStripped ☆☆☆☆ The Kings Head Theatre, London Ollie is a young man in search of an exciting new experience – a challenge. That challenge is to pose for artist Lola as a life model. As the clothes come off and the poses are selected, the conversation takes a dark turn, and long repressed memories … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTARGET MAN ☆☆☆☆ The Kings Head Theatre has done it again – Target Man is timely and incisive and ignites a rage inside of you – this is LGBT theatre at its incendiary best. We are introduced to Connor Woodhouse and Joel Nelson in the changing rooms of a premiership football club. Connor is the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAlpha Who ☆☆☆ Cockpit Theatre, London Alpha Who? is a one man show billed as an exploration of masculinity and vulnerability and we are certainly taken on a journey of angst and rage of the inner psyche of the protagonist played by writer/performer Matt Franco. He comes on backlit, stripped to the waist, a vision … Continue reading
