Jonny Ward
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…
Queeerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews a dazzling new London production of Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG
Torch 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…
Queerguru’s Jonny Ward cries his way through the UK Premiere of FALSETTOS
FALSETTOS ☆☆☆☆ 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…
