Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAuntie’s House ★★★ Kings Head Theatre, London Auntie’s House, by Paul Stone, is a very new piece of theatre that feels fresh from the workshop. Whilst in need of some development this embryonic work has a heartwarming charm and comic potential that is ripe for future success. Auntie Tamina (Ruchika Jain), a Muslim widow, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Kings Head Theatre in Islington has been such a firm favorite for nearly every London theatre-goer for decades. It is actually one of the oldest pub theatres in London having been housed in the back room of the King’s Head Pub for over 50 years. Founded by its first Artistic Director Dan Crawford … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe’ve just come across another unmissable queer drama at London’s Kings Head Theatre that you need to know about Inspired by a real story, this is the weird, wonderful, and joyous tale of a genderqueer Londoner who discovers a historical hero. MARY LACY WOZ QUEER is a proper London, proper uplifting & proper queer … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn the 1960s and 1970s comedian Frankie Howard was one of the major stars of British Television. He was also like many performers of that time a closeted homosexual, as coming out then was considered professional suicide. Homosexuality was still illegal in the UK until the law changed in 1969 but it still took several … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe are often very surprised about how and where composers chose their subject matters when creating a new musical. So far it’s been The First Lady of Argentina, a TS Elliot poetry book about cats, and Tim Rice even based one of his on a game of Chess. Now Joel Goodman & Jan Osborne … Continue reading
