Kings Head Theatre
Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews AUNTIE’S HOUSE part of Kings Head Sight Unseen FestivaL
Auntie’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,…
SIGHT UNSEEN a collection of new queer work at KINGS HEAD THEATRE, LONDON
The 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…
MARY LACY WOZ QUEER : part of a season of new LGBTQ+ writing at London’s Kings Head
We’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…
Howard’s End : the story of one of the UK’s (closeted) gay icons
In 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…
