London Theatre
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Southern Belles: Something Unspoken : Tennessee Williams says it all
SOUTHERN BELLES ; SOMETHING UNSPOKEN ☆☆☆☆☆ KINGS HEAD THEATRE Southern Belles is the intoxicating back to back pairing of two of Tennessee Williams most rivetingly queer one act plays, ‘Something Unspoken’ and ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens’. In this compelling production at the King’s Head Theatre the glorious dialogue in…
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Jonathan Kemp reviews THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Soho Theatre, London
The View UpStairs ☆☆☆ Soho Theatre, London The real life event forming the basis and inspiration for this musical is the arson attack in 1973 on a queer bar in New Orleans, killing 32 people (mostly gay men); woefully underreported at the time due to strong levels of societal homophobia. In 1973, 7 out…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews the new London Production of AFTERGLOW
Afterglow ☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse As press nights go, the one for Afterglow at The Southwark Playhouse was absolutely hyper. There was a palpable and undeniable buzz in the air, the bar was frenzied and the in-house photographer was manic at the step and repeat board. Graham Norton wafted by as we squeezed into the…
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Nigel Slater’s Toast : A Play about Growing up (Gay) with Food
NIgel Slater’s Toast ☆☆☆☆ The Other Palace, London Nigel is a nine year old boy growing up with his adoring mother and rather emotionally cold stepfather in Wolverhampton. Their mutual love of cooking is the highlight of every Friday afternoon for Nigel (played convincingly by Giles Cooper) and his mother (Lizzie Muncey bringing warmth…
