London Theatre
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Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ review of the revival of Philip Ridley’s masterpiece VINCENT RIVER
VINCENT RIVER ☆☆☆☆☆ TRAFALGAR STUDIOS, LONDON This is a must-see, muscular revival of a play first performed at the Hampstead Theatre back in 2000. Philip Ridley’s masterpiece has lost none of its explosive power with this production which is directed by Robert Chevara with great clarity and an unbroken line of tension from curtain…
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Jonathan Kemp ☆☆☆☆☆ review of JOCK NIGHT : Adam Zane’s drama with emotional depth and savage wit.
JOCK NIGHT ☆☆☆☆☆ Hope Theatre Company King’s Head, Islington, London Adam Zane’s background is in verbatim theatre, and that commitment to verisimilitude is on clear display in his first full-length non-verbatim play, JOCK NIGHT. In the programme notes he details the months of researching chemsex, interviewing men whose lives have been affected by it.…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews a rock n roll night of sex and comedy that will give you a gasp or two
Bernie Dieter’s LIttle Death Club ☆☆☆☆ Underbelly Festival, London’s South Bank Right now it is hard for burlesque to stay sexy without the audience feeling #MeToo rather than wanting to be ‘Me Next – Please!’ Bernie Dieter manages to succeed in this high wire act with audience domination, a thumping rock soundtrack, and a…
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Jonny Ward on the funny and fresh take on Chemsex in Christopher Adam’s TUMULUS
Tumulus ☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre, London There is a long and growing list of plays that take the Chemsex experience as their concept and Queerguru has reviewed quite a few of them including Bingo, Chemsex Monologues and Undetectable. Tumulus is different, not only because it is produced by the Outside Edge Theatre Company (the UK’s only…
