London Theatre
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Not The Edinburgh Fringe : Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden and a fistful of flyers
Not the Edinburgh Fringe ☆☆☆☆ Above the Stag Theatre, London For the second year in a row, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been canceled. There are hordes of writers, performers, directors, and producers gasping to get their work in front of an audience. The Above the Stag Theatre, our current favorite Vauxhall venue, has stepped…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews “Oh We Do Like to Be” @ London’s Turbine Theatre
Oh! We Do Like to Be ☆☆☆☆ Turbine Theatre This play’s first half is already half full Like a ripening banana queer theatre in London is slowly poking its way out of the lockdown. And let us tell you Queerguru is more than ready to have at that fruit. One of the rare benefits of…
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CRUISE : a new musical set in 1980’s queer London
Following in the steps of the mega-success of Russell T Davies “It’s A Sin” about how the AIDS pandemic changes the landscape of the whole gay scene in London in 1980s comes CRUISE. It’s a new musical written and performed by Warhorse star Jack Holden set in the same period, but also looks at…
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The Fabulist Fox Sister is simply fabulous
The Fabulist Fox Sister ☆☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse It never ceases to surprise me how seemingly obscure places composers/writers go to find inspiration for new musicals . The Fabulist Fox Sister is one such case, loosely based on a story so wonderfully weird that it had to be true. Or did it? The very existence…
