London Theatre
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ROSIE JONES and her search for sapphic sustenance
ROSIE JONES: BACKWARD ☆☆ ☆☆ Soho Theatre Rosie Jones is Britain’s 96th most powerful lesbian, according to one poll. Jones would enjoy this accolade much more if only she had met another 95 lesbians in her entire life. Treating this as a challenge to fulfill much of her act is devoted to her search…
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Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp raves about the revival of Shelagh Delaney’s classic A TASTE OF HONEY
A Taste of Honey ☆☆☆☆☆ By Shelagh Delaney Trafalgar Studios I’ve been obsessed with Shelagh Delaney since I caught the black and white 1960 film version on TV aged fourteen and became enchanted by its tatty Northern camp. There was something about seeing one’s home town depicted in dour black and white and the…
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Tom Brown’s School Days : Cynicism suspended for a term or two
TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS ☆☆☆ UNION THEATRE : LONDON As one old Etonian Prime Minister follows so many others in assuming leadership of the UK it is timely to see one of the classic stories that built the myth of a worthy elite pumped out by Britain’s rarified private school system. Inspired by the book Tom…
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Alexis Gregory’s smash hit play SEX/CRIME is revived at Soho Theatre
It’s been almost 2 years since we were first riveted with actor/writer ALEXIS GREGORY and his stunning play SEX/CRIME when it was performed at THE GLORY with his co-star JONNY WOO. In his ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review at the time QUEERGURU’s Contributing Editor JONNY WARD wrote it was “an uncompromising examination of the darker side of…
