London
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London’s Southwark Playhouse presents SAPPHO a thrilling (lesbian) fairy tale of mythic proportions
Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. and is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the “Tenth Muse” and “The Poetess”. Most of Sappho’s poetry is now lost, and…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews REMEMBRANCE MONDAY with a finely balanced line between heightened emotions and histrionics.
Remembrance Monday ⚝⚝⚝⚝ Seven Dials Playhouse The Seven Dials Playhouse in the West End is a tiny theatre. It only becomes more so in this Alan Souza directed play written by Michael Batten. The set is the smallest room in the house, the bathroom, a tub and a sink, and yet it still manages to…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews GET OFF – queer hot mess Katy Baird’s latest show, coming soon to London’s Battersea Arts Centre.
Self-proclaimed queer ‘hot mess’ Katy Baird brings the London premiere of her latest show Get Off to London’s Battersea Arts Centre this 8-25 May. Get Off continues Katy’s frank, poignant and uproarious take on the human condition. An honest and raw interrogation into our need for distraction, Get Off is an acutely personal one-woman show about excess and consumption, raising essential questions about the…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews SHELF TEENAGE MEN “a really good hug of a show” at London’s Soho Theatre
Shelf: Teenage Men ⚝⚝⚝⚝ Soho Theatre In a world seemingly teetering on the cusp of the abyss, Shelf have a charm that’s hard to define. Deeply comforting and oddly wholesome Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde ease the audience along a journey of sexual and gender fluidity that seems effortlessly authentic, guilelessly hilarious, and wonderfully…
