Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTell Me Straight ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London Tell Me Straight will sound off-putting to a lot of people. A play about a gay man who has a succession of hopeless relationships with straight men conjures up images of a self-loathing tragic character chasing the impossible, doomed to unhappiness because he would despise anyone who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBetter Than Sex ☆☆☆☆ The Story of Mae West The Cockpit Theatre, London Better than Sex – The story of Mae West is a one-woman cabaret performed by Bella Bevan. It opens with several of her most famous quips at which Mae says defiantly “You can leave now…that’s what you came for isn’t it?”. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterCoppelia and The Supermarket Suite ☆☆☆☆☆ St Gabriel’s Halls London This double bill of all-male jazz ballet starts with Supermarket Sweep set to The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and concludes with Coppelia by Delibes. The opening scene of Supermarket Sweep sees life working in a supermarket through the eyes of two members of staff (performed by … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondon’s Garden Theatre currently has an excellent double-bill of an all-male jazz ballet Coppelia and The Supermarket Suite. Coppelia’s Offie nominated choreography is provided by William Spencer, who will also premiere his new short work The Supermarket Suite in an exciting evening of narrative theatre dance inspired by the music of The Nutcracker, focusing on the everyday comedy we find in our lives. Coppelia is a timeless … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDie Walkure ☆☆☆☆ Arcola Theatre at Hackney Empire Here at Queerguru, we pride ourselves on being very much part of the Try-It-You-Might-Like-It -Club. Indeed one of the senior team is rumored to have that as a tramp stamp in cursive. However, when we got the invite to review Wagner’s opera Die Walkure at the … Continue reading
