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No Place Like Home: Powerfully dark head-spinner
NO PLACE LIKE HOME ☆☆☆☆ Camden People’s Theatre, London Just as Queerguru is looking towards the end of year review of our favorite shows this outstanding one man show about male violence within the gay scene has given us pause for thought. When there is a show this good about something despicable maybe celebration…
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Queerguru is dazzled by magic of Miriam Teak-Lee very much the star of ‘& Juliet’, London’s latest hit musical
& Juliet ☆☆☆☆ Shaftesbury Theatre The plot for & Juliet opens with an intriguing proposition. What if Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s neglected wife) could take control of the plot of Romeo and Juliet and rewrite it to focus on Juliet’s desires. How would that female perspective change Shakespeare’s most famous romantic play? Throw in a selection…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews Parris is Dreaming @London’s Pleasance Theater
Parris is Dreaming ☆☆☆☆ The Pleasance Theatre Parris is Burning examines the lives of three women “dismissed, ignored and affected by society” through music, dance, sound effects, clowning, physical theatre and natural dialogue. The show opens with three androgynous stylish performers lip syncing to “I got the music in me” with cropped hair, immaculate makeup,…
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Escape from Planet Trash : Queerguru is digging the dirt
Escape from Planet Trash ☆☆☆☆ Pleasance Theater & Sink the Pink Panto season is in full swing and if you fancy something that harks to the traditions but also manages to incorporate a non binary, eco friendly, vegan message (it’s like carrot cake – way better than it sounds) then Escape from Planet Trash…
