Alexis Gregory’s cri/cally acclaimed Riot Act returns to West End cabaret venue Crazy Coqs, following sell-out Pride 2022, and World AIDS Day ’22 performances, and following its successful ou/ng on the West End at the Duchess Theatre, three UK wide tours, and an online digital reimagining and global streaming. This hard-hitting, but outrageously funny verba/m … Continue reading
London-based queer performer, playwright, producer and director Alexis Gregory launches his new show, FutureQueer, at London’s fab Kings Head Theatre in Islington on Friday 28th July. It’s 2069….and the whole world is queer. Voguing and lip-syncing are categories in the Olympics. There is a statue of George Michael on Hampstead Heath. And Starbuck’s own … Continue reading
Alexis Gregory’s solo verbatim show, RIOT ACT was created entirely word for word out of interviews with three key-players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement; Michael-Anthony Nozzi; a survivor of the Stonewall Riots, Lavina Co-op, an alternative ‘70s drag artist, and Paul Burston; a prominent ‘90s London AIDS activist. Riot Act’ is a breathtaking, rip-roaring, white-knuckle ride through six decades of queer history, taking the audience right up to the present day; a celebration of queer activism across the decades, pulling no punches; hard-hitting, hilarious and inspiring…it’s a riot. After performing the show over the past five years Alexis Gregory reunited with QUEERGURU and talked with Roger Walker-Dack about a special upcoming performance of Riot Act at Crazy Coqs in London on December 1st 2022 to mark World Aids Day
Queerguru first reviewed Alexis Gregory’s stunning verbatim theatre piece RIOT ACT back in 2018 (https://bit.ly/3AJm1f5), and we even interviewed him too https://queerguru.com/queer-writer-performer-alexis-gregory-talks-about-riot-act/. Now after a long journey, this piece based on Gregory’s interview with one of the only remaining Stonewall survivors – the 1969 NYC riot that kick-started the gay rights movement, will now … Continue reading
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