Tag: Shakespeare
A Midsummer’s Night Dream from The Folger Theatre in DC
The Folger Theatre actually built a purpose-made theatre from the ground up inside the majestic Great Hall of DC’s National Building Museum. Its a grand setting for their stunning production of Shakespeare’s most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by Victor Malana Maog, it’s a wonder-filled 90 minute production, full of romantic delight…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah ☆☆☆☆☆ review of STARCROSSED a Shakespearian drama of forbidden love
Starcrossed is a must-see play currently on at London’s iconic Wilton Music Hall – one of the last remaining grand old music halls in the world. Following successful runs in New York and Washington, this play is the fantastic queer reimagining of the relationship between arch-enemies Mercutio (Connor Delves) and Tybalt (Tommy Sim’aan)…
Connor Delves talks about STARCROSSED a very sexy queer take on the world’s most famous love story
Connor Delves is about to recreate his role as Mercutio in STARCROSS about Mercutio and Tybalt. Sworn enemies and…fated lovers. In this fresh twist on the world’s most iconic love story, STARCROSSED unveils the intrigue and passion of a forbidden romance forged in strife, stifled by circumstance and silenced by history. In the…
Starcrossed : a sizzling Shakespearian gay love story
Some fours years after its brilliant NY premiere, London is finally getting its own production of Rachel Garnet’s STARCROSSED. The play reimagines William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as a gay love story between supporting characters Mercutio and Tybalt and it garnered won reviews, which we predict will be repeated in the UK An official synopsis…
Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews “AS WE LIKE IT” a Taiwanese adaptation of Shakespeare with an all-female cast
Love flourishes no matter what in William Shakespeare´s As You Like It, a pastoral comedy from the early XVI Century. The play has been updated in a whimsical film with an entirely female cast and a kitsch touch. The directors dedicate their film to Shakespeare and to the patriarchy who would not allow female…
