Brit TIM McARTHUR is something of a modern renaissance man : when it comes to the theatre there is very little he hasn’t done . He has just finished a smash run this summer as Sister Mary Playtime in Provincetown, and is now back home in London rehearsing his new play SMALL TOWN BOY. It’s plot is based on a remarkable true story which totally fascinated us.
It all happened one summer in New York just a couple of years ago when Tim was introduced to another Brit gay man who happened to have grown up in a small town in the North of England, just a few miles from Tim’s home town. When chatting further they discovered totally unknown to each other they had actually both dated the same man at the same time . Its the stuff that (gay) dreams are made so we HAD to know more so we tracked him down to the Union Theatre in London on the eve of the play’s premiere …..
The English composer and conductor Benjamin Britten was one of the most prominent figures of 20th-century British classical music, known for works such as the War Requiem and the opera Peter Grimes. In 1937, Britten met the tenor Peter Pears through a mutual friend, and in 1939, the relationship turned romantic. From then on Britten wrote … Continue reading
Deeper and Deeper ☆☆☆ Union Theatre Most big city dwellers are faced with the horrors of having housemates at some point. The enforced intimacy, the uncomfortable accommodation of irritating quirks, and the petty squabbles. Deeper and Deeper, written and directed by Tim McArthur, explores the lives of five gay housemates, and doesn’t shirk the … Continue reading