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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden is at Wiltons Music Hall to review Sweeney Todd or ‘The String of Pearls’

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  Sweeney Todd or ‘The String of Pearls’★★★ Wiltons Music Hall   Most will be familiar with Sweeney Todd, the Sondheim musical about the Demon Barber of Fleet St, who slit the throat of his victims and sold the meat to his female accomplice who used it to make pies. However less familiar is The … Continue reading



Mark Farrelly talks about his two hit plays about queer icons QUENTIN CRISP and DEREK JARMAN

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Mark Farrelly is a Brit actor and writer who has created and starred in three stunning plays about three remarkable queer icons. He has performed them to great acclaim in the West End and on Tour over 400 times now. He is about to bring a double bill of them to London’s Wiltons Music Hall and so Queerguru talked with him about QUENTIN CRISP; NAKED HOPE and also JARMAN … about the artist, film-maker, gardener and activist Derek Jarman

Both Crisp and Jarman were influential figures in the evolution of the queer movement and helped many of us shape our own queer destinies.

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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ‘Only An Octave Apart’ literally the hottest ticket in London right now

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ONLY A OCTAVE APART☆☆☆☆☆ Wiltons Music Hall, London You know when you are at the hottest ticket in town when you cast your eyes around and realise that sat in front of you is supermodel Kate Moss, so entranced by the show, that instead of nipping out every 5 minutes to blaze through her customary … Continue reading



Justin Vivian Bond + Anthony Roth Costanzo ONLY AN OCTAVE APART

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London is so very lucky that they are just about to enjoy the remarkable talents of Justin Vivian Bond (‘the greatest cabaret artist of their generation’ The New Yorker) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (the vocally brilliant and dramatically fearless countertenor’ The New York Times) in their smash hit show ONLY AN OCTAVE APART straight from NY

 

This joyous and surprising musical fantasia revels in everything strange and beautiful in the coexistence of contrasts – from Purcell’s 17th century aria “Dido’s Lament” to Dido’s early 2000s hit “White Flag”, from “Autumn Leaves” to “The Waters of March”. Co-created and directed by Zack Winokur and costume design by JW Anderson, Viv and Anthony talked with QUEERGURU on the eve of their month’s engagement at Wilton’s Music Hall

 



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah ☆☆☆☆☆ review of STARCROSSED a Shakespearian drama of forbidden love

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    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) … Continue reading



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