The Birthday Party allows Toby Jones to shine – review
The Birthday Party struggles to serve anything greater than a small and rather bizarre narrative. From bizarre blowing to fighting in the dark and even party games that go wrong, we were left...
View ArticleBeginning is a wonderfully poignant exploration of love and loneliness – review
David Eldridge’s magnificent two-hander has transferred from the National Theatre to the West End. Beginning doesn’t sound like much – set in a one-bed flat in Crouch End, it comprises a 100-minute...
View ArticleCelebrate LGBT History Month with Love happens Here – An LGBTQ Caberet
This February join Centre Stage London to celebrate the music and culture of the LGBTQ community. An exciting mix of dance classics, big-voiced divas and soul searching slow jams that mirror the...
View ArticleNT’s Amadeus really is the perfect symphony – review
Lucian Msamati’s star turn lights up the Oliver stage with every twist and turn of this compelling and deeply emotive tale. Adam Gillen takes up the reins as musical prodigy Mozart as he arrives in...
View ArticleJulius Caesar’s an immersive and jarring experience – review
A poignant reflection on the rapid succession of dictatorship, and the perils of those who choose to rebel. Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s more gritty tragedies, and Nicholas Hytner hasn’t shied...
View ArticleYAS! Drag classic To Wong Foo is heading to Broadway
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Santino Fontana will play Vida Boheme, the role originally played by the late Patrick Swayze. American playwright Douglas Carter Beane has announced that he is working on a...
View ArticleMoonlight writer succeeds with The Brothers Size play – review
The writer of Academy Award-winning LGBTQ movie Moonlight brings the bond of two men to the stage in a dark and touching piece about two African-American brothers reunited. Allowing you to remain...
View ArticleJennifer Saunders hysterical in Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan – review
An Oscar Wilde classic comedy directed by Kathy Burke and starring Jennifer Saunders – could we get anything greater than this? Well maybe not as the play serves up quite the treat with some of the...
View ArticleThe York Realist: ‘One of the most perfectly crafted gay love stories ever...
Tickles the funny bone and tears at the heart. Playwright Peter Gill has a flair for the funny way everyday folk talk, as evidenced here in a hilarious bit of banter where a Northern family discuss a...
View ArticleNT’s Amadeus really is the perfect symphony – review
Lucian Msamati’s star turn lights up the Oliver stage with every twist and turn of this compelling and deeply emotive tale. Adam Gillen takes up the reins as musical prodigy Mozart as he arrives in...
View ArticleYAS! Peppermint has become the first trans woman to create a principal role...
Peppermint will make her Broadway debut in Head Over Heels, a musical comedy featuring the music of The Go-Go’s. RuPaul’s Drag Race finalist – and Gay Times cover star – Peppermint has become the first...
View ArticleFloating Festivals: The ultimate new festival experiences set sail this October
Take a look at the Throwback and Stages Festivals below THROWBACK and STAGES Festivals set sail this October featuring performances from some of the biggest acts of the 80’s including The Human League,...
View ArticleJulius Caesar’s an immersive and jarring experience – review
A poignant reflection on the rapid succession of dictatorship, and the perils of those who choose to rebel. Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s more gritty tragedies, and Nicholas Hytner hasn’t shied...
View ArticleYAS! Drag classic To Wong Foo is heading to Broadway
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Santino Fontana will play Vida Boheme, the role originally played by the late Patrick Swayze. American playwright Douglas Carter Beane has announced that he is working on a...
View ArticleMoonlight writer succeeds with The Brothers Size play – review
The writer of Academy Award-winning LGBTQ movie Moonlight brings the bond of two men to the stage in a dark and touching piece about two African-American brothers reunited. Allowing you to remain...
View ArticleJennifer Saunders hysterical in Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan – review
An Oscar Wilde classic comedy directed by Kathy Burke and starring Jennifer Saunders – could we get anything greater than this? Well maybe not as the play serves up quite the treat with some of the...
View ArticleFoul Pages: This dark comedy is delightfully off-the-wall – review
This dark comedy drama is delightfully off-the-wall. The year is 1603, and at the rural home of the Countess of Pembroke, William Shakespeare and his troupe of actors are preparing for a special...
View ArticleTalking About Jamie: LGBTQ theatre soars at 2018 WOS Awards
New West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie took home three leading gongs at the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards this past weekend. Held at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday night, the...
View ArticleNT’s Macbeth full of interesting ideas that sadly never quite gel – review
It has a stellar cast and plenty of ideas but this new staging of the Shakespearean classic falls far short of expectations. Rufus Norris’ new production of Macbeth has a rather grim, startling...
View ArticleOK Bye is a wonderfully original and creative piece – review
This quirky one-hour show at the Vault Festival is well worth checking out. Devised and performed by theatre company RedBellyBlack, OK Bye explores what we mean when we say “goodbye” – how we do it,...
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