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THEATRE REVIEW | Angry, Southwark Playhouse
★★★ | Angry, Southwark Playhouse For someone who’s a fan of Philip Ridley’s work this promised to be a thrilling night and one which I was looking forward to. Six new monologues are performed by one actor/actress. The roles are gender neutral with switches in who plays which monologue each night. So far so good. […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Mary Stuart, Duke of Yorks Theatre
★★★★★ | Mary Stuart, Duke of York’s Theatre Two queens fighting to the death. No, not Vauxhall on a Saturday but a fascinating slice of Elizabethan history. Mary Stuart seeks refuge in England only to be imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth the 1st, as a potential threat to the English throne. Mary anxiously awaits […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Dietrich: Natural Duty
★★★★★ | Dietrich: Natural Duty Described as a one (wo)man show, Peter Groom’s take on legendary teutonic beauty Marlene Dietrich is literally breathtaking at points. There’s an uncanny likeness between him and the screen goddess with his cat-like cheekbones and arched brows. He’s clearly spent a vast amount of time studying her mannerisms and speech too […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Woman Before a Glass
★★★★☆ | Woman Before a Glass Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill looked at Billie Holiday’s heroin fogged last days. Here his razor sharp wit is turned towards wealthy art collector Peggy Guggenheim. 1960s Venice and Peggy is pontificating on the terrace of her palazzo with an arm full of designer dresses, […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Still Ill, New Diorama Theatre
Still Ill | ★★★ Sophie is a jobbing actress who’s working in a terrible soap opera, playing a surgeon with a brain tumour. She’s making up her income having endless neurological examinations performed on her by trainee doctors. Struck down by a series of strange nervous system symptoms she’s left unable to function and feeling desperate […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Callisto a queer epic, Arcola Theatre, London
★★★ | Callisto, Arcola Theatre London Callisto is four tales for the price of one in a time travelling epic concerning queer people in different eras. They’re not stand alone stories but are interspersed and entwined with each other. Basically, it’s a poor man’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ but with LGBT people. The first tale is about opera […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | La Soiree, Aldwych Theatre, London
★★★★ | La Soiree, Aldwych Theatre, London La Soiree has garnered quite a reputation on the cabaret scene over the past few years. They’ve won a couple of Olivier Awards, headlined the circus field at Glastonbury and globe-trotted around in various Spiegeltents and opera houses. Now they’ve gone all upmarket and are inhabiting the lovely old […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Black Cat Cabaret, Leicester Square, London
★★★★★ | The Black Cat Cabaret, Leicester Square, London The Black Cat team are riding high with their unique brand of impish entertainment. They’ve got regular shows at Live at Zedel at Piccadilly and now they’ve invaded the cheesy Christmas market in Leicester Square and landed in the glamorous, mirrored 1920s Paradiso Spiegeltent. Move over […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Tailor-Made Man, White Bear Theatre, London
★★★ | The Tailor-Made Man, White Bear Theatre, London Listen up! There’s a Hollywood film star who’s riding high with a string of hits. He’s handsome, suave and funny, bagging awards and melting hearts as he stares into the eyes of and kisses the faces off the hottest female stars around. The gossip is, though, […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | Witness for the Prosecution, County Hall, London
★★★★★ | Witness for the Prosecution, County Hall, London Depending on your age and/or love of black and white films, you may know Witness for the Prosecution from the classic 1957 film with Charles Laughton and the divine Marlene Dietrich. No? Maybe you saw the recent BBC adaptation with Kim Cattrall as the murder victim, […]
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Five must see LGBT theatre you have to see this winter in London
The nights are drawing in and the temperatures are getting cooler. That’s no excuse to stay in watching yet another reality TV show, though. 2017 has been a bumper year for theatrical smashes in the capital and it’s set to continue for the remainder of the year and into the New Year. Grab your mac, […]