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All the latest from London, the capital of the UK, home to the UK’s largest gay community.

  • Candle Of Hope Lights Up St. Paul’s Cathedral

    At 6.30pm Saturday 13th October an Act of Remembrance and Renewal was held at St Paul’s Cathedral to launch the first National Hate Crime Awareness Week.

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  • THEATRE REVIEW: The Hotel Plays

    There can’t be many people amongst us who aren’t fascinated by the thought of what other people get up to when we’re not looking.

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  • INTERVIEW | Elegy Director Douglas Rintoul

    We managed to steal some time just before the press night with the director of ELEGY – a brand new hard hitting, emotionally charged, one man show about the plight of gay Iraqi refugees post ‘liberation’.

    Playing at the Theatre503 in Battersea until November 3rd 2012

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  • THEATRE REVIEW | Austentatious

    Following a critically acclaimed run at the Laughing Horse Free Fringe in Edinburgh this year, the verbosely talented cast of the Milk Monitors begin their residency at the Leicester Square Theatre.

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  • St Paul’s Cathedral To Host Launch Of 17-24-30 Hate Crime Week

    On the 13th October at 6.30pm an Act of Remembrance for all those affected by Hate Crime will take place in St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the first National Hate Crime Awareness Week organised by 17-24-30.

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  • Tribute To Murdered Gay Man

    The 17-24-30 No To Hate Crime Campaign in partnership with the Two Brewers, the Metropolitan Police and other local organisations host a fundraising event to mark the seventh anniversary of the murder of Jody Dobrowski.

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  • 56 Dean Street Campaign Winner Announced

    The winner of a competition launched by 56 Dean Street, the Trust’s HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, to offer members of the gay community the chance to design an innovative HIV awareness campaign aimed at gay and bisexual men has been announced.

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  • SOHO THEATRE: Scott Agnew Tales Of The Sauna

    Fresh from Edinburgh’s Fringe 2012 with his five star, critically acclaimed show Tales of the Sauna.

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  • Marcus Reeves To Release Debut Single Black Tears

    Mercurial new talent Marcus Reeves presents his debut single ‘Black Tears’, available as a download through iTunes from 5 November 2012.

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  • Elegy At Theatre 503

    Devised by the company

    Conceived and directed by Douglas Rintoul.
    9 Oct – 3 Nov
    Tues – Sat 7.45pm
    Sun 5pm
    £14/£9 concessions

    He had arrived. It was cold, so bitterly cold that he thought he’d never be warm again. They ask him why he left his country. They ask for dates, times, reasons – but it’s buried. They say he’s telling lies but that’s not what he’s doing. He has to think of everything again…
    A compassionate and shocking analysis of the homophobic murders that take place in a ‘liberated’ Iraq regularly, Elegy is a poetic love letter to those who lost their lives from the viewpoint of one who got away. His is a moving and extraordinary story of unrequited love, loss and exile: a journey through a no-man’s land of empty train stations, border crossings and bomb-blasted towns.

    “Does what theatre at its best can do, make great events personal…stunning!” Marie Colvin.
    “Truly something that everyone should experience…floats beautifully between storytelling, performance art, expressionism and urgent political drama.” WhatsOnStage ★★★★”
    The List ★★★★ Lovefringe ★★★★★ Scotsgay ★★★★★ Broadwaybaby ★★★★

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  • COLUMN: New Beginnings At Profile

    Locals aren’t what they used to be (an old man boozer, 5 minutes down the road from your house). Designed for “early doors”, “football gossip” and “blokes”.

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