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Oscar Wilde’s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY gets a star studded production

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I was always taught, and always teach, that drama occurs in the present tense – that theatre’s most valuable asset as a mode of storytelling lay in its presentation of the here and now, a story unfolding before you. This production/adaptation of Wilde’s classic novel makes the bold decision to deliver a retrospective narration: Dorian … Continue reading



Jonathan Harvey’s acclaimed AIDS drama HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN to be revived

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  22 years after he starred in the original production of Beautiful Thing writer Jonathan Harvey’s acclaimed play HUSHABY MOUNTAIN, Brit actor Nick Bagnell is about to now direct its revival. This new online production of Harvey’s acclaimed AIDS drama will have an openly gay cast. It’s the story of Danny a young man, waiting … Continue reading





Jonathan Kemp raves about Jeremy Atherton Lin’s ‘pitch-perfect” GAY BAR

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    “Does gay still have a place?” asks the back cover blurb, and whilst Atherton-Lin’s riveting and joyous book may not provide anything approaching a definitive answer, it’ll make you want to find a place, even make you nostalgic for a place whether real or imagined. Appearing at the tail-end of a year-long lockdown, … Continue reading



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