Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Pleasure Garden ☆☆☆☆ Above The Stag Theatre, London If you were thirsty for a better musical after this week’s release on Amazon Prime of the one dimensional and utterly forgettable Everybody is Talking About Jamie then fear not, to the rescue comes The Pleasure Gardens, which is fruity, spirited, and welcome as a bowl … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Chemsex Monologues ☆☆☆ Above the Stag The Chemsex Monologues tells the story of four characters as they navigate their way around the vibrant but drug-fuelled post club chill out party scene in London. The Narrator is handsome but adrift (played with quiet strength by Kane Surry) and meets the buff and topless Nameless … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis Queer House ☆☆ The Vaults Festival The show has an intriguing premise; Ollie (played by Liv Ello) and Leah (played by Humaira Iqbal) are a young queer couple who have inherited a large old house and a joint renovation project begins. Time progresses, and they struggle to settle into their new home, the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS ☆☆☆ UNION THEATRE : LONDON As one old Etonian Prime Minister follows so many others in assuming leadership of the UK it is timely to see one of the classic stories that built the myth of a worthy elite pumped out by Britain’s rarified private school system. Inspired by the book Tom … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterJoseph Aldous‘ debut play GET HAPPY is having its World Premiere at The Pleasance Theatre in London. This award-winning play directed by Piers Blackis a hyperpop glitter explosion about queer individuals’ relationship to happiness. A one-man show following Adam dealing with the death of his mother, his impending birthday and everyone else around him moving … Continue reading