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Jonathan Kemp rapturous ☆☆☆☆☆ review of Edward II, Christopher Marlowes drama about the gay king of England

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  Edward II ☆☆☆☆☆ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London “All they that love not tobacco & boys are fools”, Christopher Marlowe famously declared, and whilst there’s no tobacco in his play Edward II, there’s plenty of boy-love – and plenty of fools. Nick Bagnall’s production foregrounds the central love triangle of King Edward (Tom Stuart), Gaveston … Continue reading



Jonathan Kemp reviews Linus Karp’s flawless performance in ‘Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked ‘

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  Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked  ☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, Islington, London   Following a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer, LINUS KARP brings his performance of Rob Hayes’ one-man show, ‘Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked’ to London’s Kings Head Theatre. KARP gives an engagingly vulnerable performance as Bobby, as … Continue reading



Jonathan Kemp reviews ” Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran”   at London’s Omnibus Theatre

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  Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran  ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend … Continue reading



Jonathan Kemp reviews ‘the consummate storytelling’ of Stones in London Kings Head Theatre

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  THE STONES ☆☆☆☆ KINGS HEAD THEATRE Writer/director Kit Brookman describes his latest offering as “a sort of contemporary gothic horror story” and there are certainly shades of Robert Aickman, Shirley Jackson and Henry James’ ‘Turn of the Screw’ in The Stones. A dissatisfied school teacher, Nick (LUKE MULLINS) meets up with an old school … Continue reading



Jonathan Kemp reviews the surreal experience of AFTER EDWARD

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  AFTER EDWARD ☆☆☆☆☆ SAN WANAMAKER PLAYHOUSE, LONDON Sense is overrated”, declares Gertrude Stein at one point in this play and certainly you’re in for a surreal experience with this powerful and quick-witted response to Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II. Much of tonight’s cast are from the recent Globe production of Marlowe’s famous gay play, including … Continue reading



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