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Jonny Ward reviews LEN BLANCO FIRING BLANCS at the Vault Festival

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  Len Blanco – Firing Blancs ☆☆☆ The Vaults Festival Full marks to The Vaults Festival for coming good on inclusiveness and diversity in its programming of this simply vast festival (400+ shows!!). Tonight we are treated to Len Blanco who is a Drag King (a non-binary performance artist dressed in traditionally masculine clothes). It’s … Continue reading



Jonny Ward reviews MARMITE at London’s Vault Festival

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  Marmite ☆☆☆ The Vault Festival  Eddie (nicely played with a nervy but earnest demeanour by Ned Costello) and Dylan (Theo Walker -all blond self-assurance and poise) bump into each other in a Bristol bar. They hit it off but the catch is they are both on dates with other men. The call of the … Continue reading



Jonny Ward reviews Matt Franco’s performance piece that asks if men can be both masculine and feminine

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Alpha Who ☆☆☆ Cockpit Theatre, London Alpha Who? is a one man show billed as an exploration of masculinity and vulnerability and we are certainly taken on a journey of angst and rage of the inner psyche of the protagonist played by writer/performer Matt Franco. He comes on backlit, stripped to the waist, a vision … Continue reading



Jonny Ward reviews QUEERTERIA : ‘a spectacular hot mess’

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Queereteria ☆ Above the Stag Theatre Queereteria is a spectacular hot mess. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the only TV station is run by and stars Lady Domina Bizarre (played with professional pizazz by Matthew Baldwin). She is holding Torsten – a former star and singer (played by Andy Bell of Erasure … Continue reading



Jonny Ward reviews SAN DOMINO : an evocative production that weaves the themes of love, loss, betrayal, and reconciliation.

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San Domino  ☆☆☆☆ Tristan Bates Theatre San Domino is an extraordinary true story about how gay men in Italy were rounded up during the fascist pre-war period and sent to detention camps on the island fortress of San Domino. It’s a hot sultry night and Carlo is getting his club ready for another evening of music … Continue reading



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