Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFollowing in the steps of the mega-success of Russell T Davies “It’s A Sin” about how the AIDS pandemic changes the landscape of the whole gay scene in London in 1980s comes CRUISE. It’s a new musical written and performed by Warhorse star Jack Holden set in the same period, but also looks at … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDerriere on a G string ☆☆☆☆☆ Lillian Baylis Studio, London There are over twenty separate scenes in Derriere on a G String, packed into just one hour fifteen minutes running time. Its intense, its scatological, its childish, and it’s absolutely bloody brilliant. The show takes some of the most popular classical music passages and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDumbledore is Gay ☆☆☆☆ Vault Festival, London Can you remember falling in love when you were a teenager? Did you have a massive unrequited crush on your best mate at school? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then ‘Dumbledore is Gay’ will bring all those memories flooding back in vivid … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGentlemen Prefer Blondes ☆☆☆☆ Union Theatre, London Directed by Sasha Regan Anita Loos’ 1925 novel (famously championed by James Joyce) was first turned into a stage musical in 1949, and must have seemed dated even then, much of the original novel’s caustic indictment of the Jazz Age already softened or lost on its postwar … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterStill wowing audiences in London’s West End is Marianne Elliot’s gender-bender version of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical Company. Rosalie Craig stars as Bobbie who’s been transplanted from a bachelor into a bachelorette and her co-star (as Joanna) is the two time Tony Winner Patti LuPone who gets to sing the show stopper ‘I’m … Continue reading