Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWhere to Belong☆☆☆ Casa Festival at the Monochrome Studios Where to Belong is not a conventional play but rather an intriguing mix of video production, photographs, music, song and even movement along with a very honest style of first-person storytelling aimed directly at the audience. It outlines the tender, moving autobiographical story of artist … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Funny Girls ☆☆☆☆☆ New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, London, What if you could be a fly on the wall? What if that wall was the dressing room belonging to two titans of the entertainment industry: Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand? This intriguing premise is the basis of The Funny Girls – a two-act play … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBetter Than Sex ☆☆☆☆ The Story of Mae West The Cockpit Theatre, London Better than Sex – The story of Mae West is a one-woman cabaret performed by Bella Bevan. It opens with several of her most famous quips at which Mae says defiantly “You can leave now…that’s what you came for isn’t it?”. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterCoppelia and The Supermarket Suite ☆☆☆☆☆ St Gabriel’s Halls London This double bill of all-male jazz ballet starts with Supermarket Sweep set to The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and concludes with Coppelia by Delibes. The opening scene of Supermarket Sweep sees life working in a supermarket through the eyes of two members of staff (performed by … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterYoung people need to come out in their own good time – no matter how many well-meaning people are willing you on to throw off those straight shackles and wrap yourself in the feather boa of gay pride! Tom Allen is a good example of this and as we skip lightly through his memoir, we … Continue reading
