Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterNIgel Slater’s Toast ☆☆☆☆ The Other Palace, London Nigel is a nine year old boy growing up with his adoring mother and rather emotionally cold stepfather in Wolverhampton. Their mutual love of cooking is the highlight of every Friday afternoon for Nigel (played convincingly by Giles Cooper) and his mother (Lizzie Muncey bringing warmth … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterVINCENT RIVER ☆☆☆☆☆ TRAFALGAR STUDIOS, LONDON This is a must-see, muscular revival of a play first performed at the Hampstead Theatre back in 2000. Philip Ridley’s masterpiece has lost none of its explosive power with this production which is directed by Robert Chevara with great clarity and an unbroken line of tension from curtain … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis Island’s Mine ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London The year is 1988; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reigns supreme; Section 28 has been brought in (which decrees local authorities shall not intentionally promote homosexuality) and HIV/AIDS hysteria begins to take hold. Against this backdrop, seventeen-year-old Luke (nicely played with all the fresh faced fizz of youth … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterQueereteria ☆ 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
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterCry Havoc ☆☆☆☆ Park Theatre Is there a right way to care? Can you love in the wrong way? Cry Havoc looks at these questions and more as the play opens to reveal a shabby but cultured room in Cairo, with books lining the floors and intricately carved wooden panels casting shadows on the … Continue reading
