Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAlpha 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
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPRESENT LAUGHTER ☆☆☆☆ THE OLD VIC, LONDON There is no hotter actor in the UK at the moment than the openly gay Irish Andrew Scott. His recent portrayal of the love interest priest for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character in the wildly popular and critically acclaimed Fleabag has shot Scott to the top. He appears … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterEquus ☆☆☆☆ Trafalgar Studios This is an astonishing production of Equus and several dramatic moments stay burned on your retina long after the curtain comes down. It’s a play about a terrible violent act by the central character and the possible psychological motivations and debate around whether we all are capable of such passions. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSOUTHERN BELLES ; SOMETHING UNSPOKEN ☆☆☆☆☆ KINGS HEAD THEATRE Southern Belles is the intoxicating back to back pairing of two of Tennessee Williams most rivetingly queer one act plays, ‘Something Unspoken’ and ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens’. In this compelling production at the King’s Head Theatre the glorious dialogue in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe View UpStairs ☆☆☆ Soho Theatre, London The real life event forming the basis and inspiration for this musical is the arson attack in 1973 on a queer bar in New Orleans, killing 32 people (mostly gay men); woefully underreported at the time due to strong levels of societal homophobia. In 1973, 7 out … Continue reading
