Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPublic Domain ☆☆☆ Stayhouse, London While some theatres have met the challenge of streaming during the pandemic by transferring their standard content to online Southwark Playhouse (or Stayhouse as they now call themselves) have done their version of the “Little Engine that Could” by producing a new musical that embraces the creative opportunity … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterREBECCA ✯✯✯ CHARING CROSS THEATRE, LONDON Written in 1938 the gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier was quickly turned into a film. And that film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock went on to become Best Picture at the Oscars. The source material has enormous potential, but it was a huge challenge that Michael … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterRemembrance Monday ⚝⚝⚝⚝ Seven Dials Playhouse The Seven Dials Playhouse in the West End is a tiny theatre. It only becomes more so in this Alan Souza directed play written by Michael Batten. The set is the smallest room in the house, the bathroom, a tub and a sink, and yet it still manages to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterROBBY HOFFMAN ⚝⚝⚝ SOHO THEATRE, LONDON There is something deeply, awfully, indescribably wrong with the world. You know it, I know it and Robby Hoffman knows it. And whereas we maybe cannot quite put our fingers on it Robby Hoffman has certainly put her fingers on it or in it. We may not … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterROSIE JONES: BACKWARD ☆☆ ☆☆ Soho Theatre Rosie Jones is Britain’s 96th most powerful lesbian, according to one poll. Jones would enjoy this accolade much more if only she had met another 95 lesbians in her entire life. Treating this as a challenge to fulfill much of her act is devoted to her search … Continue reading