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Jonathan Kemp’s ☆☆☆☆☆ of Peter Groom’s “truly magical” Dietrich: Natural Duty

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  Peter Groom, Dietrich: Natural Duty  ☆☆☆☆☆ Wilton’s Music Hall, London What is the enduring appeal of Marlene Dietrich? What makes her still so bewitching? Especially to queers? Peter Groom’s one (wo)man show Dietrich: Natural Duty, currently on at Wilton’s Music Hall in East London, certainly goes some way to answering that. The ethereal beauty, … Continue reading



Jonny Ward falls in love with the optimism in UNDETECTABLE “an extraordinary new play” by Tom Wright

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  UNDETECTABLE ☆☆☆☆☆ KINGS HEAD THEATRE It is extraordinary to think that perhaps within the living memory of some fellow theatregoers, that the Lord Chamberlain would have censored the very concept of Undetectable, let alone the practical reality of it on stage. A Taste of Honey (Royal Court Theatre 1958) apparently caused a furore amongst … Continue reading



Jonny Ward is enamoured with Pippa Winslow’s stand out performance in STRIKE UP THE BAND

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  Strike Up The Band ☆☆☆ Upstairs at the Gatehouse It has to be one of the more unusual topics for a musical: a quintessential American business magnate (making cheese – for comedy value!) manipulates the US Government into war with tiny neutral Switzerland in order to protect his profits. As the programme notes suggest … Continue reading



Jonny Ward is in raptures about Frances Barber’s star turn in the Pet Shop Boys MUSIK

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Musik ☆☆☆☆ Leicester Square Theatre Frances Barber is a legend of stage and screen. You might know her as a feisty lawyer in BBC TV’s Silk or caught her as Goneril opposite McKellen in King Lear. Here she plays a startlingly different role in this hilarious tale of a faded rock stars life. It is … Continue reading



Jonny Ward on the funny and fresh take on Chemsex in Christopher Adam’s TUMULUS

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Tumulus ☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre, London There is a long and growing list of plays that take the Chemsex experience as their concept and Queerguru has reviewed quite a few of them including Bingo, Chemsex Monologues and Undetectable. Tumulus is different, not only because it is produced by the Outside Edge Theatre Company (the UK’s only … Continue reading



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