Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTell Me Straight ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London Tell Me Straight will sound off-putting to a lot of people. A play about a gay man who has a succession of hopeless relationships with straight men conjures up images of a self-loathing tragic character chasing the impossible, doomed to unhappiness because he would despise anyone who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Great British Bake Off Musical ★★★★ Noel Coward Theatre, London Residents of London get ready. Every aunty you haven’t seen in years is about to start deep liking your Insta. Your neon harness is getting more thumbs up than you did that one night in Mykonos. It’s not because you are their favourite niece/nephew/nibling. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBootcandy ★★ ★ ★ The Gate Theatre, London Do you remember spin art? It was the art of carnivals and funfairs, bright sploshes of colour thrown onto a spinning canvas. It was art that children, lacking the tools of adults, could make. Whirling chaotically during creation, it suddenly stops and a final, beautiful picture … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGlory Ride ★★★★ Charing Cross Theatre The new musical Glory Ride is off to a flying start. With a relatively unknown story of heroism to tell, a swelling score, and a high degree of likeability it manages to strike touching emotional notes despite keeping the audience within their comfort zone. Written by Todd & … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Bitter Earth ★★★★ White Bear Theatre, London Do you feel safe? Right now? Where you are and who you are? If you do, do you know what you have? Harrison David Rivers’ remarkable This Bitter Earth, directed by Peter Cieply, evokes what a privilege it is to feel safe. It is the … Continue reading