Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend … Continue reading
Edward II ☆☆☆☆☆ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London “All they that love not tobacco & boys are fools”, Christopher Marlowe famously declared, and whilst there’s no tobacco in his play Edward II, there’s plenty of boy-love – and plenty of fools. Nick Bagnall’s production foregrounds the central love triangle of King Edward (Tom Stuart), Gaveston … Continue reading
Th’ Importance of Bein’ Earnest by Oscar Wilde ☆☆☆☆☆ Drayton Arms Theatre I must confess I had reservations about this production when I read it was to be relocated to a North Yorkshire Council Estate. Whilst I’m all for putting new wine in old bottles, if done wrong it can be a woeful disaster. … Continue reading
Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist ☆☆☆☆☆ The Vault Festival Walt (BYRON LANE, who also wrote the script) is at the end of his tether. He hates his job, his cheating boyfriend has dumped him, and the burger he just had delivered has pickles on it, which he … Continue reading
Bleach ☆☆☆☆ Back in the 90s, inspired by the likes of Tim Miller in the US and Neil Bartlett in the UK, I co-founded The Planet Martha Theatre Company with the actor Matthew Scott. He performed my scripts in one-man shows that addressed contemporary gay issues and represented queer sex and queer lives, inspired … Continue reading