Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAfTERGLOW ✩✩✩✩ Southwark Playhouse, London It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, and the irony is not lost on us as the first scene of Afterglow, written and directed by S. Asher Gelman, plunges headfirst down a rabbit hole of naked, balletic grinding. It’s January in London and 0 Celsius outside but the thermostat is turned … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLizzie The Musical ⭐︎ ⭐︎ ⭐︎ ⭐︎ Southwark Playhouse, Elephant, Nope, not a musical about the late Queen Elizabeth II. We are confident that there will be one but it’s still #toosoon. You might want to try The Crown on Netflix meanwhile. This thumping Lizzie musical is about the infamous Lizzie Borden … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondon’s Lazarus Theatre Company, a company truly committed to producing the best in classical theatre for a contemporary audience, is turning its attention to The Changeling regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Jacobean drama. It’s an extraordinary play of jealousy, lust, and murder. DeFlores will do anything for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDumbledore Is So Gay ☆☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse, London First, let us reassure you, JK Rowling has not participated in, or endorsed this play. The title Dumbledore is so Gay is one of many references to the obsessions of the play’s hero, Jack (Alex Britt) a fanboy of the wizarding world. There is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ★★★★ Southwark Playhouse , London Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows’ Tony award-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying has been reinvigorated at the Southwark Playhouse with a new take on its satirical roots. It embraces the charmingly cartoonish nature of its original caricatures whilst … Continue reading
