‘Everything I love about drag’ After months of isolation Ginger Johnson pulls us out into the stage lights with a festive evening of songs and salaciousness. After all: ”What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Life is a cabaret…”. And hasn’t this year just been the chaotic, unnerving cocktail of good and bad (mainly ...
‘Moments of real beauty’ I wanted to love this show so much, because of the subject matter. And certainly, the bravery of real Vicky in the hateful climate of the 80s, and the support she received in her journey is stirring stuff! But a play is not comprised of themes alone, it is writing, acting, lighting, directing and a host ...
‘Fables of fagatory’ A romp through the Regency and a tryst with the Tudors; reveling in the salacious, unseen and tumultuous lives of the queer folk of the past and present has never been so much fun. “Lord” George Hicks and Josh Cockcroft’s innovative, highly amusing and utterly arch tale of gay history has an understandably esoteric audience spellbound. But never ...
‘A witty show focusing on one man’s struggle with death, family, sexuality and HIV’ “…Like a big gay lion called Lesley”, this sentence from Bingo has stayed with me long after seeing the show, rattling around in my mind and causing me to giggle furtively to myself mid-morning. It both sums up and badly represents a show of scathing comedy ...
‘We can’t lose sight of the importance of humour’ An explosion of silliness in a world that has become too cynical, A Sockful of Custard is a celebration of the influential post-war comedian the late Spike Milligan on his one-hundredth birthday. With a clear love for the subject, a flare for his signature foolery, and childlike spirit, Jeremy Stockwell and ...