Canary by Jonathan Harvey
>“We’re the litmus test of whether a society respects human rights. We are the canaries in the mine.” Jonathan Harvey, author of Beautiful Thing and… Read More »Canary by Jonathan Harvey
Theatre
Review: Bette Bourne, a Life in Three Acts
> Review, by Tony Fenwick The veteran actor, campaigner and drag / cabaret artist Better Bourne is celebrating his 7oth year with a triumphal show… Read More »Review: Bette Bourne, a Life in Three Acts
FAT Hits Streets in May
>The premier of FAT, AN EXTRA-LARGE FANTASY, a play about being gay and disabled, written and performed by Pete Edwards, will take place n Kennington,… Read More »FAT Hits Streets in May
Why I Blame Myself for the Murder of Joe Orton
>It was a Sixties cause celebre – the bludgeoning of an outrageous playwright by his gay lover. Now, with Orton’s best-known work revived in the… Read More »Why I Blame Myself for the Murder of Joe Orton
Theatre: The Pride and Wig Out
>The Pride, a play by Alexi Kaye Campbell, examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a period of 50 years, looking at intimacy, identity and the… Read More »Theatre: The Pride and Wig Out
Revival of a Patriot for Me
>A groundbreaking play about gays by acclaimed write John Osborne will be performed in London later this month. A Patriot for Me caused a sensation… Read More »Revival of a Patriot for Me
Romeo and Julien
A Leytonstone school challenged homophobic bullying with a reworking of Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. Intended to combat the growing use of terms such… Read More »Romeo and Julien
Lord Arthur’s Bed
>2008 – City slickers Donald and Jim are celebrating their civil partnership. 1868 – Lord Arthur Pelham-Clinton, 3rd son of the 5th Duke of Newcastle,… Read More »Lord Arthur’s Bed
Moj of the Antarctic Returns to South London
>Following a successful run in March 2007, Moj of the Antarctic returns to Oval House Theatre for one week only to launch the production’s British… Read More »Moj of the Antarctic Returns to South London
Losing Orton in the Archives
>The tangled history of the papers of the playwright Joe Orton is unwoven by Dr. Matt Cook who reveals the extraordinary sources that survive on… Read More »Losing Orton in the Archives