Category Archives: Plays

Gay Pride And No Prejudice

Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” has inspired quite a range of adaptations over the years. We’ve seen everything from the clever “Bridget Jones’s Diary” to the unconventional “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” However, this latest adaptation of Gay Pride and No Prejudice falls somewhat short of its predecessors. While it’s clear they’ve aimed for broad appeal, it doesn’t quite hit

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Wet Feet at The Union Theatre

Happy Pride Month, gentle readers. For the heteronormative amongst you, a sauna is probably something you recognise at your local Bannatyne’s or David Lloyd, a sanctuary to unwind after a strenuous workout, or perhaps in a spa, revitalising your skin with ylang-ylang and a cucumber eye mask. For me and gay history (herstory), it has been a sanctum for men

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2:22 A Ghost Story

The great British public love a good ghost story as evidenced by the huge amount of supernatural programmes on our TV or even the sheer volume of podcasts about the topic. I am no different but of course my preferred method of ghost story consumption is watching them on stage. 2:22 A Ghost Story initially opened in July 2021 and

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Bluets at The Royal Court Theatre

Bluets will not be everyone’s cup of tea. It is not a traditional stage play. It is a multi-modal technological marvel. It exists somewhere in a largely unexplored realm lying between live TV, art-house cinema and theatre. It is the uncategorisable sum of an unfathomable number of parts, brought together with split-second sharp choreography, on-the-fly video editing, and a uniqueness

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