With powerful physical performances by the all-female cast, Them is a challenging, complex piece that explores toxic masculinity. Bergdis Julia Johannsdottir, Marjo Lahti, Anna Korolainen Crevier and Tinna Thorvalds Önnudottir in Them. Photo credit: Anna Maggy. The audience is greeted, so politely, by the four performers who are sat as if in toilet cubicles. They... Continue Reading →
Childhood best friends begin to be pulled apart in this beautiful, joyous and heart-rending play about identity, set against the emerging reality of Partition.
An unflinching portrait of policing, politics and racism in America, June Carryl's Blue is hard to watch for all the right reasons.
Six meets Thunderdome in this dystopian musical, loosely based on the life of Oscar Wilde. The music is pumping, the singing is loud, but the plot is lost in this superficial soundscape.
Roll up, roll up, it's time for the play. Or is it? When only half of the double act is willing to appear, how will the show go on? Olly Gully in Sea Words. Photo Credit: Stephanie Mackrill. Chris bounds onto the stage: high-energy, camp and irreverant. Part of a mother and son partnership that... Continue Reading →
If you have ever wondered what goes on at a Far Right gathering, you will be in good company at Salty Irina. Following a newly minted queer couple into the belly of the beast, this tale shows their loss of innocence, and how they are galvanised into enduring action. Yasemin Özdemir and Hannah Van Der... Continue Reading →
Maria Telnikoff's heartfelt one-woman show encourages the audience to look at the trans experience from a different perspective. Funny, thoughtful and sincere, this play draws on real-life experience and challenges the heteronormative. Maria Telnikoff in My Dad Wears a Dress. Photo credit: Caitlin Van Bommel. Written and performed by Telnikoff, it is clear that our... Continue Reading →
Recently single and back on the dating scene, Nick finds that fatphobia is rife. Obsessed with the world he views through his phone, and struggling to stay positive, he gradually begins to swipe left on reality. Pearse Egan in Buff. Photo Credit: Bonnie Britain Photography. A timely commentary on the pressure to be fit and... Continue Reading →
Charismatic, likable and a bit of an oversharer, Blowhole's protagonist draws the audience into a world of digital dating, complex relationships and the power of the hole pic. Benjamin Salmon in Blowhole. Photo Credit: Darren Bell. We meet Him as he sits on the "throne" that takes centre stage. He explains he is hiding in... Continue Reading →
Twenty years after Section 28 was repealed (23 in Scotland), this high-octane, unapologetic musical is here, it's queer, and everybody better get used to it. EM Williams, Tika Mu'tamir and Ellice Stevens in After The Act. Photo Credit: Raymond Davies. Breach Theatre never shy away from challenging subject matter, and find a way to inject... Continue Reading →
