Inspired by performer Joe Leather's own experiences, Wasteman is a pithy black comedy about a Northern bin-man who learns to put the sparkle back into his life. Joe Leather in Wasteman. Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming. Bolton-born Leather's slickly staged solo show is a real joy to watch. Opening with a drag dream sequence, Joe talks... Continue Reading →
In this solo show about isolation, homophobia and mental health, Declan Bennett draws on his journals and personal experiences to weave a compelling tale. Declan Bennett in Boy Out The City. Photo Credit: Roberto Ricciuti. After the worst St Patrick's Day on record, Declan decides to escape the London lockdown and move to Oxfordshire with... Continue Reading →
A sharply-pointed satire that is not afraid to make the audience uncomfortable, It's a Motherf**king Pleasure takes aim at assumptions about disability, ableism, and the knots people tie themselves in trying to always say the "right" thing. Aarian Mehraban, Samuel Brewer and Chloe Palmer in It's a Motherf**king Pleasure. Photo Credit: Alex Brenner. This show... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
In a world currently having a Barbie moment, the striking opening image of Frankie Thompson as Barbie and Liv Ello as Ken feels supremely topical. Even more current, however, is this sharp and vital exploration of gender constraints and obsession with body image. Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello in Body Show. Following on from their... Continue Reading →
