Dynamic, compelling and exceptionally moving, Small Town Boys is an award-winning piece of dance-theatre that uses a different lens to examine the experience of queer people during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the UK. Photo credit: Maria Falconer The audience enter and are immediately transported to an 80s nightclub, full of joy and... Continue Reading →
Set in a trio of bathroom stalls in a Shoreditch nightclub, FLUSH explores the universal experience of women and female presenting people, from gossipy exchanges to heartfelt moments. Partnered with UK non-profit "Ask For Angela", April Hope Miller's debut play is both comedic and compelling, highlighting the light and dark sides of everyday connections. (L-R)... Continue Reading →
In the Paris of the 1880s, Dr Jean Martin Charcot is studying hysteria at the Salpêtrière Hospital. Despite being a condition that affects all genders, Charcot and his contempories focus on the female patients, attempting to prove their theories about the "four stages of madness", exhibiting the women and having them "perform" for the public.... Continue Reading →
Following the Qatar World Cup controversy and the recognition finally being given to the Women's game, Pitch is a well-timed and necessary play about the queer community's relationship to football. Elizabeth Hope, Eleanor Rattenbury, Meg Lewis, Ethan Pascal Peters and Elijah Harris in Pitch. Photo Credit: David Monteith-Hodge. If there is one area that homophobia... 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.
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 →
