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Laid Back Literati with Damian Barr

Craig Hanlon-Smith June 7, 2019

Damian Barr’s Literary Salon has been sharing authors and their stories with audiences for more than ten years. Starting out in Shoreditch House in 2008 their main place of residence now is the Savoy Hotel which has a fine history of hosting the literati including Oscar Wilde who both lived and partied there.

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PREVIEW: The Trials of Oscar Wilde @Royal Pavilion

Paul Gustafson April 5, 2019

This April, lucky theatre lovers have a unique opportunity see a powerful and moving dramatisation of the tragic downfall of Oscar Wilde in the intimate and sumptuous surroundings of the Royal Pavilion Music Room.

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THEATRE REVIEW: The Picture of Dorian Gray @Devonshire Park Theatre

March 20, 2019

This bold new production based on the classic novel celebrates Wilde’s wonderful language and appeals to this mixed age audience. Featuring Wilde’s famous wit, The Picture of Dorian Gray is presented as a two act thriller with a narrative momentum which keeps the attention up until the final scenes of the play.

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THEATRE REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest @Eastbourne

April 25, 2018

IT’S always difficult to walk the walk of Lady Bracknell, and an audience will always tremble as the actress clears her throat to utter her immortal lines, but much in the way of the cucumbers for her sandwiches there was something missing here tonight in this Original Theatre Production of the Importance of Being Earnest.

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In The South

Piers & Queers: Take a tour of England’s ‘Gay Capital’

Gary Hart April 8, 2016

A walking tour around Brighton, the ‘gay capital’ of England, looks at this beautiful and historic city through the eyes its LGBTQ inhabitants over the last 200 years as part of Brighton Fringe festival in May.

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PREVIEW: Picture of John Gray

Graham Robson August 11, 2014

The Picture of John Gray, a period piece exploring sexual identity and acceptance and a completely new angle on the story of Oscar Wilde, is playing at The Old Red Lion Theatre, London till Saturday, August 30 from 7.30pm. In the play, set in 1889, writer C.J. Wilmann offers a challenging, untold story about the […]

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