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Queer Theatre: A round-up of the hottest LGBTQ+ theatre

Brian Butler July 16, 2024

My latest round-up of shows with queer themes or queer performers runs the gamut from Donna Summer to a drag queen becoming the evil child catcher. Mark Farrelly has a wonderful series of shows, many of them depicting some great gay icons – Derek Jarman and Frankie Howerd to name just two, and he’s bringing […]

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Theatre

REVIEW: ‘Cowbois’ @ RSC’s Swan Theatre – a rollicking queer Western

Catherine Muxworthy October 24, 2023

Described as “A rollicking queer Western like nothing you’ve seen before”, Cowbois is a new play written by Charlie Josephine and co-directed by Charlie and Sean Holmes for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Set in a sleepy Wild West town, the women who live there are almost entirely cut off from outsiders, with only a drunken sheriff […]

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Previews

PREVIEW: Queer cowboys, a Grindr musical, Eurovision and Miss Hope Springs

Brian Butler April 17, 2023

You wait forever for one show about queer cowboys, and then along come two. Not only that, there’s a musical about Grindr, the return of everybody’s favourite Jamie, and more of the faded star that never was Miss Hope Springs.

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Arts

P/REVIEW: View From The Sofa 11

Brian Butler June 4, 2020

Brian Butler surfs what’s on offer this week, including a boy who never grows up .

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Arts

PREVIEW: RSC teams up with BBCiPlayer: Brian Butler has a gander

Brian Butler April 22, 2020

Brian Butler looks forward to six gems from the Royal Shakespeare Company on BBC iPlayer

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