Category: Theatre
«Billy Elliot» musical are «gay propaganda» says Hungary
By the end of the musical «Billy Elliot», the title character’s father and the hardscrabble mining town in which they live have been redeemed.
A nod to the wonderful diversity of languages in theatre
In a New Zealand first, Rangmanch – an Auckland based community theatre group is bringing an International theatre festival that backs plays in languages other than English to the city from July 7 until 27 August.
Drama On 3: Joe Orton Double Bill
As part of the BBC’s Gay Britannia season, Radio 3 presents Joe Orton’s plays The Ruffian On The Stair and The Erpingham Camp.
West End Debut of 46 Beacon
Oliver Coopersmith (Netflix’s I-Boy and the lead in forthcoming Sky Atlantic series Tin Star opposite Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks) and Jay Taylor (Prime Suspect 1973, Nell Gwynn and Wolf Hall/Bring up the Bodies) will star in the West End debut of 46 Beacon, playing the roles of Alan and Robert respectively in this coming-of-age and coming-out play set in 1970’s America.
Joe McElderry in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat UK Tour
Britain’s Got Talent Lucy Kay will return as the Narrator in the upcoming 2017 touring production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, starring X-Factor winner Joe McElderry.
Brighton Fringe: Tommy The Queer Historian
10 years on from a homophobic attack, the Queer Historian traces his attackers and confronts them in a new play that you can see at this year’s Brighton Fringe.