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KENREX is an absolute masterclass in theatrical storytelling – review

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Ah, we’ve been looking forward to KENREX for some time now. It’s the new play from actor Jack Holden and musician John Patrick Elliott – the same pair who gave us the sublime play Cruise on the West End a couple of years ago. KENREX premiered last year up in Sheffield and now has a new home in London at the Southwark Playhouse, and is co-written by Holden and Ed Stambollouian (who also directs). This play is a very different beast, although it once again features an absolute tour-de-force performance…

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Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell delight in raucous revival of Much Ado About Nothing – review

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Jamie Lloyd’s revival of The Tempest (starring Sigourney Weaver) has only just closed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and in its place we have his take on another Shakespeare: this time we have a very different play, the lighthearted comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Our guest stars this time around are Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwood. From the moment we entered the theatre we knew we were in for an experience – this is a raucous affair even before the show begins, with dance music blaring and a light…

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Rami Malek and Indira Varma star in unusual, chaotic staging of Oedipus – review

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February is quite a month for major stars appearing in classic plays in London – we’ll soon have Tom Hiddleston in Much Ado About Nothing and Jonathan Bailey in Richard II. Before either of those shows open, we have Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek starring as the titular Oedipus, opposite Olivier-winner Indira Varma. We’ll start by saying it looks incredible – this production really is an absolute visual feast. Tom Visser’s lighting design is wonderfully atmospheric and Rae Smith’s set is deceptively simple, creating a vast, dry expanse within The Old…

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Flo & Joan’s One Man Musical is a hilarious musi-cool parody – review

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We’ve been looking forward to seeing One Man Musical for some time – we recently interviewed the show’s writers Flo & Joan, sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey, during rehearsals for this run at the Underbelly Boulevard Theatre. The show was written for last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has already enjoyed a brief sold-out stint at the Soho Theatre, and is now running for six weeks at its new home just around the corner from there. While the title may not give much away, it quickly becomes apparent that this…

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Jack Goes to Therapy is a tale told with charm, warmth and good humour – review

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It’s been a little while since we covered a pub theatre show and we thought it was well overdue, so we thought we’d take a trip to Clapham to check out the Bread and Roses Theatre,  nestled above the Bread and Roses pub, a short stroll from Clapham High Street. Currently playing is Jack Goes to Therapy, by Zac Williams, which enjoyed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer. It tells the story of 29-year-old kindergarten teacher Jack, who turns to various people for help – a nurse…

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“Andrew Lloyd Webber would be quite angry about it!” – Flo & Joan on new show One Man Musical

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It’s January: cold, bleak, miserable, seemingly never ending. We’re always on the lookout for a healthy dose of escapism at this time of year, and One Man Musical, the new show from comedy duo Flo & Joan, has caught our attention. Fresh from a sell out run at last summer’s Edinburgh Fringe festival it has just opened at the Underbelly Boulevard Theatre in Soho, and we’ll be checking it out very soon. Ahead of that we caught up with the pair – sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey – for a…

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Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo dazzles and delights at London’s Royal Albert Hall – review

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Over the years we’ve become big fans of the Cirque du Soleil here at GAY TIMES, with their annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall being something we really look forward to, brightening up an otherwise dreary January. For this year we have a revival of their 2005 show Corteo, which is being staged at London’s Royal Albert Hall during its 20th anniversary year. As with previous shows, there’s not a huge amount in the way of narrative – which to be honest doesn’t matter at all, as we don’t…

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New West End production of Oliver! is an absolute triumph – review

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Where to begin with a show like this? Oliver! is one of the most famous musicals ever written. Charles Dickens’ original story gave us countless memorable characters, from the titular Oliver Twist through to the likes of The Artful Dodger and Fagin, while Lionel Bart’s musical brought the story to the stage with songs such as Food, Glorious Food, I’d Do Anything and Oom-Pah-Pah which are now staples of musical theatre. Many of us will have grown up watching the 1968 film, although it’s been quite some time since the…

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Firebird tells a fascinating story that should be better known – review

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For those unfamiliar, Firebird is based on Sergey Fetisov’s memoir The Story of Roman, which tells a true tale of forbidden love set during the height of the Cold War. It has already been turned into a film – also called Firebird – and has now been adapted into a stage production, which has opened this week at Islington’s King’s Head Theatre. It tells a fascinating story – one that we feel should be better known – so we’re happy that a wider audience will become familiar with it as…

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There’s camp and then there’s Titanique, London’s gayest new show – review

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If you thought panto season was over, you’d be wrong. There’s camp, and then there’s the ridiculously flamboyant off-Broadway smash hit Titanique, which has sailed into London for 2025, docking at The Criterion Theatre this week. It’s as if the show’s writers collectively agreed “we’re going to give the gays everything they want” – which of course we’re totally on board with. The concept itself is ludicrous in its own right: this is absolutely not a documentary-style retelling of the Titanic disaster. Instead, it’s a pastiche of the film, told…

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