Reading Time: 2 minutesSometime between 8:30 and 10:30pm on 24th August 1962, Marilyn Monroe – the most photographed person of the 20th century – died aged 36 of barbiturate poisoning. This was ruled a “probable suicide”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Daniel York Loh as a semi-autobiography and directed by Alice Kornitzer, Kakilang's production of The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience explores a Sino-British experience that feels remote yet suddenly recalled after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted in the production through the racist chant "Chinese Japanese dirty knees," which hadn't been heard for a long time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIssy Flower’s surprising piece of new writing was a highly successful debut, forming a confident and tantalising opening to Oxford’s Burton Taylor studio’s first ever Queer Fest.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDebuting at Queer Fest on Thursday 20th was Lily Sheldon’s historicization of the author Marguerite Radclyffe Hall’s trial for obscenity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Pickthall’s brand new script Hump Day debuted in an original rehearsed reading, providing a thought provoking end to Oxford Queer Fest’s Thursday night lineup.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Trials and Passions of Unfamous Women is a play exploring the real stories of women who faced the criminal justice system in the UK and was commissioned by the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) and Clean Break.
Reading Time: 2 minutesReviving her role in this one woman play, Sally Reid brings to life all the existentialism, dreams and fears of Shirley Valentine as she reminisces over her past, present and the choices that lie in front of her.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrought to life by Splitlip, this slick satire follows the true story of how the British MI5 tricked Hitler by using a corpse, some fake documents and lot of faith… a lot of it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStoneCrabs Theatre’s Joe Carstairs makes its way to Omnibus Theatre’s 96 Festival this June. The piece tells the story of queer ancestor Joe Carstairs, in all their tricky complexity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe London International Festival of Theatre opened its doors on June 5 at the South Bank Centre in London with Cliff Cardinal’s Land Acknowledgement or As You Like It.