Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Monday night, I attended a viewing of the work-in-progress play Emotional Gangbang. Featuring French, queer LAMDA graduate Roy Mas, the story follows a queer performer who is riddled by flashbacks and hallucinations as they strive to deliver the performance of a lifetime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloat, from F-Bomb Theatre, is an autobiographical play from writer and performer Indra Wilson, enveloping the topic of pregnancy loss in a tale of an astronaut, whose solo mission is not one destined for success.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Sauna Boy” is a bold and engaging one-man show that explores queer identity, sex, and survival through the lens of a young gay man working in a London sauna. Danny Boy, a struggling actor turned sauna manager, guides the audience through his unexpected workplace journey with humour, honesty, and emotional depth.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlending video games and theatre with a script heavy on feminist and discourse, Bound by the Wind is a deeply ambitious production that strike serious questions of freedom, authorship, and mythic identity.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space?” is a blistering two-hander based on the relationship between Lily (played by Briony Martha) and Gareth (played by Zak Reay-Barry).
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe know the story of Jaws, big scary man-eating predator that will eat you given a chance. BUT, what if they are sensitive souls? Written by Leo Thomas and directed by Thomas and Gude Yue, this piece seeks to uncover what happened on that fateful day on Amity Island.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPremiering at Arcola’s Studio 2, Clive gathers a team of stellar creatives and cast, including Olivier and BAFTA award-winning playwright Michael Wynne, acclaimed director Lucy Baily, and Two-time Olivier Award nominee Paul Keating.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHappy Ending Street is as laugh out loud funny, as it is a gripping exploration of what freedom means within patriarchy (and it is pretty damn funny).
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fringe’s home for Scottish-Canadian artistic collaboration, Venue 13 kicked off the first of Climate Change Theatre Action’s 20 days of play readings. This is the Canadian theatre company’s tenth year of commissioning short-form climate theatre. Throughout the festival month, CCTA will present a total of fifty of its commissioned works, including ten new ones specifically written for the festival and in response to this year’s theme: The Time is Now.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA drag queen extravaganza celebrating one of the world’s most iconic royal figures, The Diana Mixtape is a glittering whirlwind of pop anthems, humour and outrageous performances.