Host of BBC2’s Lightning and Live at the Apollo, Zoe Lyons is going to be pretty much ubiquitous in 2023. Freshly announced as a contestant in C4’s next series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, she’ll be spending the next couple of months touring the UK with her latest stand-up show; The Bald Ambition Tour […]
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Zoe Lyons Interview – “A Lot of Funny”
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Cinderella at Theatre Royal Stratford East With Gigi Zahir
After five years working primarily as their drag character Crayola the Queen, Gigi Zahir deepens their return to the theatre world as Cleopatra in Cinderella at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Having already played Trinculo in Tempest at The Pleasance earlier in the year, Zahir’s solo black comedy musical Fame Whore ran at The King’s Head […]
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Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story
“I’m just very restless,” Linus Karp says, “I’m easily bored, I need to work, to create all the time.” When he launched Awkward Productions with Rob Hayes’ Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F****d, resumes the performer, he wasn’t getting enough work as an actor and so decided to start making his own. This continued with […]
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Finding the Light in It With Suzi Ruffell
Suzi’s brand-new show is all about settling down (but not settling), becoming a mother (without becoming mumsy) and still worrying about everything – of course she is – have you seen the news? We caught up with Suzi to chat about the upcoming show, Snappy, as well as this post-pandemic anxiety, queer motherhood, and diversity in […]
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Tobacco Factory Theatres Present The World Premiere of Revealed
Set against the backdrop of an uprising, following an incident in police custody that stuns the nation, Revealed tackles themes of racism, masculinity, sexuality, mental health, and fatherhood through the prism of a powerful and poignant family drama. Daniel J Carver’s debut play celebrates the courage in connecting with those we find hardest to love. Protests […]
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Review: Happy Meal
15 September @ Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford – ★★★★ I’ve never been happy making notes in the theatre. Though it’s enormously helpful, I’ve always felt self-conscious about it, worried I’m drawing attention to myself from both performers and spectators. Largely, I’ve avoided taking paper and pen into shows, relying on memory to write about them […]
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Happy Meal at Oxford Playhouse
The world premiere of Tabby Lamb’s Happy Meal is a joyful queer rom-com where Millennial meets Gen Z and change is all around. Following the show’s run at Edinburgh Fringe, Tabby spoke to us about joy, Oxford, and our new Prime Minister. First of all, how was your Edinburgh Fringe? This year’s Fringe was […]
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Review: How to live a jellicle life
30 July @ Old Fire Station, Oxford “Show some respect,” Linus Karp scolds a laughing spectator. He’s got a point, this is the funeral of Gus the Theatre Cat after all, but we just chuckle more. In fact, there are few points in Karp’s How to live a jellicle life where I’m not at least […]
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Sea Wall comes to Margate Pride 2022
The first queer production of critically-acclaimed Sea Wall will premiere at the Turner Contemporary in collaboration with Margate Pride this August. Written by Olivier and Tony- award winning Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, National Theatre; Birdland, Royal Court Theatre), Sea Wall is being brought to life by a female-led […]
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Review: London, Paris, Amsterdam By Jahmar Ngozi
★★★★ 16 July @ The Old Fire Station, Oxford Jahmar Ngozi is not onstage long before paying tribute to tonight’s venue, and its mission of bringing art to people from all backgrounds. Unfortunately, as I applaud the Old Fire Station with Ngozi and the audience, I manage to launch my pen into the next row. Note-taking […]
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