Review: Queenz, The Show with Balls (Touring)

Friday, 22nd March 2024 at York Grand Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five vivacious drag queens rule the roost in this lively and cheeky show with one clear intention: give the audience a top night out. Queenz - The Show with Balls, directed by David Griego and Kieran Powell, feels celebratory and uplifting, bringing the best of drag... Continue Reading →

Review: Salty Brine (Bigmouth Strikes Again) at Soho Theatre

Monday, 4th September 2023 at Soho Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman A musician ensemble sparkles in crystal accessories and all-white outfits: a nod, perhaps to David Byrne's all-metallic grey ensemble in American Utopia? Or maybe, it's a nod to the world of Xanadu... Salty Brine (Bigmouth Strikes Again) has many creative "nods" in what... Continue Reading →

Review: Velma Celli’s Me and My Divas

Saturday 19th March 2022 at York Theatre Royal.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Some shows are perfect re-set material, and this is one of them. Me and My Divas is a generous dose of escapism which sees drag artist Velma Celli (Aka Ian Stroughair) take to the stage with an irresistible charm and a belting, versatile voice to handle some of... Continue Reading →

Interview: Francesca Forristal Talks Theatre, Drag & the Importance of Laughing to Learn

My latest gossipy chinwag is with Francesca Forristal, comedy and songwriter, actor and drag artist extraordinaire. Here Francesca talks about getting into the arts, the importance of broad thinking when it comes to drag artists and why it’s so important to laugh at the difficult subjects in order to truly engage with and understand them.... Continue Reading →

Review: Riot Act (Touring)

Friday 7th February 2020 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alexis Gregory’s arresting solo show takes the testimonies of three important figures in the LGBTQ+ community and places their words and experiences at the centre of an impressive hour long verbatim piece. None of the three recognised the momentous nature of their experiences at the time,... Continue Reading →

Review: A Night at the Musicals (Touring)

Wednesday 18th December 2019 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is one of those relentlessly fabulous shows which leaves you smiling and giggling away to yourself long after the house lights come up. In A Night at the Musicals, we’re treated to a delicious feast of theatricality which delivers genuinely fantastic voices, sassy sardonic stand up... Continue Reading →

Review: Bianca Del Rio’s Not Today, Satan!

Newcastle City Hall, Wednesday 15th February, 2017. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I don't think I've ever laughed so constantly at a show as I did last night when seeing Not Today Satan. With a Bianca Del Rio show, it's a skilful display of killer delivery, arresting aesthetic and more feigned, biting bitterness than a narcissist in therapy... The... Continue Reading →

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