London Theatre 1

1 week ago | londontheatre1.com | Chris Omaweng

Such is the amount of tension and drama in “the only lesbian choir in the country” that, in some ways, it’s unsurprising there aren’t more. A schoolboy Google search revealed there are, indeed, very few choirs whose only prerequisite is being a lesbian, though there are many that focus on the LGBT+ community, with names like Spectrum Choir, Diversity Choir and Rainbow Chorus.

1 week ago | londontheatre1.com | Chris Omaweng

This is a great addition to Disney+. In London’s West End, where this pro-shot recording was filmed (despite its listing as ‘The Hit Broadway Musical’, as if Broadway never had any other hit musicals before and never will again), it was quite a long evening for younger members of the audience, as it was essentially a ninety-minute movie adapted into a musical stretching to two-and-a-quarter hours (there was an interval).

1 week ago | londontheatre1.com | Chris Omaweng

Tammy Scowls (Dolly Diamond) steals the show in a narrative ostensibly about Ben (Terry Geo) and his journey to overcome the obstacles holding him back from doing what he really wants to do with his life and asserting his personal identity and sexual orientation in a way that both suits him and isn’t ‘in your face’.

1 week ago | londontheatre1.com | Chris Omaweng

Seeing this screening on a warm summer’s evening (well, warm for England) went rather well with seeing a Tennessee Williams play. If you’ve ever seen one before, the characters aren’t exactly dressed in thermals and fleeces, drinking tea and hot chocolate to try to keep warm. National Theatre Live cinema screenings have much appeal – the prices are considerably less than they would be to see shows of a similar calibre at the theatre, and you also benefit from cinema seating.

1 week ago | londontheatre1.com | Chris Omaweng

It is relatively easy, I would imagine, to shout and swear about everything wrong with the world for an hour – at the risk of blowing my own trumpet, I could probably do it myself. I don’t, ordinarily, like speaking for anyone else – it’s pompous, presumptuous and pathetic – but I suspect you could too.