Articles about Theatre

6 May 2013
Dame Helen Mirren dressed as the Queen tells gay festival drummers to ‘shut the f**k up’ 40 Dressed as the Queen, Dame Helen Mirren told 200 drummers promoting a gay festival to "shut the f*ck up" after they disturbed a performance of 'The Audience'.
22 April 2013
Review: Beautiful Thing – 20 years on, this gay love story is still beautiful 6 With its tender optimism, 20 years since its debut, Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing offers a chance for reflection, both positive and poignant on the story of same sex love in the present day.
2 March 2013
Richard Wilson: Magazine gay list ‘blatantly outed’ me, but I don’t mind people knowing I’m gay 39 Actor and director Richard Wilson, has opened up about being gay in a new interview, after he was named by Time Out in a list of influential gay people.
13 February 2013
Uganda: British producer of gay play to appeal against deportation from country 8 UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged with breaking Uganda's laws in relation to his play featuring a gay storyline, has said he will appeal against his deportation from the country.
30 August 2012
Uganda: Play banned by authorities for gay storyline 4 A Ugandan play tackling the difficulties of being gay in the country has been cancelled, ahead of a planned run at the country's National Theatre in Kampala.
3 July 2012
Sir Derek Jacobi: Equal marriage debate a ‘squabble over nothing’ 104 Legendary stage actor Derek Jacobi said he views the debate over equal marriage rights for gay couples as a 'squabble over nothing'.
18 May 2012
Review: Starlight Express, an 80s spectacle hits the road 7 Neil Spring reviews the new version of Starlight Express, one of the longest-running West End musicals as it begins its national tour.
24 April 2012
Comment: Acting on homophobia with Pink Triangle Theatre 2 Paul Burgess, founder of Pink Triangle Theatre, writes about the group's work tackling homophobia in schools, colleges, universities, libraries, theatres and prisons.
6 April 2012
Actors’ union launches initiative to support LGBT actors coming out 20 Following a revelation that only 57% of gay actors felt that they could be open about their sexuality with their agents, the actors' union Equity has launched a new initiative to support those LGBT actors who choose to come out.
14 March 2012
Review: Derren Brown’s Svengali 5 Heather Price discusses Derren Brown's current tour, Svengali, and how his eerie brand of mind-reading left her with trouble sleeping afterwards.
1 February 2012
Theatre review: Execution of Justice 2 Execution of Justice, at the Southwark Playhouse in London until Saturday 4 February, tells the story of the assassination of San Francisco Mayor, George Moscone and openly gay District Supervisor, Harvey Milk on 27 November 1978.
8 December 2011
Theatre company appeals for trans scriptwriters 4 A UK theatre company is seeking submissions of short plays about transgender issues to be performed in Manchester next year, and says no previous script-writing experience is necessary.
2 February 2010
Elton John and David Furnish ‘to produce Broadway play’ 5 Gay singer Elton John and his civil partner David Furnish are reportedly planning to put on a Broadway production of a gay-themed play.
31 December 2009
Theatre director Nicholas Hytner knighted 5 Openly gay director of the National Theatre receives knighthood in New Year's Honours.

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