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Everybody’s Talking About John Partridge: drag, musicals, and Butter Tarts

Everybody’s Talking About John Partridge: drag, musicals, and Butter Tarts

We sat down with John Patridge, ahead of the brand-new UK tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
The Making of Frederick the Great: In conversation with Charlotte Kindred

The Making of Frederick the Great: In conversation with Charlotte Kindred

The Mancunion sits down with Charlotte Kindred, ahead of the world premiere of her debut play at The Cockpit as part of Camden Fringe
Review: The Way Old Friends Do

Review: The Way Old Friends Do

The Way Old Friends Do, which follows the establishment of the first drag ABBA tribute band, is a celebration of friendship, queerness and, yes, ABBA
Review: Pride in Trafford Double Bill: The Chosen Haram and BI-TOPIA

Review: Pride in Trafford Double Bill: The Chosen Haram and BI-TOPIA

Pride in Trafford was kicked off with a two pieces of theatre, one exploring the intersection of sexuality and religion, the other sexuality and masculinity
Contact invites you to reach for the stars (in search of your own orgasm)

Contact invites you to reach for the stars (in search of your own orgasm)

STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey comes to Contact as part of its UK tour
“A duty to stand in solidarity”: Peter Tatchell on his LGBTQ+ activism

“A duty to stand in solidarity”: Peter Tatchell on his LGBTQ+ activism

Peter Tatchell discusses a life dedicated to the liberation of LGBTQ+ people, including risking his own freedom when protesting in Qatar last year.
Royal Court Theatre is holding out for a hero

Royal Court Theatre is holding out for a hero

Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play, Black Superhero, has its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre – starring Wynter and Dyllón Burnside
Bend It Like Bollywood: BBC Three documentary shines a light on queer South Asians

Bend It Like Bollywood: BBC Three documentary shines a light on queer South Asians

Bend It Like Bollywood, a film from the mind of our Theatre Editor, Jay Darcy, comes to the BBC
Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Death Drop: Back in the Habit is an hilarious, daring and surprisingly sociopolitical play starring drag icons Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
Queer Contact Double Bill: Grandmother’s Closet & An Audience with Milly-Liu

Queer Contact Double Bill: Grandmother’s Closet & An Audience with Milly-Liu

Queer Contact’s double bill exhibits how queer expression can be a journey through your grandmother’s closet or dressing up as a cat
Review: Peach Chutney

Review: Peach Chutney

The Bitten Peach, a queer Asian cabaret collective, return to Queer Contact with their South Asian branch, Peach Chutney
Review: The Disco Ball

Review: The Disco Ball

House of Suarez’ annual Vogue Ball returned to Manchester Academy as part of Queer Contact, with a pedestrian theme but thrilling performances
Queer Contact: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month at Contact Theatre

Queer Contact: Celebrating LGBT+ History Month at Contact Theatre

Contact’s flagship queer arts festival, Queer Contact, is back this LGBTQ+ History Month – with a lineup as eclectic and electric as ever
If you’re seeking pleasure this Christmas, come HOME

If you’re seeking pleasure this Christmas, come HOME

Bourgeois & Maurice return to HOME this Christmas with their brand-new show Pleasure Seekers
Why I’m fed up with straight people telling me to visit Dubai

Why I’m fed up with straight people telling me to visit Dubai

Why would I want to go on holiday to somewhere I wouldn’t feel welcome?
Live review: Pale Waves at Albert Hall, Manchester

Live review: Pale Waves at Albert Hall, Manchester

The Manchester band bring a night of pop-punk tunes to their hometown following the release of their third album Unwanted
Screaming Queens: representations of trans history

Screaming Queens: representations of trans history

Susan Stryker’s Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria represents the radical potential for trans history narratives in cinema
Review: Daniel Howell – We’re All Doomed

Review: Daniel Howell – We’re All Doomed

YouTube star Daniel Howell brings his latest tour to the Bridgewater Hakl, exploring themes of mental health, sexuality, and the climate crisis, with a musical number for a good measure
Take a pew on The Lowry’s purple seats

Take a pew on The Lowry’s purple seats

The stage musical adaptation of The Color Purple is coming to the Lowry as part of its first-ever UK tour
Review: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Review: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch – A Musical Parody at the Lowry