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From The Cher Show to Cabaret, the best LGBTQ+ theatre on now-Hugh Montgomery-Entertainment – Metro
Go along for the Pride.
This Pride there are so many events to go to it can be difficult to know where to begin.
But if you are after a more civilised celebration, why not get some tickets to see the LGBTQ+ theatre shows.
Whether you’re craving some magic from The Cher Show or Cabaret, or if you want some timely grit in The Convert, there is something for everyone.
Nothing touches the bones more than live theatre, making it an excellent way to celebrate Pride with class.
Here is our run down of the best LGBTQ+ shows on right now:
The Cher Show
Cher the love (Picture: Matt Crockett)Is there any jukebox musical more geared to an LGBT+ audience than this poptastic celebration of everyone’s favourite gay icon? Reflecting her outsized personality, it has three actresses playing Cher: Millie O’Connell as the ingenue “Babe”, Danielle Steers as the more established “Lady” and Debbie Kurup as the formidable, older “Star”.
It is guaranteed to be as camp as ten Christmases, with all the hits and fabulous outfits to match, naturally.
On tour until March 18, 2023.
Cabaret
Spine-tingingly good (Picture: Marc Brenner)If you’re yet to see Rebecca Frecknall’s immensely powerful revival of this classic Kander And Ebb show, then, I can’t stress this enough, you need to.
Among the many strengths of the production is its very queer (not to mention erotic) vision of Weimar Germany and its decadent nightlife, featuring a diverse cast and made to feel spine-tingingly immersive by the staging, in which performers weave their way in and out of the audience.
Booking until November 19 at the Playhouse Theatre, London.
Riot Act
We predict a riot (Picture: Holly Revell)Get a powerful dose of British LGBT+ history in this provocative, funny and moving one-man show by theatre maker Alexis Gregory, which is based verbatim on interviews with three people who led the charge for gay rights: Stonewall Riots participant Michael Anthony Nozzi, radical drag artist Lavinia Co-op and leading AIDS activist Paul Burston.
Queer theatre doesn’t get more essential, and for those who can’t make the remaining live dates, there are also some online screenings of a specially made digital version.
July 7, Studio, Curve Theatre, Leicester then touring.
See Alexis Gregory for more details.
The Convert
A timely production (Picture: Supplied)London’s Above The Stag has long been a hub of LGBT+ theatre in the capital, and its current production is particularly timely.
Dealing with the horrors of conversion therapy, which has been all over the news recently because of the debate over proposals for banning it, Ben Kavanagh’s dark dystopian drama imagines a parallel world in which gay people are taken to ‘The Facility’ to have their sexuality corrected, and risk being sent to the so-called Other Place if they’re not ‘cured’.
On until Sunday.
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A-Typical Rainbow
Escape from the ‘real’ world (Picture: Pamela Raith)JJ Green, the writer of this exciting new play at South London’s Turbine Theatre, is autistic and has crafted ‘an uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain.’
Here, JJ plays the protagonist Boy, who faces pressure to conform to the logic of the so-called ‘real’ world.
Today to August 7.
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Metro.co.uk celebrates 50 years of Pride
This year marks 50 years of Pride, so it seems only fitting that Metro.co.uk goes above and beyond in our ongoing LGBTQ+ support, through a wealth of content that not only celebrates all things Pride, but also share stories, take time to reflect and raises awareness for the community this Pride Month.
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