LGBTQ+ Archives - Shy, Strange, Manic A Travel, London and Theatre blog, always on the hunt for the next adventure! Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:08:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://i0.wp.com/shystrangemanic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Shy-Strange-Manic-Logo-2022.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LGBTQ+ Archives - Shy, Strange, Manic 32 32 175988263 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals at the Soho Theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2024/03/52-monologues-for-young-transsexuals-at-the-soho-theatre.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=52-monologues-for-young-transsexuals-at-the-soho-theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2024/03/52-monologues-for-young-transsexuals-at-the-soho-theatre.html#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:08:34 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13872 Shy, Strange, Manic
52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals at the Soho Theatre

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is a raucous and unapologetic speed-drive through transfeminine experience. Performers Laurie Ward and Charli Cowgill sat down with other trans women to get sleepover-honest about bodies, sex and love. Armed with baby oil and lots of pink glitter, they’re taking you from Barbra Streisand to BDSM, in a fever dream of […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2024/03/52-monologues-for-young-transsexuals-at-the-soho-theatre.html/feed 0 13872 On Railton Road at Museum of the Home https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/11/on-railton-road-at-museum-of-the-home.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-railton-road-at-museum-of-the-home https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/11/on-railton-road-at-museum-of-the-home.html#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:17:00 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13720 Shy, Strange, Manic
On Railton Road at Museum of the Home

Based on real people and their lived experiences of squatting in the 70s, this landmark production will use rare archival interviews to bring this revolutionary period to life on stage, highlighting queer domestic spaces. In 1970s Brixton, these gays want to set the old world on fire. Ian Giles and Louis Rembges’ critically acclaimed play […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/11/on-railton-road-at-museum-of-the-home.html/feed 0 13720 Transparency at Camden’s Peoples Theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/08/transparency-at-camdens-peoples-theatre.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transparency-at-camdens-peoples-theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/08/transparency-at-camdens-peoples-theatre.html#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:08:11 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13622 Shy, Strange, Manic
Transparency at Camden’s Peoples Theatre

Dive into the everyday life of a transgender male through the relatable, hilarious and brutally honest lens of a northern working-class family. Whilst Jack navigates the hurdles of transition, the old family dynamics are shaken up.  Transparency is a one-person show that reveals the social dynamics of a transmasculine person navigating the early stages of […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/08/transparency-at-camdens-peoples-theatre.html/feed 0 13622 Scream Queer Murder at The Kings Head https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/08/scream-queer-murder-at-the-kings-head.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scream-queer-murder-at-the-kings-head https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/08/scream-queer-murder-at-the-kings-head.html#respond Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:48:14 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13574 Shy, Strange, Manic
Scream Queer Murder at The Kings Head

It is 1953 and two queer men are inside the head of a famous murder mystery author waiting to be written in to her latest novel. Excitement turns to suspicion and fear when the penny drops that one of them must kill the other. In desperation they turn to their own language – the queer […]

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Self Tape at the King’s Head Theatre

“What happens when you’re in your thirties and your dreams have vanished?” From self-tape auditions to performing as a gay webcam model, what price will Jonas Harland – a jobbing-actor & council-estate boy ‘done good’ – pay in his attempts to win the career he has always dreamt of? Money may be tight, but is it […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/06/self-tape-at-the-kings-heat-theatre.html/feed 0 13548 Wreckage at the Turbine Theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/01/wreckage-at-the-turbine-theatre.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wreckage-at-the-turbine-theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/01/wreckage-at-the-turbine-theatre.html#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:35:23 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13411 Shy, Strange, Manic
Wreckage at the Turbine Theatre

‘I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you.’ Sam and his fiancé Noel have been together for years. They have a house, a cat and their whole lives ahead of them. But when a sudden and permanent distance crashes into their relationship, it falls upon Sam to discover […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2023/01/wreckage-at-the-turbine-theatre.html/feed 0 13411 But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical at the Turbine Theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/10/but-im-a-cheerleader-the-musical.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=but-im-a-cheerleader-the-musical https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/10/but-im-a-cheerleader-the-musical.html#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:06:16 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13315 Shy, Strange, Manic
But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical at the Turbine Theatre

But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical is the story of Megan, an all-American high school cheerleader who has the perfect life. That is, until she finds out her friends and family suspect her of being a lesbian and send her packing to ‘True Directions,’ a rehabilitation camp to set her straight. It is at this […]

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Queenz: The Show with Balls @ The Clapham Grand

The trailblazing, life affirming drag extravaganza taking the UK by storm. Featuring mind blowing LIVE vocals, and not a lip-sync in sight! Join these death-dropping divas as they slay the biggest hits of all time and serve up the sequin-clad pop party we’ve all been gagging for! Starring X Factor & Union J pop sensation […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/09/queenz-the-show-with-balls-the-clapham-grand.html/feed 0 13282 Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope at the King’s Head Theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/08/quentin-crisp-naked-hope-at-the-kings-head-theatre.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quentin-crisp-naked-hope-at-the-kings-head-theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/08/quentin-crisp-naked-hope-at-the-kings-head-theatre.html#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:43:58 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13164 Shy, Strange, Manic
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope at the King’s Head Theatre

From a conventional upbringing to global notoriety via The Naked Civil Servant, Quentin Crisp was one of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century. Openly gay as early as the 1930s, Quentin spent decades being beaten up on London’s streets for refusing to be anything less than himself. His courage, and the philosophy that evolved […]

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]]> https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/08/quentin-crisp-naked-hope-at-the-kings-head-theatre.html/feed 0 13164 Jarman at the King’s Head Theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/08/jarman-at-the-kings-head-theatre.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jarman-at-the-kings-head-theatre https://shystrangemanic.com/2022/08/jarman-at-the-kings-head-theatre.html#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:48:05 +0000 https://shystrangemanic.com/?p=13156 Shy, Strange, Manic
Jarman at the King’s Head Theatre

A mighty spirit is about to reawaken. Yours. Derek Jarman: film-maker, painter, gardener at Prospect Cottage, gay rights activist, writer…his influence remains as strong as it was on the day AIDS killed him in 1994. But his story, one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived, has never been told. Until now. This vibrant new solo […]

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