The Broken Legs collection of LGBT+ theatre reviews
“Here & Now: The Steps Musical” – Theatre Royal, Nottingham ★★★☆☆
Featuring the music of Steps, Here & Now is, ultimately, a harmless comedy romp that doesn’t particularly warrant a full-blown…
“Hindsite” – Derby Theatre
Set thousands of years in the future, ‘Hindsite’ tells the story of alien historians exploring a wrecked spaceship from Earth…
“The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse” – Nottingham Playhouse ★★★☆☆
The stage is draped in garish floral curtains, through which peers a seemingly timid elderly lady – but appearances can…
“Fat Ham” – RSC ★★★☆☆
“Fat Ham” has all the usual set-up of Hamlet (a young man in emotional turmoil, dead dad, uncle married to…
“The Prince” – Lace Market Theatre
The Lace Market Theatre’s latest production, The Prince, takes everything we think we know about Shakespeare and turns it on…
“Detention” – Nottingham Playhouse ★★★☆☆
Exploring the history and ramifications of Section 28, a local government act introduced in 1988 to banish the promotion of…
“& Juliet” – Nottingham Theatre Royal ★★★★☆
Reimagining Shakespeare’s classic, “& Juliet” turns the story on its head, promoting Juliet to the main character and exploring life…
“Edward II” – RSC ★★★★☆
The RSC’s production of Christopher Marlowe’s “Edward II” presents a frank, honest interpretation of the King’s much-debated homosexuality and his…
“A Taste of Honey” – The Little Theatre, Leicester
This blog post was written for East Midlands Theatre. Leicester Drama Society’s recreation of Shelagh Delaney’s kitchen-sink drama “A Taste…
“Why am I so single?” – Garrick Theatre ★★☆☆☆
From the writers of “Six”, this hotly anticipated new musical “Why am I so single?” tells a story of modern…
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