Writer Tony Warren, founder of Coronation Street, has died aged 79. To read the Guardian obituary of this remarkable man go here
Tony Warren 08-07-1936 to 01-03-2016
Feb
1
Wed
all-day
Queer Talk: Homosexuality in Bri...
@ The Red House
Queer Talk: Homosexuality in Bri...
@ The Red House
Feb 1 – Oct 28 all-day
This exhibition will mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. It will focus on Benjamin Britten and his partner, the tenor Peter Pears, at a time when their relationship was illegal. Key works highlighting their relationship will be featured along with the wider cultural, political and legal situation faced by gay men in the 1950s.
Sep
21
Thu
7:30 pm
Royal Vauxhall
@ The Garage
Royal Vauxhall
@ The Garage
Sep 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm
A new musical by Desmond O’Connor Royal Vauxhall is a wild romp of a musical which plays out the imagined events of the true story of the night Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett took Princess Diana in drag to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. The story, widely reported in the press following the revelation by Cleo Rocos in her 1998 autobiography, is ...
Sep
26
Tue
7:00 pm
Bar Wotever 26th September with ...
@ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Bar Wotever 26th September with ...
@ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Sep 26 @ 7:00 pm
Joining our host, Michael Twaits, is all-round wonder of the cabaret scene The Phoenix (with one of Rhys’ pieces)! We also have resident king Benjamin Butch, Orlando, Bae Sharam, Gareth Edwards and MIcah Nx! ————————– Bar Wotever – Queer Tuesdays at RVT Doors: from 7pm, Show start 8.30pm, ends abt 10.30 Then DJs play until we close at Midnight Entry: ...
Oct
5
Thu
5:30 pm
‘Moonlight’ film screening @ The...
@ Room LR1, Arts Building, The University of Birmingham
‘Moonlight’ film screening @ The...
@ Room LR1, Arts Building, The University of Birmingham
Oct 5 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
The University of Birmingham Rainbow Network celebrates Black History Month with the screening of the Oscar-winning film ‘Moonlight’. The film, which was released in 2016, shows the coming-of-age story of an African-American gay man growing up in America.
Oct
6
Fri
all-day
Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival
@ Old Market Hall Cinema
Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival
@ Old Market Hall Cinema
Oct 6 – Oct 8 all-day
Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival, in it’s 12th year, screens LGBTQ+ films. There are feature films, documentaries, International & UK short films, Q & A sessions with visiting speakers/directors. This year, we have a lecture: ‘Looking Awry: Bisexual Desires on Screen’, by Jacob Engelburg, a Film Programmer based in Brighton, England where he runs the queer film strand Eyes Wide Open ...
Oct
8
Sun
7:30 am
Pink Narcissus
@ The Bike Shed Theatre
Pink Narcissus
@ The Bike Shed Theatre
Oct 8 @ 7:30 am
Beacons, Icons and Dykons brings you an evening of performance inspired by and featuring the best moments from Pink Narcissus (James Bidgood, 1971) An American arthouse drama about the erotic reveries of a gay male prostitute in his Manhattan apartment. This is a unique experience in visual fantasy, shot in 8mm film with kitsch interiors with bright, otherworldly lighting and ...
Oct
27
Fri
7:15 pm
A Revolution in Sexual Politics
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church,
A Revolution in Sexual Politics
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church,
Oct 27 @ 7:15 pm
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the (partial) decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. The programme ranges from Lieder by Schubert and Richard Strauss which have an underground gay slant, through to settings of gay poets Verlaine, Proust, Gertrude Stein, A E Housman, W H Auden and others, and music by Reynaldo Hahn, Samuel Barber, Poulenc, Britten, Noel ...
Nov
3
Fri
7:15 pm
Women’s Lives and Loves
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church
Women’s Lives and Loves
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church
Nov 3 @ 7:15 pm
Gemma Summerfield – Soprano, Nigel Foster – Piano Gay Soper – Speaker A performance of Frauenliebe und Leben, Schumann’s iconic cycle of a woman’s life and love, and other songs by women composers, with readings from the diaries and journals of famous and infamous lesbians throughout history, including Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, Radclyffe Hall, Anne Lister and others. Sung by ...
Nov
4
Sat
2:00 pm
Springs and Roundabouts: Afterno...
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church
Springs and Roundabouts: Afterno...
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church
Nov 4 @ 2:00 pm
A very special milestone for the London Song Festival, as towering blonde glamour-puss, composer – lyricist and ex Vegas nightclub chanteuse Miss Hope Springs brings you songs from her unreleased 1969 LP. She reflects “There are so many circles, spirals and revolutions on the journey of life. I was personally entertaining Fidel Castro when the Cuban one broke out in ...
Nov
5
Sun
8:00 pm
The Wiz, Presented by Beacons, I...
@ The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
The Wiz, Presented by Beacons, I...
@ The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
Nov 5 @ 8:00 pm
Beacons, Icons and Dykons presents an evening of performance inspired by and featuring the best moments from musical spectacular The Wiz. (Sidney Lumet, 1978) Starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor, the film retells the classic tale of the Wizard of Oz with an African American cast, where the Land of Oz is a fantasy version of New York ...
Nov
6
Mon
all-day
LGBT rights: what next? panel di...
@ LSE Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
LGBT rights: what next? panel di...
@ LSE Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Nov 6 all-day
What has been achieved since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act and the partial discrimination of homosexuality? What hurdles still have to be overcome for LGBT rights? Angela Mason, Chris Smith and Peter Tatchell will discuss these questions and answer your questions. Angela Mason is Labour Councillor of Camden Council, and former Director of Stonewall and Chair of the Fawcett Society. ...
Nov
18
Sat
2:00 pm
A Jarman Winterreise
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church
A Jarman Winterreise
@ Hinde Street Methodist Church
Nov 18 @ 2:00 pm
Simon Wallfisch – Baritone, Nigel Foster – Piano Kevin Moore – Speaker Baritone Simon Wallfisch (“There was an energy and buzz every time Simon Wallfisch was on stage”: Opera Today) and Nigel Foster (piano) perform Schubert’s extraordinary song-cycle Winterreise, interspersed with readings from the diary of Derek Jarman, charting his winter journey from his diagnosis as HIV positive in 1986 ...