Thread by @stratfordeast, Here's a little thread delving into our archives for #LGBTHM21 , which [...]

Here's a little thread delving into our archives for #LGBTHM21

, which we'll be adding to throughout the month.

A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney, 1958 
Directed by Joan Littlewood 
Pictured: Frances Cuka and Murray Melvin 
Photo: John Spinner

Here's a little thread delving into our archives for #LGBTHM21 , which we'll be adding to throughout the month.A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney, 1958 Directed by Joan Littlewood Pictured: Frances Cuka and Murray Melvin Photo: John Spinner

When this groundbreaking production was performed it was prohibited to portray a gay character or discuss gay themes on stage. Up until 1968, every new play in Britain required a licence from the Lord Chamberlain’s Office before it could be publicly performed.

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Delaney was the first dramatist to successfully overcome the veto on gay characters in stage plays by portraying (along with actor Murray Melvin) gay art student Geof not as a figure of fun, but as someone with dignity and sensitivity.

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HIGH HEEL PARROTFISH! by Christopher Rodriguez, 2005
@TalawaTheatreCo
Director Paulette Randall
Musical Director Felix Cross
Designer Libby Watson
Lighting James Farncombe
Sound Al Ashford
Choreography @omarokai

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A stomping, farcical music comedy that follows a group of drag queens during Carnival in Trinidad at a time when ‘acts of buggery’ were criminalised.

Cast: Brian Green, Ashley Campbell, @PeterStraker1, @RajGhatak, Anthony Ofoegbu, Sandra Bee, Nicholai La Barrie.

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JAMAICA BOY by @mrstephenhoo, 2014 
Directed by @RikkiBB
Part of Angelic Tales
Pictured: Rikki Beadle-Blair, Stephen Hoo, @JayOmole and Marcus Griffiths

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Set in 1960s Kingston, JAMAICA BOY is a love story that follows a young Chinese-Jamaican man and explores race, riots, identity, sensuality and naked ambition.

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Continuing our celebrations, let's take a look back at some of the brilliant artists, companies and shows that have visited us, performing either on our main stage or in our former studio space Gerry’s...

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We've been fortunate enough to host the stunning @LeGateauChoc twice!

BLACK (2017) is an intimate portrait of Le Gateau’s life: his hopes, fears and battle with depression.

DUCKIE (2018) is a re-imagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.

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THE BUTCH MONOLOGUES (2017)
Performed by The Drakes
@HotpencilP @VitalXposure

A powerful collection of stories exploring sexuality, vulnerability and desire taken from interviews with butches, masculine women, gender rebels and transmen, living world-wide.

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POLARIS (2018)
Written and performed by Holly & Tabby ( @TheTabbyLamb)

An exploration of the effect of violent language in casual conversations, on a journey that takes them back 75 million years, into outer space and back to school.

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PECS Mansformation workshops, 2017

The always-brilliant @pecsdrag collective ran some workshops where participants explored their inner ‘man’. @daisthehale @celinelowenthal @twilkeyway @isabel_ay

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THE SOFT SUBJECT (A LOVE STORY), 2018
Written and performed by @ImChrisWoodley

Chris Woodley’s autobiographical solo show invites us back into the classroom to learn about love, loss and The Little Mermaid.

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Remembering our 2017 production SUMMER IN LONDON, the first full-scale play to feature an all-trans cast on a mainstream stage in the UK.

Writer/dir: @RikkiBB
Set: Tom Paris
Costume: Jonathan Lipman
Lighting: Jack Weir
Sound: Chris Murray
Ass. Dir: Sarah Meadows

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Starring: @TiggerBlaize, @mzzkimberley, Tyler Luke Cunningham, @elbfrankland, @GiganteUk, @Ash_Palmo and Kamari Romeo.

We asked the cast to look back at what being in the show meant to them.