This is a piece of verbatim theatre, telling three stories of queer activism from the mid-20th century to the present day; Alexis Gregory conducted interviews with Michael-Anthony Nozzi (a survivor of the Stonewall riots), Lavinia Co-op (a 70s drag artist), and Paul Burston (a 90s AIDS activist).
‘Treats its characters & subjects with respect & dignity’: RIOT ACT – Stream Theatre (Online review)
Alexis Gregory’s one-man show is a passionate and engrossing piece of theatre, created and assembled from verbatim accounts from gay men who have encountered key points in queer history.
‘Emotionally powerful piece’: CHILDREN’S CHILDREN (Online review) ★★★★★
Children’s Children, a short film formed of five monologues, is a powerful and thought provoking piece that asks if history can ever really be forgotten when it still forms part of the present.
Undetectable Q&A video: Tom Wright, Rikki Beadle-Blair & guests on chemsex & the gay community
Why is intimacy so hard? In the bedroom, when can drugs be a help and when a hindrance? How much should we reveal to a new partner? What new demons do today’s young gay men carry with them into relationships? After the fun we had last month with My Dad’s Gap Year at the Park Theatre, […]
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the premiere of Tom Wright’s Undetectable, directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Wednesday 20 March 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will be at the King’s Head Theatre for world premiere production of post-chemsex drama Undetectable. Got any questions?
My Dad’s Gap Year Q&A video & photos: Launching Tom Wright & Rikki Beadle-Blair’s unstoppable collaboration
The Park Theatre has been absolutely buzzing with two sell-out shows, including in Park 90, Tom Wright’s debut play My Dad’s Gap Year, which has nearly sold out the rest of its run too. What’s the secret alchemy between Wright and his director Rikki Beadle-Blair?
‘At its best when it explores generational conflict’: MY DAD’S GAP YEAR – Park Theatre
Tom Wright’s My Dad’s Gap Year, a new play about gender fluidity and family love, has some good moments.
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri & Rikki Beadle-Blair for new knockabout comedy My Dad’s Gap Year
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Thursday 7 February 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to London’s Park Theatre for the world premiere of new comedy My Dad’s Gap Year. Got any questions?
NEWS: Amazing line-up for Songs and Solidarity, a West End fundraiser for Grenfell Tower fire
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire was a devastating loss but a small mercy has been the way in which so many have responded in offering various means of help and support. Adding to this remarkable group are Giles Terera and Danielle Tarento, who have combined forces to speedily put together Songs and Solidarity – a West End fundraising gala evening of song, dance and comedy for the hundreds of families made homeless and the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire.
NEWS: Stage adaptation of Oscar winner Room premieres in new Stratford East season
Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East, Kerry Michael today announces the theatre’s forthcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season. In-house productions include the world premiere stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s best-selling novel Room, now also an Oscar-winning film.
Review: Gutted (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
We love new writing. We love it even more when a London writer whose work we’ve been following steps up a level: in the same way as David Eldridge’s remarkable In Basildon won him fresh respect at the Royal Court, Rikki Beadle-Blair’s newest script Gutted edges him alongside Mark Ravenhill or Steven Berkoff in the […]
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Review: Gutted (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
We love new writing. We love it even more when a London writer whose work we’ve been following steps up a level: in the same way as David Eldridge’s remarkable In Basildon won him fresh respect at the Royal Court, Rikki Beadle-Blair’s newest script Gutted edges him alongside Mark Ravenhill or Steven Berkoff in the […]
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