May 2019
Jock Night at King’s Head Theatre: Until 11 May
Jock is the hottest club in town but the party starts as the club night ends. You are invited to the ultimate after-party and the search for love in a world of chemsex and jockstraps. When a gay porn star arrives, Ben must decide whether he can give up his life of hook ups, chill-outs and come downs.
Find out more »This Island’s Mine, King’s Head: Until 8 June
Seventeen-year-old Luke runs away to London – away from homophobic playground slurs, headlines that scream ‘Don’t Teach Our Children To Be Gay’ and a family who wouldn’t understand him – to Uncle Martin, who he once saw with his arms around another man at a march. In the capital, Mark is sacked because of fears about colleagues working with ‘someone like him’. His boyfriend, Selwyn, faces being beaten up both by the police and at home by his own stepbrother. Meanwhile, Debbie battles with her son, who doesn’t want to live with her and her girlfriend. And retired piano teacher…
Find out more »July 2019
Southern Belles, King’s Head: until 24 August
Southern Belles unites two groundbreaking one-act plays by one of the twentieth century’s most influential dramatists, Tennessee Williams. Presented together for the very first time, these startling tales of love, loneliness and longing will headline King’s Head Theatre’s Queer Season Read our interview with director Jamie Armitage
Find out more »November 2019
A Prayer for Wings, The King’s Head Theatre
Written and directed by Sean Mathias, this is a powerful story of family and dreams of the future.
Find out more »The Nativity Panto, The King’s Head Theatre: until 11 January
Presented by Charles Court Opera, this year's Panto at the King's Head is A Not-So Silent Night. It's a respectful, yet irreverent adaptation of the Nativity story, with musical numbers, and lots of puns. There's adult-only evening performances as well as family-friendly matinees.
Find out more »January 2020
Happily Ever Poofter, King’s Head Theatre: until 8 February
Rich Watkins charts his personal journey with a bit of help from some Disney fantasy.
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