Tiger Lillies Soho Theatre, London Beneath a bloody moon the macabre, clown-like Martyn Jacques picks up an accordion and takes a deep breath. Too much breath. His lungs seem …
When BBCRadio 4 presenter Sima Kotectcha visited her home town of Basingstoke to conduct a discussion about immigration just days after the vote to leave the EU, the very last …
An Evening With Marc Almond Royal Festival Hall Thank goodness for heatproof mascara. It’s thirty degrees on the South Bank but Marc Almond’s fans are easy to spot. They are …
What’s the point of Gay Pride? is a question I’m often asked by ‘straight’ people. This is often followed by an insistence that my interrogator has ‘no problem with gay’s, …
L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI Garsington Opera, Wormsley Hall Celebrated interpreter of Rossini, David Parry, returns to Garsington (now at Mark Getty’s Wormsley estate) with The Italian Girl in Algiers directed by …
The View From Islington North Arts Theatre, London
STOP THE CLOCKS: THOUGHTS ON WHAT I LEAVE BEHIND by Joan Bakewell Virago £18.99
The Amazing Devil Gerry’s Club, London
Between Boris Johnson’s apocalyptic invocation of the Fuhrer, and the worthless, bitter moaning of Nigel Farage and the affluent from Broadstairs and Basingstoke, it’s easy to forget that those who …
Donovan London Palladium
Funny Girl Savoy Theatre, London
Guys and Dolls Phoenix Theatre, London
Feinstein Ensemble: Bach Mass in B Minor Kings Place, London
A YouGov opinion poll published 10 days before Londoners go to the polls to elect a new mayor put Labour’s Sadiq Khan 20 points ahead of Zac Goldsmith.
Cary Gee talks to the legendary Kinky Friedman – singer, songwriter, novelist, columnist, humourist and politician
Shazia Mirza: The Kardashians Made Me Do It Soho Theatre, London
“I’m Out and Proud”, declared Boris Johnson as he appealed to the LGBT community in Britain to vote “Leave” in the European Union referendum.
Cary Gee has seen a new musical that recounts some strange but true nuclear history
THE SONG MACHINE: INSIDE THE HIT FACTORY by John Seabrook Jonathan Cape £16.99
‘Most ventriloquists…’ begins Nina Conti; ‘…die on cruise ships’ finishes her monkey, by way of introduction. He’s quick, her monkey. ‘I just say the first thing that comes into her …
The Rinse Cycle Charing Cross Theatre London
During the Winter of Discontent (1978-79,) a mountain of rubbish was piled high in Leicester Square after Westminster Council declared that there was nowhere else to dump it. This was, …
Cary Gee talks to artist and ‘orange witch’ Joe Hesketh about Sylvia Plath, the Pendle witches and more
