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  • RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND BEYOND – EXHIBITION

    London Performance Studios

    RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND BEYOND An ambitious new archival exhibition,  celebrating fifty years of LGBTQ+ alternative theatre in the UK.  THURSDAY 6th NOV - SUN 14th DEC Open Fridays to Sunday 12- 5 London Performance Studios Penarth Street London SE15 1TR The programme marks 50 years since Homosexual Acts, the first Gay Theatre Season in Britain that took place at the Almost Free Theatre in 1975. It shares an array of materials from the Unfinished Histories archive alongside other sources, and is curated by its director and co-founder Dr. Susan Croft.  The exhibition charts the growth of the [...]

  • Where to now?

    RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: WHERE TO NOW by MARTIN PATRICK – A STAGED READING

    London Performance Studios

    RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS and BEYOND presents WHERE TO NOW by MARTIN PATRICK THURS 13th NOV & FRI 14th NOV at 7.30pm London Performance Studios Penarth Street London SE15 1TR TICKETS HERE This staged reading explores the conflict of a young black university lecturer forced into confronting his identity in the context of the Brixton riots of 1981. Leaving his white lover of ten years and thereby his own submergence in white culture, he hopes to find fulfilment with a vibrant young black lover. ‘Brave and innovative’ (City Limits) it was among the first plays to bring black British gay male [...]

  • RADICAL ROOTS – Rediscovering Our Lost LGBTQ+ Theatre Histories

    Hackney Showroom 4 Murrain Road, London, Hackney, United Kingdom

    Out of the archives and into Hackney Showroom, Unfinished Histories is thrilled to present a night of rehearsed playreadings by playwrights from Hackney. Directed by Lesley Ewen, it features extracts from: 'Where To Now' (1987) by Martin Patrick: The play explores the conflict of a young Black university lecturer forced into confronting his identity in the context of the Brixton uprising of 1981. If you missed the triumphant shows at London Performance Studios in November, this is your chance to see it again! 'John' (1984) by Adele Salem: An epic, camp ride through the real life relationship between author John [...]

  • Unrehearsed playreading – Teatrolley by Peter Scott-Presland

    Canada Water Theatre Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays Rd, London SE16 7AR, London, United Kingdom

    Unfinished Histories and Southwark Libraries invite you to join us for a FREE in-person evening as part of LGBTQ history month : Teatrolley (or A Midsummer Night's Scream) by Peter Scott-Presland, an LGBTQ+ Unrehearsed Playreading . Be part of a reading of Teatrolley, a captivating, funny play first performed on Hampstead Heath in 1981 by Consenting Adults in Public.Based on an actual 1970s event where members of the GLF decided to go to Hampstead Heath to confront the cruisers with the shallowness of their lifestyles, raise their political consciousness and convince them to come out – and went equipped with a [...]

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