FYFFI2 – 2025:
RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS and BEYOND
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Gay Theatre Festival in Britain, Called Homosexual Acts it took place in 1975 at the Almost Free Theatre and later at the ICA.
To celebrate this milestone and the LGBTQ+ work that has followed it we are launching:
AN EXHIBITION, SYMPOSIUM, PLAYREADINGS and to come, a COLLECTION
READ EXHIBITION PRESS PREVIEWS and REVIEWS HERE
EVENTS
RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND BEYOND – EXHIBITION
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 [...]
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Bloolips: Living Leg-Ends Revisited
First off in February 2025, we hosted an event celebrating the legendary Bloolips radical drag company in an event at Hackney Archives called Bloolips: Living Leg-Ends Revisited in the redoubtable company of Lavinia Co-op, reflecting on this fabled show forty years on.
Click here to find out more (Supported by London Borough of Hackney)
Playreading Marathons
In July 2025 we held two playreading marathons where you could take part or listen an array of LGBTQ+ plays from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. See here for more details.
