This was my first visit to Above The Stag’s latest premises, and I think it’s the slickest building they’ve inhabited to date. It’s still under railway arches with regular distracting rumbles from the trains, but there’s a large bar area to accommodate waiting audiences, and the main theatre (there’s also a studio space now) is well-designed with a nice stage;seating ratio. Having been a patron of the venue since it actually was above The Stag pub in Victoria, I’m always ...

Efficient revival of a lightweight gay love story

A boisterous musical with balls and a lot of heart!  

A theatre with a charming sense of community; a sense that everybody is made to feel welcome here. This is a great night out for the theatre’s target audience, their friends and allies.

A side-splittingly humorous and touching look at LGBT culture and relationships.

Pros: A fascinating and funny play in a tight, intimate venue, hidden under the Vauxhall Arches. Cons: For some, even if the subject matter doesn’t put you off, the rumbling of the trains overhead might just. Some plays just make no sense on paper. Who sits down thinking, “I know, let’s turn my biography of a barely known nineteenth-century homosexual prostitute into a play, and better yet, let’s make it a musical”? Thankfully, though, that seems just the thought process ...

A mixed bag: a flamboyant show but with some unfortunate flaws.

Eva de Valk casts her expert eye over the shows on offer this Christmas, and suggests something for every taste.

Perhaps a crowd pleaser for the regulars and a certain market. It doesn’t do what it advertises: it is not heart-breaking, nor a truthful exploration of forbidden gay love. 

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