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Jack Goes to Therapy is a tale told with charm, warmth and good humour – review

It’s been a little while since we covered a pub theatre show and we thought it was well overdue, so we thought we’d take a trip to Clapham to check out the Bread and Roses Theatre,  nestled above the Bread and Roses pub, a short stroll from Clapham High Street. Currently playing is Jack Goes to Therapy, by Zac Williams, which enjoyed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer. It tells the story of 29-year-old kindergarten teacher Jack, who turns to various people for help – a nurse…

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DIVA: Live From Hell! is a high-camp musical that knows its audience – review

We first went to check out DIVA: Live From Hell! when it made its UK debut at the Turbine Theatre in Battersea back in 2022 and had a lot of fun, describing it as “a devilish delight”. That same production has been resurrected two years later at the new King’s Head Theatre in Islington, just around the corner from the original location of the iconic north London pub theatre, ahead of a run at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A loose retelling of All About Eve, the show sees Luke…

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SNP MP Mhairi Black tells politicians to ‘leave trans people the hell alone’

Outgoing Deputy Leader of the SNP Mhairi Black defended the trans+ community during a speech at an Edinburgh Fringe Festival event. Speaking at an ‘In Conversation with…’ event hosted by Graham Spiers, she criticised the way trans issues have been transformed into “intellectual debate.” “I want trans people to be able to live with dignity and happiness,” she declared. “And for newspapers and politicians to leave them the hell alone.” “Being trans is not something to be feared,” she continued. “It’s just an aspect of a human being, the same…

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