#queer theatre

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Hey, you!

Yeah, you!

Do you crave more ✨canon queer stories✨ in your fandom experience? Are you begging for more major character representation that you don’t have to headcanon for yourself?

Then have I got the kickstarter for you!

The Tin Can Bros (a comedy trio and makers of live theatre, digital sketches, webseries, you name it! You might know them from all the work they’ve done with Starkid—founding Tin Can Brothers Joey and Brian played Ron and Quirrell in A Very Potter Musical) are launching a brand new season of projects, most of which contain QUEER MAJOR CHARACTERS AND THEMES. These guys have got gays, they’ve got lesbians, they’ve got trans and gnc characters, they’ve got wholesome first love and Hannigram levels of fucked-up toxicity. It’s a whole cornucopia!! They’re planning to produce work in Los Angeles, NYC, London, Edinburgh, and Adelaide, but there will be digital tickets so you can watch where ever you are!

We’ve got:

-Two Rocky Horror-style concerts of the cult-hit, spy-movie parody musical Spies Are Forever. Gay protagonist who will sear himself into your heart! Seriously, his relationship with fellow spy Owen will emotionally destroy you for at least seven years.

-A concert of the developing musical This Could Be on Broadway, which follows a group of high school kids putting on a production of The Matrix: The Musical (not a show in real life) in their theatre department. A bunch of the central kids are canonically some flavor of queer, and there’s a central, very sweet lesbian romance that includes a trans character. She’s played trans actress Esther Fallick, who also worked with TCB as a consultant to make the character and show as authentic as possible. Seriously, if you want to see a trans teen thriving in their own skin, this is the show for you.

-An Edinburgh Fringe Fest production of The Solve It Squad Returns, a Scooby-Doo parody that follows the parodic versions of the Scooby Gang when they reunite as fucked-up adults to finally confront the almost-twenty-years-past traumatic murder of their dog Cluebert. I promise it’s funnier than it sounds. Esther, the Velma-esque super genius, is gender non-conforming and identifies with they/them pronouns. They also have a girlfriend WITH a boyfriend!

-A workshop reading of the QUEER SCI-FI TELEVISION COMEDY PILOT Intelligent Life. Unlike the other projects I’ve mentioned, this one is new to the TCB fans, but will follow a pair of ex-boyfriends forced to survive together in an extra-terrestrial colony. From the sound of it, there will be plenty of queer supporting characters as well. This frankly sounds like it could be tumblr’s dream show, and it’d be great to support its development.

-The Great Debate—a live comedy game show where comedians debate silly things. While this obviously won’t have narrative gay rep like the other projects, it will showcase gay talent (at the very least, Tin Can Brother Corey will participate in every show) and may include debates involving queer topics.

-Gross Prophets, in which three wannabe gurus/cult leaders lead a seminar on the path to enlightenment. This is a completely new stage musical so I honestly don’t know if it will contain any queer characters or themes. But the TCB queer track record is pretty good!

Guys, I’m so genuinely so excited by this season. But all this awesome queer art won’t happen unless we get their kickstarter funded. And they need our help! So let’s get fundraising!!

TLDR; Comedy group Tin Can Bros are attempting to fund a season positively filled with queer stories and characters, and they need help! If you want to support the creation of queer theatre and the development of queer TV, consider checking them out and giving to the kickstarter!

#seriously guys we’re always talking about how we want more queer stories #and content #and these guys are trying to give them to us! #let’s make it happen instead of just sitting around with wistful thinking #starkid #team Starkid #tin can bros #Tinlightenment #queer #queer community #queer stories #gay #lesbian #trans #gay stories #gay theatre #queer theatre #lesbian theatre #lesbian stories #trans theatre #trans stories

[queerasfact]

The first known Mr Darcy on stage was a woman. In 1899 Miss Willis as Mr Darcy performed alongside Miss Childs as Elizabeth Bennet, as part of an all-female production of Pride and Prejudice at Wellesley College, Massachusetts.

Learn more about queerness in adaptations of Jane Austen!

[Image: Photo captioned "A scene from "Pride and Prejudice" as dramatised and performed at Wellesley. From a photograph by Partridge, Boston." The photo shows a group of young women dressed as the cast of "Pride and Prejudice", inluding four dressed as men, with two posing as part of "heterosexual" couples. Source.]

#pride and prejudice #jane austen #queer history #lgbt #lgbtq #queer women #queer theatre #women's history

[fromtherazor2therosary]

i like in trousers a normal amount. i like in trousers as much as any other musical or piece of media. i do not spend countless hours a day analyzing it in my head while i listen to the soundtrack. that would be weird. im not weird. im normal.

#in trousers #in trousers musical #the marvin trilogy #musical theatre #queer theatre #william finn #falsettos #falsettoland #march of the falsettos #marvin falsettos #whizzer brown

[angelfirewalker]

Before my passion became all about Good Omens and a certain Demon , I had other interests...lol.

As a David Bowie and Kate Bush admirer , I was led down the path toward Lindsay Kemp, their mentor.... Lindsay is one of the reasons so much happened in the 70s creatively, as Bowie once said, none of this would of this would of been possible without Kemp.

And Lindsay Kemp really was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on Nitrous Oxide. He is part of Queer Theatrical History.

Once Upon a Time......

The first time I actually saw Lindsay Kemp in the flesh was at The World David Bowie Convention at a massive hotel complex in Hammersmith. I went with a friend who was a massive Bowie freak and as I liked adventures, it wasn't really my type of thing, was never good in big crowds but it was one of best decisions I ever made. It was over a weekend, and I spotted that Lindsay was being interviewed. His interview was very, very popular. There were no seats left, so I sat on the floor.

A photo I found years later. and I am not in it...lol

I knew about Lindsay from both David Bowie and Kate Bush. But at Art School I had been guided towards Textile Design & Print and not done Theatre Design as I originally had wanted to at 16 in my first year at Art School. Natasha Korniloff taught there and she was another part of Kemp co/ Bowie history. I later went back and did the Advanced Theatre course and got taught by her.

Lindsay with Kate Bush, 1993, Natasha Korniloff and David Bowie 1979/80. Lindsay and David Bowie 1970s.

(The Textile design was not wasted, I needed it for the printing of the Kimonos in Onnagata).

I was spellbound and mesmerised by Lindsay, he was effervescent ... my friend had gone to watch some Bowie video / film. Lindsay had captivated me, and I picked up flyers for the shows at Sadlers Wells later that month. I booked for Dream and the 2nd shows of Façade and Nijinsky.

Still have the ticket..

I saw Dream from the back row of the gods.. cheap seats.. they looked like tiny fairies from up there. I was a student with no grant, so my cleaning job paid for everything , including paints and paper. DREAM was AMAZING..... like a moving masterpiece painting.

Photos of Kemp Co, A Midsummer Nights Dream.

The programme.

They looked like tiny fairies from where I sat.... I was hooked, so much so my design work the next day changed over night. We were doing landscapes in Textiles... suddenly mine was Dream inspired... the tutor was like what happened to you?.. I told him I had seen Lindsay and co the night before...' that explains it!' he said. I saw Façade and Nijinsky the following week from the stalls. I was in LOVE.. I had come home.. Yes. that old cliché Lindsay Kemp had changed my life. ☺...most people day that.

But my passion grew and grew and years later, after my path ended up in theatre. After on Talk Lindsay did with David Haughton at the Baylis studio theatre at Sadlers Wells in 1989, I got very brave and offered my skills to help. I was working at a Costumiers in London for 2 years. I was a very shy, timid person (well I still am, I wear a mask/ put on a facade / act to deal with situations ). So, offering to help out was a massive deal.. I spoke to David Haughton (Associate Director / Performer ), I was far too nervous to approach Lindsay and I babbled so much that I made absolutely no sense whatever..... David H made me take a deep breath and repeat everything I had just said.

That was the day I first stepped into a Kemp Company world. And as you say, the rest is history.

If you are interested in learning more about The Lindsay Kemp Company, there is a link in my very 1st post. I am now a bit of a Kemp Co archivist, and there is a wonderful selection of photos about all the shows over the years.

Top Left, Me with Lindsay and his Mum Marie, Roma, Italy 1990, Top Right - Lindsay and I in Yolanda Sonnabends studio. London 1992. Bottom Left, Lindsay and Me, Worthing 2014. Bottom Right Me, Lindsay and Francọis Testory backstage during Flowers in Trieste Italy 1992.

I will write more about my life in the Kemp company another time.

I love how the first time my performance in the Kemp Co matches David Bowie's in the Kemp Co... I love things like that.♡ 35 years in between though.

#david bowie #the lindsay kemp company #lindsay kemp company #a midsummer night's dream #Nijinsky #facade #natasha korniloff #david bowie convention 1983 #kate bush #suezanskeltonartist #suezangel #lgbtq community #lgbtq #lgbtq history #good omens #good omens crowley #queer theatre #neil gaiman #queer theatre history #david tennant

[anewgayeveryday]

Today's LGBT+ Character is;

Tilly Evans |Tillius the Paladin from She Kills Monsters-Lesbian

Requested by anon

Status: Deceased

#Tilly Evans #Tilius the Paladin #She Kills Monsters #lesbian #lgbt #character of the day #wlw #plays #stage plays #queer theatre #fandoms i'm not in #requested #LGBTQueue #deceased

[saintqueer]

i'm losing my mind at this musical adaptation of the queer romance between Jonathan and David in the bible, it made me burst out in sobs

just watch it, TRUST ME

#i'm gonna be annoying and add a shit tom of tags because i want more people to see this #this WRECKED me as a queer who grew up in the church #jonathan and david #gay christian #queer christianity #queers in the bible #bible shitpost #mlm concept #mlm fanfic #queer romance #historical queerness #lgbtq history #idk how to even tag this tho i just want people to see it because 🥹 #musical theater fandom #musical theater kid #jesus chris superstar #godspell #jesus christ superstar #queer theology #queer theatre #queer themes #bible stories #ok that's all i can think of #idk i just fucking love it dude

[magpieartistsensemble]

Magpie Presents: The World Premier of

BriarRose, a Queer Musical Fairytale

If you’ve been wandering through the woods searching for the mirror that truly reflects you - you found it! Welcome.

BriarRose is the age-old story of a fairytale Princess banished by an evil Queen, with a twist: the “Princess” is actually Briar, a young trans man just discovering his identity. With help from budding sorceress Ellen, Briar is able to magically transform into his true self, and together they make a new life for themselves deep in the enchanted woods. But when dashing Prince Alister and Lady Knight Brunhilde appear after Ellen casts a seemingly harmless charm, Briar and Ellen’s simple lives are suddenly much more complicated - and the Queen still casts a long shadow over what should be a happy ending.

Join this cast of familiar characters as they explore a world where magic can unlock what lies inside your heart - for better or for worse…

BriarRose will have its world premier run at Theatre Off Jackson in Seattle on Pride Weekend 2023 (June 24 & 25). The production will also have a proshot!

Downloads and in-person tickets can both be purchased by supporting our Kickstarter campaign, launching in May.

Auditions will be March 3 & 4 at the Armory in Seattle - click here to sign up.

#trans man #trans art #musical theatre #into the woods #broadway #gay romance #gay fairy tale #trans representation #Queer Theatre #theatre kid #transmasc #lesbian representation #briar/rose #grimms brothers

[waterfalldancer]

musical theatre roles that would be amazing genderbent

-beast (beauty and the beast)

-karnak (ride the cyclone)

-sebastian (the little mermaid)

-orpheus (hadestown)

-literally everyone except for helene, sonya, and marya (great comet)

-emmett (legally blonde)

-justin (21 chump street)

#musical theatre #lgbtq positivity #queer theatre #genderbent #musicals #beauty and the beast #ride the cyclone #the little mermaid #hadestown #great comet of 1812 #21 chump street #legally blonde

[singular-almond]

THE TONY AWARDS ARE ON AND I AM SO THRILLED.

There are so many of my favourite artists there this year and it makes me so happy.

I also want to mention the first two openly out nonbinary performers who won Tonys!! Alex Newell from Shucked and J. Harrison Ghee from Some like it hot ‼️‼️‼️

I am so proud of everyone and getting to see all my favourite actors get Tony’s.

Christian Borle is not bald anymore

#christian borle #some like it hot #Tony’s #the tony awards #ariana debose #a dolls house #shucked #brandon uranowitz #into the woods #theatre #stephanie j block #betsy wolfe #gaten matarazzo #sweeney todd #j harrison ghee #alex newell #nonbinary #queer history #queer theatre #queer pride #bipoc artists

[manichewitz]

this might be a long shot but does anyone out there on the interwebs have a copy of i, joan by charlie josephine? its a play that retells the story of joan of arc as a nonbinary person. for some reason i can’t buy it from the concord theatricals website since i don’t live in the UK and that seems to be the only place its been officially licensed :/ someone pls help me out

#joan of arc #nonbinary #plays #theatre #theater #UK #acting #transmasc #representation #queer theater #queer theatre #UK theatre #the national theatre #charlie josephine #jeanne d’arc #nb #enby #.txt #alex talks

[templeofshame]

The Interrobangers by M Sloth Levine

#theatre #new plays #queer theatre #messy bitch era #m sloth levine

[variousqueerthings]

#the birdcage #la cage aux folles #queer stuff #queer history #queer cinema #queer theatre #this is delightful!

[queerasfact]

In 1932, lovers Josephine Hutchinson and Eva le Gallienne performed together in Dear Jane, a play adapting the life of Jane Austen. The play ends with Jane, played by Josephine, refusing three male suitors, and instead walking off with her sister Cassandra, played by Eva.

Learn more about queerness and Jane Austen

[Image: 1927 photo of Josephine and Eva, standing in a garden. One is in overalls with her arm around the other, who wears a dress - source]

#jane austen #queer history #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #eva la gallienne #josephine hutchinson #queer theatre #queer women

[fromtherazor2therosary]

if anyone knows where i can find a recording of angels in america. please tell me. i know there’s a miniseries. i don’t care. i want to watch a stage version so bad man.

#angels in america #angels in america play #tony kushner #play #theatre #queer theatre #queer history #andrew garfield #christian borle #nathan lane #billy porter

[ineffablemossy]

I'm at the Edinburgh Festival / Fringe (I'm local) and just came out of a moving, quite depressing show using King Lear's dialogue to talk about homelessness.

I immediately hear someone touting their show as a 'queer pirate romcom' and do I want a flyer.

Yes yes I do

But they'd better not breakup at the end I swear I will go insane

#Edinburgh Festival #Edinburgh Fringe #Ed Fringe 2023 #Shakespeare #Good Omens fandom #if you know you know #queer pirates #queer theatre #im going feral #good omens spoilers #ofmd

[desdasiwrites]

– Tony Kushner, Angels in America

#book quote of the day #tony kushner #angels in america #plays #gay #AIDS crisis #1980s #queer theatre #drama #book quotes