Gay London Theatre

The Big Queer Poetry Show is back and promises a night full of diverse poetry from a lineup of 14 talented LGBTQIA poets in support of Stonewall Housing.

Hosted by Char Bailey and Em Hunter, the event will celebrate the voices of emerging and established LGBTQIA poets. It aims to amplify diverse perspectives and shed light on the underrepresentation of LGBTQIA artists. This culmination of artistry and activism will also have A Big Queer After Party and raffle with exciting prizes up for grabs!

100% of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated Stonewall Housing, an organisation that supports LGBTQIA individuals experiencing homelessness.

One of the most successful musicals of all time, Cabaret has returned to London's West End for a limited season!

Directed by Olivier Award-winning director, Rebecca Frecknell (A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer & Smoke), the musical stars Maude Apatow (Euphoria) as Sally Bowles, Mason Alexander Park (The Sandman) as The Emcee, and Nathan Ives-Moiba (Roadkill) as Cliff Bradshaw until 23 September. Then, Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) take over as Sally Bowles and The Emcee respectively, with Nathan Ives-Moiba reprising his role as Cliff Bradshaw starting 25 September 2023 until 20 January 2024.

This new West End production features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number Cabaret – with Berlin’s famous Kit Kat Club brought to life through the transformation of London’s Playhouse Theatre. Get your tickets today!

Michael R Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning musical, A Strange Loop, premieres in London this summer. 

Directed by Stephen Bracket (Be More Chill), A Strange Loop stars Kyle Birch (The Color Purple) as Usher and tells a timely story about a young artist at war with his demons. This quirky and comically entertaining metafictional musical tackles identity, race and sexuality to the tune of bouncy Broadway beats and cutting lyrics.

A Strange Loop is now playing on a strictly limited 12-week season at the Barbican until 9 September 2023. Get your tickets today.

Coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough, Dumbledore Is So Gay is a coming out and coming-of-age story set in the early 2000s, featuring a protagonist just looking to make life a little more magical.

This nostalgia-fuelled homage to Harry Potter stars Alex Britt (Black Mirror, Eastenders) as Jack, a young man in love with his best friend Ollie, played by Martin Sarreal (Tammy Faye, Corrina Corrina). 

You can catch Dumbledore Is So Gay at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 16 August to 23 September 2023.

Based on the play by Jean Poiret, La Cages aux Folles is a Timothy Sheader-directed musical packed with dazzling numbers including "I Am What I Am" and "The Best of Times."

The show boasts of a fantastic cast including Carl Mullaney (Chicago, Les Misérables) as Albin, and Billy Carter (A Moon For The Misbegotten) as Georges. They are joined by Debbie Kurup (The Cher Show) as Jacqueline, John Owen-Jones (The Great British Bake Off Musical, Les Miserables) as Edward Dindon, Ben Culleton as Jean-Michel and Sophie Pourret as Anne.

La Cages aux Folles follows the story of drag nightclub manager Georges and his partner, Albin, who performs as Zaza, the nightclub's star attraction. their lives are thrown into chaos when Georges' son, Jean-Michel announces he intends to marry Anne whose father is the bigoted head of the anti-drag Tradition, Family and Morality Party.

Due to popular demand, La Cages aux Folles is showing at The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre until 23 September 2023.

Drag icon Myra DuBois, known for her sharp-witted and acid-tongued comedy is coming to London's Peacock Theatre this September as part of her Be Well UK tour!

Myra DuBois calls out to the disadvantaged, downtrodden and tyrannised of the world with her manifesto for mental health: AdMyrism! Don't miss the opportunity to answer her call. My DuBois: Be Well is playing at the Peacock Theatre from 13 to 16 September 2023.

Set in 1988, The Way Old Friends Do is a new comedy by Ian Hallard about two friends who tentatively come out to each other: one as gay and the other as an ABBA fan. Nearly 30 years later, they reconcile on a chance encounter and decide to form the world's first ABBA tribute band—in drag!

This heartfelt and hilarious story will appeal to anyone who understands how it feels to be a fan: of ABBA or of anyone. Directed by Mark Gatiss, The Way Old Friends Do is on a strictly limited 4-week season at the Criterion Theatre, from 17 August to 9 September. Get your tickets today!

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jonathan Harvey's touching coming-of-age love story, A Beautiful Thing is showing at the Theatre Royal Stratford East this summer.

Directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike, this revival stars Raphael Akuwudike as Ste and Joshua Asaré as Jamie, two teenage boys who seek refuge in each other and explore their feelings and sexuality along the way. The stellar cast also includes Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge as Tony, Shvorne Marks as Sandra, and Scarlett Rayner as Leah.

You can catch A Beautiful Thing at the Theatre Royal Stratford East from 8 September to 7 October 2023.

Opening up conversations about identity crisis and exploring sexuality in a world consumed by toxic masculinity, Candy is Tim Fraser's debut play that swings between comedy and pathos.

The show is performed alone by Michael Waller as Will, who tussles with his new feelings when he first meets the seductive singer, Candy (who happens to be his mate, but in drag), and what they might mean. Candy makes its London premiere at the Park Theatre on 22 August 2023 following a hit run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022.

Tommy Murphy's Strangers in Between, which premiered in the UK in 2016, is coming back to London at the Golden Goose Theatre for a limited season.

This stage revival of the classic Australian drama looks into the highs and lows of growing up gay in modern Australia. Adam Spreadbury-Maher directs the play, which stars Australian diving champion Matthew Mitcham together with Stephen Connery-Brown and Alex Ansdell.

Strangers in Between runs at the Golden Goose Theatre from 19 September to 7 October 2023.

The hit TV show Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star will have its full live stage version at the London Palladium this October 2023!

Glow Up Live! will be hosted by the show's iconic judges, Dominic Skinner and Val Garland. The live stage show will see eight renowned make-up artists from all the past series battling it out for the audience vote at the legendary London Palladium. It will also feature key elements of the TV version, including live tutorials from past season winners and fan favourites.

Glow Up Live! is playing at the London Palladium from 15 to 16 October 2023.

Following its 3-year West End residency, sold-out UK and Ireland tour and an award-winning film adaptation, Everybody's Talking About Jamie will be back in London's West End in 2024!

This multi-award winning musical inspired by a true story follows Jamie New, a sixteen-year-old who doesn't quite fit in, is terrified of the future and is going to be a sensation.

The musical stars Ivano Turco (Get Up, Stand Up!, Cinderella) as Jamie New, Rebecca McKinnis (Dear Evan Hansen) as Margaret New, Shobna Gulati (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Coronation Street) as Ray, Talia Palamathanan (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie film) as Pritti, and John Partridge (Eastenders) as Hugo/Loco Chanelle.

It also features an original score of catchy pop tunes by lead singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae. Everybody's Talking About Jamie will return to West End's Peacock Theatre as part of the UK tour from 8 February to 23 March 2024. Secure your tickets today!