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About My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
Nobody is going to rain on Rob Madge’s parade! After acclaimed performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Turbine Theatre, and in the West End, My Son’s a Queer returns for an encore season at the Ambassadors Theatre.
In 2020, Rob Madge became a social media sensation after sharing clips of their childhood videos online. During the clips, a young Rob tries to recreate the magic of a Disneyland parade in their home. While Rob donned homemade costumes, wigs, and wore makeup to become Disney princesses, their family stepped up to fill in all the parts: stage manager, sound technician, and Goofy.
Reflecting on their childhood, Rob realises it's not all about creating the "perfect" show. In the My Son’s a Queer play, Rob aims to recreate the childhood parade and explore the joy of raising queer children.
The My Son’s a Queer, (But What Can You Do?) London premiere opeend at the Turbine Theatre in 2021. A year later, they took the show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. While in Edinburgh, Rob announced a two-week season of My Son’s a Queer at the Garrick Theatre. In a London Theatre review, our critic said: "Madge has now turned their life-to-date into a 75-minute celebration of being your best and truest self."
Who is Rob Madge?
Rob Madge is a West End performer. As a child, they played Michael Banks in Mary Poppins, the Artful Dodger in Oliver!, and Gavroche in Les Miserables. Madge also starred in the UK premiere of Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
Know before you go
Please note this show contains haze, smoke effects, strobe and flashing lights.
Run time
65 mins
Venue
Categories
Age
12+
Start date
25th January, 2023
End date
1st April, 2023
“Pure queer joy that will make you laugh and cry”
A Joyous Celebration of Queer Childhood
This brilliantly original one-person show has audiences laughing and crying in equal measure as Rob Madge shares their childhood story through home video footage and captivating performance. Reviewers...
What It Feels Like
- Pure joy
- Deeply moving
- Warmly nostalgic
You’ll Love This If…
- You appreciate heartfelt autobiographical storytelling
- You enjoy celebrating queer identity and family acceptance
- You connect with intimate one-person shows
Funny, heart warming, acceptance, joy
A joyous celebration of queer joy! All about acceptance and how parents can raise children to better the world.
I don’t think there was a second during the show that I wasn’t laughing or crying! Honestly, it was incredible. The world would be kinder, brighter and so much more fun if everyone saw MSAQBWCYD and got to witness the beautiful, authentic displays of love Rob and their family so generously and creatively put out there for us all to see. I recommend it with my whole heart and hope they’ve recorded it so we can share it with others when the current run is done!
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) cast and creative team
By: Rob Madge
Director: Luke Sheppard
Cast list: Rob Madge
Songs: Pippa Cleary
Design: Ryan Dawson Laight
Venue
Directions
Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: (Charing Cross Road) 14, 19, 38, 24, 29, 176
Night bus numbers: (Charing Cross Road) 14, 24, 176, N5, N19, N29, N38, N41, N279
Car park: Chinatown (5mins)
Directions from tube: (5mins) Take Cranbourn Street away from Leicester Square until St Martin’s Lane, where you head left up to West Street. The theatre’s on your left past St Martin’s Theatre.
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