Celebrate Pride month with the huge range of inclusive, LGBTQ+-themed theatre currently in London.
June is Pride month in the UK and internationally, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Since it was first in the US in 1969 to commemorate the Stonewall Riots (a series of demonstrations in New York City), Pride month has honoured and reflected on the LGBTQ+ community, the struggles they have faced, and the joys of living as their truest selves. Although it is important to recognise and support the LGBTQ+ community all year round, this month is the perfect opportunity to recognise and showcase the amazing theatre work based on and created by queer people.
There is currently a huge selection of theatre in London that showcases LGBTQ+ themes, relationships, and experiences. This list is your ultimate guide to pride in London theatre, to show the diversity its shows have to offer.
Cabaret
The Producers
Titanique
The Devil Wears Prada
Oh, Mary!
Kinky Boots The Musical
End of the Rainbow
The P Word
Avenue Q
Pride
Cabaret
Kander and Ebb’s musical Cabaret is based on the autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin by gay writer Christopher Isherwood (a near contemporary of Terence Rattigan). Set in 1920s Berlin, the Kit Kat Club is a haven of gender fluidity and sexual experimentation. However, while Sally Bowles and the Emcee get most of the attention, it’s the queer ex-pat writer Cliff who is the anchor of the story.
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The Producers
Musical theatre and all things LGBT+ go together like peanut butter and jelly. Everyone and everything is shamelessly skewered and mocked in Mel Brooks’s outrageous musical comedy, no matter how taboo. Naturally, gay culture, like Jewish culture, is lampooned to an absurd degree. The show is still delighting the West End, led by Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin. Keep it light, keep it bright, keep it gay!
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Titanique
James Cameron’s blockbuster movie, based on the real-life tragedy, is hilariously sent up in this musical comedy in which power ballad diva Celine Dion is our guide and the real hero of the story. In a five-star review, LondonTheatre.co.uk’s reviewer observed that a highlight of the show is the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown “taking Dion’s heartfelt lyrics and giving them a bawdy twist with the help of a giant aubergine”. Prepare for a torrential wave of camp!
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The Devil Wears Prada
The fabulously stylish stage musical version of the hit comedy film (which now has a fashionable sequel in cinemas!) is a great watch this Pride month. Not only is the devilish Runway editor Miranda Priestley something of a camp icon, but a crucial subplot centres on the magazine's creative director, Nigel, who shares what fashion meant to him growing up as a young gay man in the emotional number “Seen”.
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Oh, Mary!
The gleefully outrageous, Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy Oh, Mary! has camp baked into its DNA, thanks to its magnificent non-binary creator Cole Escola. It's also a poignant tale of people who aren't accepted by society, from the First Lady (currently played by Catherine Tate) who longs to express herself through cabaret to the closeted president, Abraham Lincoln, who can't be open about his homosexuality. A perfectly hilarious, but also very touching, Pride show.
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Kinky Boots The Musical
This joyful, Tony-winning musical by queer artist Harvey Fierstein and pop legend Cyndi Lauper is based on the true story of a drag queen who teamed up with the owner of a struggling shoe factory in Northampton. It's a life-affirming show about looking beyond differences and stereotypes, and instead accepting and celebrating one another. Strictly Come Dancing professional – and new presenter! – Johannes Radebe leads the show as a fab-u-lous Lola.
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End of the Rainbow
Peter Quilter's poignant play about Judy Garland's final chapter, during which she prepared for a series of concerts while struggling with addiction and other demons, features an extraordinary performance by a true LGBTQ+ icon: two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon, who has become a Broadway star and is now taking London by storm. This is a beautiful union of a legendary artist who means so much to the queer community, and a contemporary star honouring her memory.
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The P Word
Waleed Akhtar's tremendous, Olivier Award-winning new play balances a tender love story between two opposites-attract men with potent commentary on homophobia and asylum. Akhtar plays Bilal, who has rejected his Pakistani roots, while Esh Alladi is a gay asylum seeker who fled Pakistan after his family discovered his sexuality. Through a friendship and then relationship, the pair gradually connect. This is both a moving and thought-provoking trip for Pride month.
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Avenue Q
The naughtiest puppets in town are back! The iconic musical Avenue Q is like a Sesame Street for young adults, so instead of teaching you the alphabet, it covers subjects like struggling to get a job, finding your purpose, racism, and sexuality – all with tons of humour and heart. One of the sweetest plot lines involves closeted Rod and his roommate Nicky, who tries to encourage him to come out with the song "If You Were Gay". You'll cheer on these fuzzy friends and go home humming that catchy number.
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Pride
It couldn't be more perfect for Pride month – even its title is a celebration. The much-anticipated stage musical of the wonderful movie (itself based on a true story), this show tells the story of a group of gay and lesbian activists in London who raise money for striking miners in a small Welsh village, and strike up unlikely friendships in the process. With a wonderful cast, including Samuel Barnett and Lewis Cornay, and new original music, it promises to be a heartwarming, inspiring show.
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