12th Dec2020

GH Boy (Theatre)

by timbaros

GH-Boy-Jimmy-Essex-Robert-Finch-Marc-Bosch-Sergi-Castell.-Credit-Bettina-John-2-copyRobert seems to have it all but in reality he doesn’t. His fate is revealed in the new hard hitting play ‘GH Boy.’

Now playing at the Charing Cross Theatre until December 20th Robert (Jimmy Essex) has the perfect boyfriend in Sergio (Marc Bosch). Sergio is young, cute, fun and just adores Robert – who in Sergio eyes can’t do no wrong. Robert also has an understanding mom (now played by Nicola Sloane after Buffy Davis injured herself), a very good friend in Jasminder (Anryana Ramkhalawon) and an understanding therepist (Devesh Kishore). But Robert hides a secret – he’s way over his head in East London’s party scene (party = drugs).
Meanwhile, there are whispers of a gay serial killer who entices gay men with promises of drugs, drugs, and more drugs. Robert desperately wants to leave the scene behind him and to enjoy his engagement with the adorable Sergio – but Robert can’t seem to escape the clutch on drugs – and this might just lead to a rendevous with the serial killer who seems about to snare Robert into his dangerous web.
‘GH Boy’ tackles the misconceptions around gay culture and promiscuity and questions why gay men like Robert are drawn to this scene to the point of self-destruction in this show by debut playwright Paul Harvard.
 
 Originally supposed to run at The Vaults earlier this year but cancelled due to COVID 19 – catch it now while you can before possible tier 3 restrictions come into effect.
 

 

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12th Dec2020

Potted Panto (Theatre)

by timbaros

Potted Panto Garrick Theatre CREDIT Geraint Lewis

Potted Panto is literally 70 minutes of non- stop panto fun.

Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner present to us ten-minute versions of six panto fairytales, with a seventh thrown to complete the theme (Snow White anyone?). Both of them play all the characters in a show that makes you very happy that Panto is back where it belongs – in an actual theatre and – not zoomed into your living room. 

Now playing at the Garrick Theatre until January 10th at the Garrick Theatre in London’s barely coming to life West end – Potted Panto gets you out of your home, out of your trackies, and into proper clothes for a properly fun good time at the theatre – remember those days? 

It’s literally a laugh a minute (sure some of the gags are very silly but what do you expect at Panto time?). Dan and Jefferson, along with a helping hand by Charlotte Payne and Jacob Jackson, we start on a high with a riff on Jack and the Beanstalk and continue on with Dick Whittington, Aladdin, A Christmas Carol, among others…..and all throughout, with costume changes galore – the hyperactivity of Turner, and especially Clarkson who doesn’t seem to have an off button, both bring smiles from ear to ear. It’s not worth reviewing as it’s just great to be in a actual theatre – Potted Panto, whether it’s just plain silly, it still fun, and yes, for the entire family!
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12th Dec2020

Patrick (Film)

by timbaros
122215407_669965360613345_2529482755345637630_o-c226bc41Patrick has lost his hammer, and he’s also lost his clothes!
You see Patrick (Kevin Jannsens), in the new film simply called ‘Patrick,’ works at a nudist camp deep in the woods in a remote area in Belgium. It’s a nudist camp his father owns, and where, along with his mother, all share a home in the camp. His mother is blind and his father is getting a bit too old to run the camp. Then one day Patrick notices that one of his hammers is gone, so he spends the entire film in search of his hammer (yes, literally a hammer). Patrick goes from tent to tent in the hopes of finding his hammer – he so obsessed about it that when his father suddenly dies, Patrick still has only one thing on his mind  – yes you guessed it –  to find his hammer.
The nudist camp is full of cast of characters, all naked all the time. After a bit, the nudity becomes a bit unnoticeable and the storyline gets quirkier and quirkier, including when a famous American musician takes up a spot in the camp who perhaps knows a thing to two about the hammer. Also about to be revealed is a secret his father had, and his mothers knowledge about the secret. But Patrick is oblivious to the whole thing – he just wants his hammer back. From Peak Blinders director Tim Mielants, ‘Patrick is quirky, a bit funny, and definitely different.
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