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UK LGBT EVENTS JULY 2023
Events Calendar: Our monthly LGBT guide & listings of What's On & Where to Go !! - UK LGBT social, sporting, networking & business events available to view on line by Members/Visitors also emailed to our Members/Subscribers.
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In 2023 we listed 563 Events which are available to view in the Archive
01 - 09
1 F*cked You In My Spaceship @ Soho Theatre
If you dont want it, I mean, its a bit f*cking weird isnt it? Youre just a guy in an alien costume.' Two couples each invite a stranger into...
If you dont want it, I mean, its a bit f*cking weird isnt it? Youre just a guy in an alien costume.' Two couples each invite a stranger into...
01 - 15
Modest @ Kiln Theatre, London
Cause here she comes. Shes the baddest, bitchin babe of art In 1874 Elizabeth Thompson stuns the Royal Academy with her painting, Roll Call. Five years later, she falls two...
Cause here she comes. Shes the baddest, bitchin babe of art In 1874 Elizabeth Thompson stuns the Royal Academy with her painting, Roll Call. Five years later, she falls two...
01 - 15
Vincent River @ Greenwich Theatre
Anita flees her home, haunted by grief and shame. Davey has witnessed something he can never forget. Tonight their paths will collide and their lives will change forever. Thrilling, heart-breaking...
Anita flees her home, haunted by grief and shame. Davey has witnessed something he can never forget. Tonight their paths will collide and their lives will change forever. Thrilling, heart-breaking...
01 - 22
Will Young In Song From Far Away @ Hampstead Theatre, London
Direct from a critically acclaimed run at HOME Manchester, world renowned performer Will Young stars in Song From Far Away, by Olivier Award-winner Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel, for a...
Direct from a critically acclaimed run at HOME Manchester, world renowned performer Will Young stars in Song From Far Away, by Olivier Award-winner Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel, for a...
01 - 29
The Swell @ the Orange Tree Theatre
Annie is happy at last shes engaged to Bel, the love of her life, and counting down the days to their wedding. But then old friend, free spirit, and troublemaker...
Annie is happy at last shes engaged to Bel, the love of her life, and counting down the days to their wedding. But then old friend, free spirit, and troublemaker...
01 - 31
A Strange Loop @ The Barbican (until 09 Sep)
The Ground-Breaking And Critically Acclaimed Winner Of Every Best Musical Award On Broadway And The Pulitzer Prize, Bursts Onto The Stage Of The Barbican This June For A One Time...
The Ground-Breaking And Critically Acclaimed Winner Of Every Best Musical Award On Broadway And The Pulitzer Prize, Bursts Onto The Stage Of The Barbican This June For A One Time...
01 - 31
Bleak Expectations @ Criterion Theatre (until 13 Aug)
This Spring, see the cream of British comedy and acting talent take on the career defining role of The Narrator, in the riotous new comedy classic Bleak Expectations. A different...
This Spring, see the cream of British comedy and acting talent take on the career defining role of The Narrator, in the riotous new comedy classic Bleak Expectations. A different...
01 - 31
Brokeback Mountain @ Soho Place (until 12 August)
The world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, written by Ashley Robinson with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells and based on Annie Proulxs short story, opens @sohoplace...
The world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, written by Ashley Robinson with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells and based on Annie Proulxs short story, opens @sohoplace...
01 - 31
Cabaret Live At The Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre (until 16 Dec)
One of the most successful musicals of all time, Cabaret features the songs Willkommen, Dont Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music...
One of the most successful musicals of all time, Cabaret features the songs Willkommen, Dont Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music...
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01 - 31
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) @ Lightroom (until 03 Dec)
Using large-scale projection in a remarkable new space, David Hockney takes us on a personal journey through sixty years of his art. Lightrooms vast walls and revolutionary sound system enable...
Using large-scale projection in a remarkable new space, David Hockney takes us on a personal journey through sixty years of his art. Lightrooms vast walls and revolutionary sound system enable...
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