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UK LGBT EVENTS JANUARY 2020
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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01 - 04
Fitter @ Soho Theatre
A rugby balls soft, a hockey sticks hard, what does that make me? - Boy, 12 Hello, were Ell and...
A rugby balls soft, a hockey sticks hard, what does that make me? - Boy, 12 Hello, were Ell and...
01 - 04
Priscilla Queen of the Dessert The Musical @ Theatre Royal, Brighton
The iconic musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert is touring the UK! Starring Strictly Come Dancing winner Joe McFadden, Priscilla...
The iconic musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert is touring the UK! Starring Strictly Come Dancing winner Joe McFadden, Priscilla...
01 - 11
Pinocchio - No Strings Attached @ Above The Stag
The story of a lonely woodcutter who lovingly carves a boy out of wood is gobsmackingly reimagined as a dazzling...
The story of a lonely woodcutter who lovingly carves a boy out of wood is gobsmackingly reimagined as a dazzling...
01 - 11
The Nativity Panto @ King's Head Theatre
Charles Court Opera return with their thirteenth gloriously festive boutique pantomime. This year, theyve taken the story that sparked the...
Charles Court Opera return with their thirteenth gloriously festive boutique pantomime. This year, theyve taken the story that sparked the...
01 - 26
Lucian Freud: The Self Portraits @ Royal Academy of Art
In a world first, Lucian Freuds self-portraits are united in one extraordinary exhibition. See more than 50 paintings, prints and...
In a world first, Lucian Freuds self-portraits are united in one extraordinary exhibition. See more than 50 paintings, prints and...
01 - 31
Everybodys Talking About Jaime @ Apollo Theatre (until 29 Aug)
Please join us Thursday, June 7th for a very special outing to the five-star Everybodys Talking About Jamie, hosted by...
Please join us Thursday, June 7th for a very special outing to the five-star Everybodys Talking About Jamie, hosted by...
01 - 31
Lucy McCormick: Post Popular @Soho Theatre (until 22 Feb 2020)
Following her genre-defying smash-hit, Triple Threat, Lucy McCormick is back to crawl through the annals of history in this enthusiastically...
Following her genre-defying smash-hit, Triple Threat, Lucy McCormick is back to crawl through the annals of history in this enthusiastically...
01 - 31
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things @ V&A Museum (until 08 March 2020)
Experience the extraordinary creative process of one of the world's most inventive photographers through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and...
Experience the extraordinary creative process of one of the world's most inventive photographers through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and...
02
ACM Presents: Fyre Festival 2 @ Soho Theatre
Straight from headlining the Southbank River Stage (in June) ACM, lesser known as A Cinematic Masterpiece, are here to bust...
Straight from headlining the Southbank River Stage (in June) ACM, lesser known as A Cinematic Masterpiece, are here to bust...
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07
Camille in October - Talk, Reading & Q&A @ Gay's The Word
Join us for a celebration of the life and works of Mireille Best (19432005), a working-class French lesbian author whose...
Join us for a celebration of the life and works of Mireille Best (19432005), a working-class French lesbian author whose...
08
A Gay and A NonGay:Gavin and Stacey
Happy New Year! Dan can't stop using his '2020 vision' joke and James is no longer a 'salon gay'. Dan...
Happy New Year! Dan can't stop using his '2020 vision' joke and James is no longer a 'salon gay'. Dan...
08 - 31
Sandi Toksvig Live - The National Trevor Tour (until 05 Feb)
Sandi Toksvig is taking her hilarious smash-hit one-woman National Trevor show back on the road. Sandi realises some people harbour...
Sandi Toksvig is taking her hilarious smash-hit one-woman National Trevor show back on the road. Sandi realises some people harbour...
09
Poetry Reading Tracing The Unspoken Milan Selj @ Gay's The Word
Tracing the Unspoken is the English-language debut of Milan Selj, an award-winning Slovenian poet and translator. Selj is the author...
Tracing the Unspoken is the English-language debut of Milan Selj, an award-winning Slovenian poet and translator. Selj is the author...
09 - 30
The Graham Norton Show - Free Audience Tickets @ BBC, London
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Free audience tickets. To apply for tickets, please complete and submit the details below. We...
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Free audience tickets. To apply for tickets, please complete and submit the details below. We...
13
Stephen Fry - Podcast 7 Deadly sins - Introduction 13 Jan 2020
An exploration of the human heart. In this new series I will take each one of the Seven Sins in...
An exploration of the human heart. In this new series I will take each one of the Seven Sins in...
14 - 31
Julian Clary: Born To Mince Tour (until 25 May)
One of the most distinctive comics in the early days of alternative comedy, then an 'overnight success' through his iconoclastic...
One of the most distinctive comics in the early days of alternative comedy, then an 'overnight success' through his iconoclastic...
14 - 31
Falling In Love Again @ Kings Head Theatre (until 08 Feb)
When the King of England met the Queen of Hollywood... It's 1936. Edward's about to abdicate. Marlene Dietrich wants to...
When the King of England met the Queen of Hollywood... It's 1936. Edward's about to abdicate. Marlene Dietrich wants to...
15
A Gay and A NonGay:Twenty Twen-T
Were declaring 2020 TwentyTwenT the year to actively go out of your way to stand up for our trans friends...
Were declaring 2020 TwentyTwenT the year to actively go out of your way to stand up for our trans friends...
15 - 31
Four Play @ Above The Stag (until 22 Feb 2020)
A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century by Jake Brunger. Rafe and Pete have hit a...
A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century by Jake Brunger. Rafe and Pete have hit a...
16 - 19
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Birmingham
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
19 - 20
Candy @ King's Head Theatre
Do you believe in love at first sight? Will is struggling with a secret. Hes fallen hopelessly in love with...
Do you believe in love at first sight? Will is struggling with a secret. Hes fallen hopelessly in love with...
20
Pink Singers: By Special Arrangement 2, London
The Pink Singers: By Special Arrangement Part 2 celebrates over 35 years of our musical development, showcasing the diversity and...
The Pink Singers: By Special Arrangement Part 2 celebrates over 35 years of our musical development, showcasing the diversity and...
21
Explicable Me Hosted by Suzi Ruffell @Rada Studios fo BBC Radio 2
A comedy entertainment show built around personality tests. We all love those Buzzfeed and Cosmopolitan tests that discover what pizza...
A comedy entertainment show built around personality tests. We all love those Buzzfeed and Cosmopolitan tests that discover what pizza...
21 - 22
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Aberdeen
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
21 - 31
Happily Ever Poofter @Kings Head Theatre (until 08 Feb)
HAPPILY EVER POOFTER - this years hottest new Disney parody musical! Direct from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe...
HAPPILY EVER POOFTER - this years hottest new Disney parody musical! Direct from a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe...
21 - 31
Sex/Crime @ Soho Theatre (until 01 Feb 2020)
Starring Alexis Gregory and Jonny Woo. A darkly comic queer thriller. In a fractured and divided city, two men, A...
Starring Alexis Gregory and Jonny Woo. A darkly comic queer thriller. In a fractured and divided city, two men, A...
22
A Gay and A NonGay:Friends forever ?
The boys discuss how hard it is to keep friendships - but is it easier for LGBTQ+ people? Plus James...
The boys discuss how hard it is to keep friendships - but is it easier for LGBTQ+ people? Plus James...
22 - 31
The Morning After @ Above The Stag (until 01 Mar)
Thomas wakes up surprised and naked in a young mans bed, and memories of last nights one-night-stand come flooding back...
Thomas wakes up surprised and naked in a young mans bed, and memories of last nights one-night-stand come flooding back...
24 - 00
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Leeds
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
25
V&A Museum: LGBTQ Monthly Tours
Join this V&A Volunteer Guide led tour which explores gender and sexual identities through a selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual...
Join this V&A Volunteer Guide led tour which explores gender and sexual identities through a selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual...
25 - 26
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Manchester
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
26 - 27
Dancing by Myself @ Kings Head Theatre
Do you ever have those dreams where youre flying through clouds over tiny people and winding streets like a bird...
Do you ever have those dreams where youre flying through clouds over tiny people and winding streets like a bird...
27 - 31
Sarah Keyworth: Pacific @Soho Theatre (until 01 Feb 2020)
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Newcomer and winner of the Herald Angel Award returns She brings a brand-new hour...
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Newcomer and winner of the Herald Angel Award returns She brings a brand-new hour...
28 - 00
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Dublin
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
29
A Gay and A NonGay: The Big three
James has said 'the big three', Dan is appropriating gay culture again and we chat about the BBC's official response...
James has said 'the big three', Dan is appropriating gay culture again and we chat about the BBC's official response...
29 - 30
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour (until 09 Feb) - Belfast
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the professional dancers joining the celebrities for next years Strictly...
30 - 31
Jayde Adams: The Ballad of Kylie Jenner's Old Face @ Soho Theatre (until 08 Feb 2020)
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comic Jayde Adams brings her 5 star show to...
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi award-winning comic Jayde Adams brings her 5 star show to...
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