Queers 2017

Ages: 6+
Opened: July 28, 2017
Closing: July 31, 2017

Queers - 2017 - West End History , Info & More

Old Vic Theatre
The Cut, South Bank London

Queers marks and celebrates some of the most poignant, funny, tragic and riotous moments of British gay male history over the last century. 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 decriminalised private homosexual acts between men aged over 21, this series of eight monologues will be staged across two evenings at The Old Vic.

Queers is curated by Mark Gatiss and produced in partnership with the BBC, with short film versions of the monologues to be screened on BBC Four this summer. The monologues will be directed by Mark Gatiss and Old Vic Associate Directors Joe Murphy and Max Webster.

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Queers FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Queers have there been?
Queers has had 1 productions including West End which opened in 2017.

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