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News on the exciting new production of Shakespeare in Love at the Noel Coward Theatre in London

The only way to see London is on foot so take to the streets with this Gay-themed walking tours of London

Whitney Houston musical The Bodyguard has a new star as Alexandra Burke makes her West End debut in London

Details of the 2014 London Gay Parade and Gay Pride event

Grab a gay book at one of these great bookshops in London.

The best coffee shops in London as announced in the Coffee Stop Awards 2014

Get set for a feast with the latest must-dine restaurants opening in London this year

New luxury hotel openings in London, including the new Shangri-La at The Shard.

All the latest news about London's restaurant scene including what's hot and what's new. Gordon Ramsey to open West End restaurant

A new play explores the life of Brian Epstein - the man behind the world's most successful pop group, the Beatles.

Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London, WC2E 7NA

Aldwych Theatre, 49 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF

Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, London, WC2H 9ND

Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES

Apollo Victoria Theatre, 17 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LL

Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB

Cambridge Theatre, Earlham Street, London, WC2 9HU

Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus, London, SW1Y 4XA

Dominion Theatre, 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7AQ

Duchess Theatre, Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5LA

Duke of York's Theatre, St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4BG

Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, London, WC2B 5HH

Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH

Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6AR

Harold Pinter Theatre, Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN

Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4QL

London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4ES

London Palladium, Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF

Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7RQ

Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES

Menier Chocolate Factory, 53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU

Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5PW

Noel Coward Theatre, St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4AA

Novello Theatre, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LD

The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8NB

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4NR

Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London, W1V 8AY

Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HT

Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0JP

Piccadilly Theatre, Denman Street, London, W1D 7DY

Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5DE

Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4HS

Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, London, W1D 6AS

Sondheim Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6BA

Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Sadler's Wells Theatre, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, WC2R 0ET

Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP

Shakespeare's Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DT

St Martin's Theatre, West Street, London, WC2H 9NZ

The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA

O2 Arena, Drawdock Road, London, SE10 0BB

Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT

Trafalgar Theatre, 14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY

Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria Street, London, SW1E 5EA

Vaudeville Theatre, Strand, London, WC2H 0DA

Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0DA

Mamma Mia! is the smash-hit musical featuring the songs of ABBA.- now playing at the Novello Theatre

Check out what's on at this weekend's London Gay Pride 2014, including the Parade and performers including Conchita Wurst

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller is turned into an hilarious romp in this award-winning comedy

Based on the smash-hit movie, Billy Elliot The Musical is a dazzling theatrical experience.

A major photography exhibition at the Royal Academy highlights the work of actor Dennis Hopper.

The Show of the month is Shakespeare in Love - now playing at the Noel Coward Theatre

Check out what's on at this weekend's Out on the Dock 2014

The hottest night in the West End is back as WEST END BARES hits London.

Union, 66 Albert Embankment London, SE1 7TP | Gay London

BJ's White Swan, 556 Commercial Rd, London, E14 7JD | Gay London

The George & Dragon (Shoreditch), 2 Hackney Road, London, E2 7NS

Ted's Place, 305a Northend Road, Fulham, London, W14 9NS | Gay London

The Friendly Society, 79 Wardour Street W1D 6QB London | Gay London

The Yard, 57 Rupert Street, London W1D 7PL | Gay London

Halfway II Heaven, 7 Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF | Gay London

The Black Cap, 171 Camden High Street, London NW1 7JY | Gay London

The Joiner's Arms, 116-118 Hackney Road, London E2 7QL | Gay London

Area, 67-68 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP | Gay London

Fire in Vauxhall is set across TEN railway arches in South London's gay village of Vauxhall, and there's a constant line-up of big events

The Edge, 11 Soho Square, Soho, London W1D 3QE | Gay London

Rupert Street Bar, 50 Rupert Street, London, W1D 6DR | Gay London

G-A-Y at Heaven is a gay institution, now run by Jeremy Joseph. Fridays especially fun for G-A-Y CAMP ATTACK.

G-A-Y Late, 5 Goslett Yard, London, W1D 4JB | Gay London

G-A-Y Bar, 30 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4UR | Gay London

The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0RF | Gay London

The Admiral Duncan, 54 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4UB | Gay London

The City of Quebec, 12 Old Quebec Street, London, W1H 7AF | Gay London

Horse Meat Disco at has led the way in disco for nearly ten years at their London HQ of the Eagle London

Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London, SE11 5QY | Gay London

The Duke of Wellington, 77 Wardour Street, London, W1D 6QA | Gay London

Comptons of Soho, 53 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 6HN | Gay London

The King's Arms, 23 Poland Street, London, W1F 8QL | Gay London

Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5HY | Gay London

XXL London is the utterly famous, men-only, completely no-attitude megaclub with a dedicated following.

Klub, Basement, 30 Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BA | Gay London

Ku Bar Leicester Square, 30 Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BA | Gay London

She Soho, 23a Old Compton St, London, W1D 5LB | Gay London

Ku Bar Soho, 25 Frith Street, London, WC1D 5LB | Gay London

Village Soho, 81 Wardour Street, London, W1D 6QD | Gay London

Barcode, Arch 69, Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP | Gay London

The Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UJ | Gay London

Legendary King's Cross pub and club with regular gay cruising nights

The Broadway hit musical BEAUTIFUL - The Carole King Musical comes to London.

Nicole Scherzinger stars in this major revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical classic CATS.

The spectacular, big-budget musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Classic musical Damn Yankees is given a sexy spin at London's Landor Theatre.

The latest news on London's Michelin starred restaurants for 2015

Internationally acclaimed opera company presenting operas sung in English.

Comment: Paul Raven discusses the Walkie-Talkie building in the City of London

Starring Strictly Come Dancing favourites Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace.

Tamzin Outhwaite, Samantha Spiro and Jenna Russell star in smash-hit comedy Di and Viv and Rose at the Vaudeville Theatre.

Glamorous musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre.

Experience the excitement and wonder of Disney's The Lion King - live on stage in the West End.

Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical comes to the award-winning Menier Chocolate Factory in a new production starring Catherine Tate and Aaron Tveit.

Ab Fab's Jane Horrocks stars in the hilarious comedy East is East, based on the hit movie.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's epic musical EVITA returns to London.

The cult Broadway show hits London ripping the West End's best loved musicals to shreds!

Smash-hit Broadway show Jersey Boys continues to pack them in at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.

Experience the world's longest-running musical - and the original and best production of Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre in London

Made in Dagenham is the brand new musical based on the smash-hit British movie and starring Gemma Arterton.

What's on this Christmas in London, featuring the best gay-themed events for December 2014

Award-winning show Matilda The Musical based on Roald Dahl's much loved book.

Broadway musical Memphis opens at London's Shaftesbury Theatre starring Beverly Knight.

The spectacular, epic production of Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre in London.

ONCE is the joyous musical starring Ronan Keating* at the Phoenix Theatre

See explosive dance and music show STOMP at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.

Hit The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon gets a well-deserved West End transfer

The theatrical event of the year as Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel come together for Sweeney Todd in London

The multi-award winning Broadway and West End blockbuster

The Commitments is a riotous, soul-filled musical night at the theatre

Experience the original and best production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's epic musical.

Kander & Ebb's acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys comes to London directed by Susan Stroman

Spectacular show celebrating the King of Pop - Michael Jackson

The smash-hit Broadway show makes it to London in this FIVE STAR hit production

A spectacular Christmas treat as Irving Berlin's White Christmas comes to the Dominion Theatre in London.

Experience the award-winning musical WICKED in London.

Pedro Almodóvar’s camp, cult movie classic gets a musical makeover in London starring Tamsin Greig.

V&A London presents a major retrospective of fashion enfant terrible Alexander McQueen

The V&A in South Kensington is one of the world's great galleries dedicated to art and design.

Visit the Tower of London, one of the world's most extraordinary and historic landmarks

The London Pass provides an easy way to see 60+ London attractions

The UK's most popular tourist attraction and one of the world's great museums.

Kristin Scott Thomas stars in Ian Ricksons' five-star revival of Electra at the Old Vic.

Prepare to be well and truly scared out of your wits at Ghost Stories.

Fast and furious, Great Britain is the hilarious new satire that is a riot of razor-sharp wit.

Spectacular views of London from the Shard - Western Europe's tallest building

L'Escargot - London's oldest French restaurant - gets its ooh la la back.

London's best cocktail bars - as awarded by the Spirited Awards

The latest news on London's Michelin starred restaurants for 2017

The World's 50 best bars for 2016 have been announced, and there are plenty of London bar winners.

A massive new retrospective of David Hockney's body of work, staged at Tate Britain

News about hotels in London, including new openings and renovations including the Nobu Hotel Shoreditch

Tate Britiain stages an impressive exhibition exploring queer British art.

The Show of the Month is Mamma Mia! - the hit ABBA musical at the Novello Theatre in London

The British Museum has opened a major new exhibition highlighting LGBTQ histories, experiences and lives.

Start the week as you mean to go on as Heaven turns itself over to POPCORN and the best hip hop & RnB via Top 40 pop, guilty pleasures and funky Tech & Deep House

New Bloomsbury Set - The Basement, 76 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AG - Gay London

The Retro Bar London - 2 George Court, London, WC2H 6HH

Dreamgirls the musical is finally here - and it has been worth the wait

National Theatre to run LGBT A series of LGBT+ rehearsed readings, exhibition directed by Stephen Daldry, Tarell Alvin McCraney Polly Stenham.

New season of monologues around gay and LGBT themes to premiere at the Old Vic Theatre and on BBC Four this July

The award-winning Broadway musical - and now a smash-hit in London

The award-winning King's Head Theatre in North London is hosting a season of Queer plays for 2017, with work from playwrights including Jonathan Harvey, Kevin Elyot and Patrick Wilde.

Details of the 2017 London Gay Parade and Gay Pride event

A free queer exhibition at the British Library, looking at 122 years of gay history.

Above the Stag gay theatre in South London premieres it's brand new musical "He Shoots! He Scores!" this Summer.

London Theatre's charity night West End Bares is back for 2017. This sizzling event sees the West End's hottest stars perform for one night only - all in aid of raising money for HIV and AIDS projects.

London has been ranked Number 5 in a listing of the top gay cities to live in the world.

Tales of the Cocktail has announced their annual Spirited Awards 2017, honouring the world's best cocktail bars. And London has done rather well, with Dandelyon scooping the top prize

Save up to 60% on London shows, with our theatre partner WestEndTheatre.com

Above the Stag gay theatre in South London premieres it's new revival of moving gay play "Holding the Man"

London hosts its first ever gay Oktoberfest event this October near the O2.

A quick run down of some of the queer events happening in London this Autumn and early Winter 2017.

Michelin has announced its guide to London restaurants awarded Michelin stars for 2018.

The Compton Cross, 2 Old Compton St, Soho, London, W1D 4TA | Gay London

A quick run down of some of the queer events happening in London in 2018.

A quick run down of some of the queer events happening in London in 2018.

A riotous night out full of fabulous songs and drag!

Epic, award-winning new gay play The Inheritance about the lives of multiple generations of New Yorkers

The latest news on London's Good Food Guide award-winning restaurants for 2019

The American Bar at The Savoy hotel takes home World's Best Bar prize.

Michelin has announced its guide to London restaurants awarded Michelin stars for 2018.

A run-down of some of the best gay events happening in London in summer, autumn and winter 2018, from theatre and film, to exhibitions and parties.

A quick line-up of gay events happening in London this New Year's Eve 2018

A run down on some of London's best gay saunas

Things to do in London at night (besides bars and clubs!)

Get some LGBTQ merch at one of these fab gay shops

Friendly, neighbourhood sauna

East End sauna next to BJs White Swan

Small, friendly sauna in the West End

Men-only health spa in Covent Garden.

Europe’s largest gay sauna complex

Pleasuredrome in Waterloo serves 15,000 guys a month

Sweatbox Soho is back after a major refurb

Gay events in London this January and February 2019 including theatre and concerts

Circa Embankment is London's newest gay club - by Victoria Embankment

Gay events in London this winter and spring 2019 including theatre and concerts

Heaven, Under the Arches, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NG

The classic camp movie 9 to 5 is live and onstage as 9 to 5 The Musical hits the West End!

Gillian Anderson and Lily James star in the stage adaptation of the Bette Davis class

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, were announced yesterday, 25 June 2019, in Singapore.

Gay events in London this spring and summer 2019 including theatre and concerts, from Christian Dior to the Pink Singers and London's Gay Men's Chorus

Gay events in London this winter 2019 and 2020 including theatre and concerts including 9 to 5 The Musical, Sink the Pink, Cinderella, and Winter Pride

Gay events in London in 2020 including theatre, concerts and exhibitions, from Mary Quant to Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Gay events in London in 2020 including Pride Month

Gay events in London in 2020 and 2021

Holding court at the Lyric Theatre. Don't miss this acclaimed new musical

Vault 139, 139-143 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 5EN

A hot list of the best London guide books and history books on LGBTQ London

Gay events in London in 2020 and 2021

A great gay guide to London's blue plaques and the LGBTQ+ people who lived in London. Includes Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, George Michael, Virginia Woolf and more

The 150 Worst (& Safest) Countries for LGBTQ+ Travel An annual list of safe – and not safe – places to visit for LGBTQ+ people

BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT

Festival / 25 April 2021: Virtual this year because of Covid, but still promising students everywhere a fun festival of interviews, panels, club nights, performances and more.

Studio338, 338 Boord Street, London, SE10 0PF

After last year’s cancellation, the Mighty Hoopla is getting back on track for another round of 7 stages of pop-tastic music.

157 - 159 Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4TL

Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London, EC2V 5AE

Noël Coward: Art & Style is a glamorous new exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London, celebrating the style and glamour of Coward.

Pride at the Palace is a special benefit concert which brings together the West End's LGBTQIA+ performers and Queer stars to celebrate Pride.

Theatre / From 18 June 2021: Constellations returns to the West End, featuring four different casts including It's a Sin star Omari Douglas and Russell Tovey

The Turbine Theatre is a sparkling new off-West End venue next to the massive Battersea Power Station development.

Theatre / From 17 June 2021: West End musicals performer Rob Madge writes and stars in this one-man show at the Turbine Theatre this summer, which celebrates the joy and chaos of raising a queer child.

The Royal Academy of Arts, in beautiful Burlington House on Piccadilly, is one of London's great art galleries.

The Royal Academy of Arts big summer blockbuster is David Hockney's latest collection - The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.

The Glory is most definitely the best place out East to enjoy a gay bar, brilliant drag and performances and a nightclub all rolled into one,

The original Tate gallery, and arguably still the best - in terms of art, and the fact that since Tate Modern opened further down the river, the vast and splendid galleries are much quieter.

Tate Modern is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the world. When Tate Modern opened in 2000 it was like a cultural rocket going off over London.

The Apple Tree is a quirky, independently owned and stylish gay drinking venue, plus good food and regular arts, events and entertainment.

West 5 Bar is a fun, fabulous West London local, with drag shows a-go-go, and a friendly, mixed-aged crowd.

South West London got a shot in the arm when Bar CMYK opened as Wimbledon's first ever LGBTQ+ bar.

We are slightly over-excited for Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy - a new six-part series for CNN that sees the lovely Stanley on a food quest

New luxury spas in London including Espa Life at Corinthia

Michelin has announced its guide to London restaurants awarded Michelin stars for 2021 including Core by Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze

The Karaoke Hole is where you can join East London’s finest drag stars on stage for a night of wild karaoke!

Arch Clapham offers a wide selection of great food and tasty drinks, and some of the hottest South London has to offer

Brave folks strip for cash at this fabulously successful G-A-Y club night at Heaven - G-A-Y Porn Idol at HEAVEN

The owner of the much-missed George and Dragon in the East End has opened up a hop and a skip away on Hackney Road with The Queen Adelaide.

Running for 8 years plus, Circa is one of the more glamorous joints in town, slap bang in Soho

A friendly, neighbourhood wine bar in Clapham

Dalton Superstore is officially a Gay London institution, a label they probably hate but that's what you get for being a cult venue.

Freedom Bar is a swish and relaxed Soho cocktail bar with dance floor.

The Phoenix Arts Clubs is a much-loved independent venue, tucked away down atmospheric Phoenix Street

The Old Ship is a good old East End LGBTQ+ boozer

Colours in Hoxton is relatively new on the scene but has made a serious impact.

Dance and nightclub in the East End - which defies those descriptions and needs to be seen to be believed!

The Cock Tavern is a welcome addition to South London's queer scene, and a boon for Kennington and Camberwell.

Independent LGBTQIA+ venue born out of the long-running and much-loved gay Asian club night Club Kali

Friendly South London local The George and Dragon is a good spot for a relaxed weekend night out, with plenty of karaoke and drag thrown in!

The Clapham Grand is an independently run venue which serves as a nightclub, live music venue, theatre and event space.

Re-scheduled from March, the mega festival of all things DRAG is finally back, with live performances a-plenty plus a drag market, comedy stage and more.

For one week only, experience the magic of Alyssa Edwards as she sashays her way into London's West End with Alyssa, Memoirs of a Queen!

Dear Evan Hansen won six Tony Awards on Broadway, and a further three Olivier Awards here. This West End production starring Sam Tutty is simply amazing.

Dubbed a "Dragatha Christie" murder mystery, Death Drop is a riotously entertaining evening of fabulous drag and heinous murder at the Garrick Theatre

Alfresco swimming in London with these great places to take a dip in the open air

Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre is a joyful and utterly life-affirming musical that recounts the incredible true story of 7,000 stranded passengers who were redirected to a small Canadian town on 9/11

London's impressive history provides a wealth of hotels housed in historic buildings.

The Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AH

Bridge Theatre, One London Bridge, SE1 2DS

Alexandra Palace Theatre, Alexandra Palace Way London N22 7AY

London's leading venue for LGBTQ theatre, staging numerous plays and musicals throughout the year.

National Theatre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PX

Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play The Normal Heart is to open at the National Theatre starring Ben Daniels.

King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper St, London, N1 1QN

The King's Head Theatre in Islington presents new gay play All That, as part of their 2021 Queer Season

UNICORN is a major new London night at Fire in Vauxhall

Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway London, SE1 6BD

A moving revival of Charles Dyer's 1960s play at the Southwark Playhouse starring Paul Rider and John Sackville

Noel Coward's life is getting the big screen treatment in new Martin Sherman penned film NOEL

Our picks of LGBTQ+ non-fiction books hitting the shelves, with a special emphasis on London and the UK

Bush Theatre, 7 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8LJ

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ

Charing Cross Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NL

County Hall, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB

Eventim Apollo, 2 Queen Caroline Street, London W6 9QH

Gatsby's Mansion, Immersive London, 56 Davies Street, London, W1K 5HR

Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 3EU

Kiln Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR

Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BX

The Vaults Theatre, Launcelot Street, Lambeth, London, SE1 7AD

Lyric Hammersmith, King Street, Lyric Square, London, W6 0QL

The Steel Yard, 13-16 All Hallows Lane, London, EC4R 3UE

DJ Pagano is producing another of his now infamous and inclusive parties, with OFF London Reawakening at The Steel Yard

Egg London, 200 York Way, London, N7 9AX

Homotash are back! Finally! And they are planning a very chilled out roof top evening on Sunday 8 August at Egg London.

London drag performer Topsie Redfern brings Topsie Redfern's Crystal Balls to the Two Brewers this July.

Festival / 11 September 2021: London’s biggest annual LGBTQ+ festival is back! The Pride in London organisation has announced the 2021 date – 11 September – based on latest UK government guidelines.

Libertine by Chinawhite, 4 Winsley Street, London, W1W 8HF

LXZEvents are taking over swanky Libertine by Chinawhite for a queer party of DREAMS

COCK comes to the West End next year with Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey and Rocketman's Taron Egerton

Llama's Head, 22 Loampit Hill, London, SE13 7SW

The Village, 512 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AE

Mighty Hoopla is back in 2022, with more pop-tastic music in Brockwell Park on 3 and 4 June 2022

The Nelson Pub, 32 Horatio St, London, E2 7SB

Gay London cruising club with weekly and monthly club nights

Zodiac Bar, 119 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3EE

The grand opening of new London gay bar and club Zodiac is taking place on 5 and 6 November 2021

Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4QH

The LGBTQ+ archives of the Bishopsgate Institute are a treasure trove of gay history

Following an acclaimed Broadway run, the hilarious Straight White Men arrives at Southwark Playhouse for four weeks only

Drag entertainment company TuckShop are back in the West End this festive season for another round of mega-camp all-drag panto!

Drayton Arms Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London , SW5 0LJ

A sexy, hilarious Christmas cabaret night at the Drayton Arms Theatre in West London.

Above the Stag queer theatre in Vauxhall has outdone itself this year, with fabulous LGBTQ+ panto Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town.

Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-winning epic movie Moulin Rouge is brought to dazzling life as a stage musical at the Piccadilly Theatre

Musical & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre is a riot of colour, music and fun, but also manages to be though-provoking in ways most musicals aren't.

Disney's spellbinding stage production of Frozen The Musical is now playing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Joyous Cole Porter musical Anything Goes returns to the Barbican Theatre in London this summer

Bartlett Sher brings his acclaimed New York version of My Fair Lady over to London in 2022 at the London Coliseum

The spectacular, five star production of Kander & Ebb's Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in London

West End Theatre is running its annual Black Friday promotion, so grab a ticket bargain to over 40 great London Shows

Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN

The fabulously talented Jonny Woo is doing Battersea this Christmas, with his All Star Christmas Cabaret.

The Connaught Bar in London has been ranked Number One and named the world's best bar in the World's 50 Best Bars list for 2021.

TV's Outlander star John Bell is making his London theatre debut in the revival of The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me by David Drake at the New Wimbledon Theatre.

Flare is back as the British Film Institute celebrate LGBTQ+ film with its annual BFI Flare film festival

The V&A museum launches its landmark 2022 exhibition in March with a look at creativity in men's fashion and how it reflects on gender.

This major new exhibition, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy, focuses on Bacon’s life-long fascination with animals

Sink the Pink is throwing one final queer party, with its Farewell Ball on 15 April 2022 at Printworks London

The giant Printworks venue in Surrey Quays housed in a former printing factory

A new solo play called Jarman is debuting at the Greenwich Theatre this month, celebrating Derek Jarman.

Out and About!: Archiving LGBTQ+ history at Bishopsgate Institute is a free event coming to The Curve space in the Barbican this February and March.

The Pleasance Theatre serves up another helping of LGBTQ+ plays, musicals and camp horror for History Month

The Pleasance is the acclaimed fringe theatre and comedy venue in Islington, North London

ESMALE gay adult shop for men, selling clothing, sex toys, poppers and more

E15 Club, 6 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, London, E15 1SE

John Dicks was accused of Sodomy, and put on trial at the Old Bailey in London on 4 April 1722

FITLADZ scally, chav and sportswear night is back in London! - every Friday at MA1 Bunker

Back to the Future The Musical, based on the much-loved movie, hits the Adelphi Theatre in London

Andrew Lloyd Webber's brand new musical Cinderella is now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London's West End.

Mega-hit show Tina - The Tina Turner Musical is now playing at the Aldwych Theatre in London.

The world famous Windmill Theatre in Soho gets a new lease of life with this upscale dining and cabaret venue

The Pleasure Gardens people bring their new event - Pleasure Palace - to the Windmill Soho

Seven Dials Playhouse in the heart of Covent Garden, London

A new production of Diary of a Somebody, based on Joe Orton's diaries, at Seven Dials Playhouse in London.

A major new LGBTQ+ space for London, Queercircle is opening in the new Design District in North Greenwich

Two new LGBTQ+ exhibitions at Queercircle: Michaela Yearwood-Dan's new exhibition Let me Hold You, and archive exhibition The Queens' Jubilee

Exciting new Queer play Foxes returns to London's Seven Dials Playhouse

Roundhouse in Camden

Jean Paul Gaultier's huge and fabulous show comes to the Roundhouse in Camden

London Gay Men's Chorus celebrate Stephen Sondheim at Cadogan Hall this April

A list of books and web links relating to London's fascinating history as a gay city.

The brand new Queer Britain Museum opens on 5 May 2022, and the first exhibition is Welcome to Queer Britain.

Queer East is the annual LGBTQ+ film festival that showcases rarely-seen queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia

Britain's - and London's - first ever museum dedicated to Queer history, located in Granary Square in King's Cross

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London, W1D 3NE

Iman Qureshi's play The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs comes to Soho Theatre for a strictly limited season

Fabulous queer London karaoke night for dykes, lesbians, bi babes, queer, trans and non-binary friends

ABBA Arena London

Ginger Johnson returns to London's Pleasance Theatre for riotous new show, Good Clean Fun.

Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans and Michael Urie star in new movie, Swan Song from Todd Stephens

LGBTQ+ raves from Off Club London.

The fabulous West London initiative running queer events and cinema screenings

Fringe! - the festival for Film and Arts - returns to London this autumn, this September

Fetish Week London is back this year, running from 9 to 17 July 2022, after a 2 year absence.

Annual Queer events happening in London

ABBA are resurrected like never before in this spectacular new arena show ABBA Voyage

Ben Kavanagh’s timely play about conversion therapy gets a new revival at Above The Stag, directed by Gene David Kirk.

A new stage adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man is coming to the Park Theatre this Autumn

Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3JP

JJ Green brings his new musical A-Typical Rainbow to the Turbine Theatre this summer

Big men-only club night HEAT is back with a string on London events this Summer

Fabulous club night Cybil's House is a genuinely queer oasis of happiness, acceptance and celebration.

The diamanté diva La Voix is coming to London this November with her brand new comedy show.

The original, trailblazing, genre-defining cabaret show La Clique is back in London this Christmas

Matthew Bourne's extraordinary dance show The Car Man gets a spectacular new production at the Royal Albert Hall this June 2022

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP

Queercircle hosts its first archive exhibition this June - called The Queens' Jubilee

London’s biggest annual LGBTQ+ festival is set to return in 2023

Horse-Play is a new comedy by Ian Hallard at the Riverside Studios in London

Pride Events in London this June and July for Pride Month

Cult cabaret and circus troupe BRIEFS return to London's Southbank this Summer for more mayhem.

The ever fabulous and award-winning Yummy ensemble are back in London.

Dawn French and Julian Clary star together in Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium

Award-winning play Moment of Grace returns to London, telling the powerful story of the moment Princess Diana famously shook hands with an AIDS patient.

Sharply written new play The Prince by Abigail Thorn comes to Southwark Playhouse

July is Disability Pride Month - in the UK and around the world

Tours of The Palace of Westminster - the seat of the UK government, including the House of Commons and House of Lords

A hotel review of The Westminster London, a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel, and STK Restaurant

Brighton Pride is finally back on 6 and 7 August 2022

Queer Britain the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum announces its long-awaited debut exhibition “We Are Queer Britain”

Haringey Pride Festival is taking place on 10 September 2022

Go see Kemah Bob live, recording their new podcast FOC IT UP with Kemah Bob at 21 Soho

London Trans+ Pride is happening this year on Saturday 9 July 2022, at Wellington Arch near Hyde Park in London.

Queer Earth and Liquid Matters brings together artists, writers, filmmakers, sound and architecture practitioners to explore decolonial and queer ecologies.

New play Horse Play by Ian Hallard has announced casting, including Holby City star David Ames

The King’s Head Theatre has announced its new summer season called BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!, showcasing writer/performer plays running in rep from 2 August to 10 September 2022

A hot new gay cruising events bar in Deptford, South London, based at the Lord Clyde pub.

The World AIDS Day Red Run London at Victoria Park on 26 November 2022

A fun new bar and restaurant in Lewisham, South London

Queer Britain's first exhibition - We Are Queer Britain - marks the 50th anniversary of UK Pride

Seven Dials Playhouse in Covent Garden has announced its new season for Autumn 2022.

Glorious musical Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre in London

The Donmar Warehouse has announced casting for the UK première of Dawn King’s The Trials directed by Natalie Abrahami,

Cabaret artist Justin Vivian Bond and acclaimed countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo premiere their show Only An Octave Apart at Wilton's Music Hall

Wilton's Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley, London, E1 8JB

Booking.com Reveals the Challenges LGBTQ+ Travellers Still Face and Highlights Ways for a More Inclusive Travel Experience for Everyone

LGBTQ+ comedy, cabaret and stand-up performers at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022

UK Black Pride is back as a live event for 2022, running on 14 August 2022 at Queen Elizabeth Park in East London

LGBTQ+ theatre, plays and musicals at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022

Retired Panto Dame Hector Hanley fights to remain outrageously himself in this fun new musical set within the world of panto.

The Not Your Circus Dog collective return with Not F**kin’ Sorry after their sold-out Soho Theatre run in 2019. 

Metal Rabbit productions have announced full casting for The Prince, which will premiere at Southwark Playhouse in September 2022.

A new LGBTQIA+ multidisciplinary venue led by Glass House Projects on Brick Lane in East London.

LGBTQ+ theatre venue Above The Stag in Vauxhall, South London has issued a statement about its shock closure last Sunday 7 August 2022.

A new LGBT-friendly hotel called Revolver is opening in Glasgow this August 2022.

Naughty is a darkly comic, queer coming-of-age tale running at the Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar

The creative team behind the Above The Stag's famous and much-loved pantomimes have announced that they are setting up a new company, He’s Behind You!

Drag Race star Miz Cracker is going to make Christmas happen in London this year, with fabulously camp new comedy Who's Holiday! at Southwark Playhouse.

Set in late 80's Soho, Cruise is a vibrant and intoxicating true story starring Jack Holden

 Luke Bayer stars in DIVA: Live From Hell at the Turbine Theatre.

Simon ‘Showbiz’ Gross is going to unveil his drag persona for the very first time in his West End Drag debut in DRAG DIVAS

Drag Divas is coming to the Rialto Casino’s Backstage Bar in Leicester Square for a strictly limited season this October

Queercircle is presenting new exhibition bones tan jones: Tunnel Visions from 8 October to 21 December 2022 at its venue in East London.

Rob Madge's sensational, hit Edinburgh show comes to London's Garrick Theatre for a strictly limited run.

My Son's A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) written by and performed by Rob Madge heads to London

New queer musical Help! We Are Still Alive at Seven Dials Playhouse

Fab new drag murder mystery Death Drop: Back in the Habit comes to the West End's Garrick Theatre in November

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A drag-tastic dinner and show from ShayShay based on the Wizard of Oz

Qw’re is heading home to Deptford to celebrate its first birthday – with a fabulous event Visual arts show, cabaret, big party and general queer joy and celebration is to be had – 10 September from 7pm.

Roast at Electrowerkz

London's beefiest club night - for bears, cubs, chubs, chasers, muscle bears, muscle men and admirers.

The London Gay Men's Chorus presents THE HALLOWEEN BALL, at Alexandra Palace

FAME WHORE - the new show by Wreckage writer Tom Ratcliffe - is coming to the Kings Head Theatre in Islington this October.

Wreckage is an acclaimed new play by Tom Ratcliffe (Evelyn, Fame Whore) coming to the Turbine Theatre this January.

This year's Fragments Festival at London's award-winning Genesis Cinema has a lot to offer queer viewers.

A new pop-up bar called Adam's is opening at Snackbar in Dalston

Adam’s is a pop-up LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar founded by Adam Caddy, located at Snackbar in Dalston Junction

Dirty Queers is an international exhibition running on 8 October 2022 at London’s Bateman Street Gallery, Soho.

Exciting new performance theatre GROOVE coming to Bethnal Green from Outbox and Shoreditch Town Hall

Trump L'Oeil is a cheeky and challenging new musical exploring the circus of the 45th president’s time in office

An event about how LGBTQ+ people have been affected by the war in Ukraine

Pink Oktoberfest is back in London this October

Drag Fest London is happening this August 2023

The best drag in UK will be transforming themselves into Disney Villains for the biggest halloween ball ever

Queer Noise is a monthly London performance night celebrating queer artists

A regular Queer Horror film night in London,

The Royal Vauxhall Tavern goes all out this festive season with CRACKED - Snow White with Extra Bite

Adult pantomime is back in the West End for 2022, with Sinderfella! at the Prince of Wales pub on Drury Lane

The campest musical you will see for ages is back in London!

Cult show Heathers The Musical is back in London at the Other Palace theatre

For one night only, Jordan Gray explodes onto the stage of the London Palladium with the show that everybody is talking about!

The Crown's Emma Corrin stars in Neil Bartlett’s joyous new adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s modern masterpiece Orlando

Peter Gill co-directs with Alice Hamilton the world premiere of Something in the Air.

High camp comedy The Boys are Kissing comes to Theatre 503

Queenz: The Show with Balls!  at the Arts Theatre in London

For one night only, this special memorial concert at the Clapham Grand celebrates the life of fabulous drag queen Cherry Valentine.

Ghosted – Another F***ing Christmas Carol at the Other Palace in London

Sing-derella is a new kind of panto - all bathed in 00s nostalgia, pop culture and prosecco!

Willy Hudson brings his new show Welcome Home to the Soho Theatre in London

Village Drinks monthly networking event for gay professionals

Workout with Pride LGBTQ+ fitness and networking

F**king Men at Waterloo East Theatre

Pride & Prejudice - The Gay Panto returns to the White Bear this Christmas, promising to be bigger, funnier and even more outrageous!

Stephen Karam’s award-winning comedy Sons of Prophet comes to Hampstead Theatre this December.