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An archive of past events in London, including queer and LGBTQ+ events, and exhibitions and events that have now closed

& Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre

& Juliet Tickets

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.
Visit Gay London - Events

2018 Gay Events Calendar – Summer 2018

A quick run down of some of the queer events happening in London in 2018.
Visit Gay London - Events

2018 Gay Events Calendar: January and February

A quick run down of some of the queer events happening in London in 2018.
DRAG - Hayward Gallery

2018 Gay London Events – Autumn & Winter 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.
9 to 5 The Musical

9 to 5 The Musical

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

A-Typical Rainbow at the Turbine Theatre

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

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the V&A

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

All About Eve

Gillian Anderson and Lily James star in the stage adaptation of the Bette Davis class
All That at the King's Head

All That

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

Alyssa, Memoirs of a Queen!

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!

Another Country returns to London stage

A new production of Julian Mitchell's gay classic Another Country is returning to London.
Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre

Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre

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

Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory

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

Autumn Winter 2017 Gay Events Calendar

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

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at the Aldwych Theatre

The Broadway hit musical BEAUTIFUL - The Carole King Musical comes to London.
Ben Whishaw in The Man On The Platform, part of Queers (Old Vic / BBC Four)

Ben Whishaw, Alan Cumming star in new LGBT plays at the Old Vic Theatre and BBC Four

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

BFI Flare LGBTQI+ Film Festival 2021

London’s biggest queer film festival is back in 2021.
Boy Meets Boy - BFI Flare

Big Gay London Events 2021

Gay events in London in 2020 and 2021

Billy Elliot at the Victoria Palace Theatre

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

Bishopsgate Institute LGBTQ+ Archive

The LGBTQ+ archives of the Bishopsgate Institute are a treasure trove of gay history
Black Friday Theatre Sale

Black Friday London Theatre Offers

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

Boys in the Buff at the Drayton Arms Theatre

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

Briefs: Bite Club at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Cult cabaret and circus troupe BRIEFS return to London's Southbank this Summer for more mayhem.
Brighton and Hove Pride - 2022

Brighton & Hove Pride 2022

Brighton Pride is finally back on 6 and 7 August 2022
British Library - Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty

British Library: Gay UK – Love, Law and Liberty

A free queer exhibition at the British Library, looking at 122 years of gay history.
British Museum - Desire, love, identity

British Museum: Desire, love, identity exhibition

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

CATS at the London Palladium

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

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

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

Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's brand new musical Cinderella is now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London's West End.
COCK new April 2022

Cock starring Jonathan Bailey

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

Come From Away Tickets

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
Constellations with Omari Douglas and Russell Tovey

Constellations

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
Cruise - Play - London

Cruise at the Apollo Theatre

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

Damn Yankees hits London at the Landor Theatre

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

Dance Til Dawn at the Aldwych Theatre

Starring Strictly Come Dancing favourites Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace.
David Hockney David Hockney, No. 339, 18th May 2020

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020

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

Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre

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.
Death Drop

Death Drop

Dubbed a "Dragatha Christie" murder mystery, Death Drop is a riotously entertaining evening of fabulous drag and heinous murder at the Garrick Theatre
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album at the Royal Academy

Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album at the Royal Academy

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

Di and Viv and Rose at the Vaudeville Theatre

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

Diary of a Somebody at the Seven Dials Playhouse

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

Dick Whittington at the Phoenix Theatre

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

Dick Whittington: A New Dick in Town at Above the Stag

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

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre

Glamorous musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre.
Disability Pride Month

Disability Pride Month July 2022

July is Disability Pride Month - in the UK and around the world
DIVA Live From Hell

DIVA: Live From Hell! at the Turbine Theatre

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

Drag Fest London 2021

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.
Yummy Iconic

Drag stars Yummy Iconic at The Underbelly Festival

The ever fabulous and award-winning Yummy ensemble are back in London.
Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre

Dreamgirls The Musical

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

East is East at the Trafalgar Studios

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

Electra at the Old Vic Theatre

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

Evita at the Dominion Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's epic musical EVITA returns to London.
David Hockney: Peter getting out of Nick's pool

Exhibition: David Hockney retrospective at Tate Britain

A massive new retrospective of David Hockney's body of work, staged at Tate Britain
Henry Scott Tuke: Boy on a Beach, 1912

Exhibition: Queer British Art at Tate Britain

Tate Britiain stages an impressive exhibition exploring queer British art.
Fetish Week London

Fetish Week London 2022

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

Film: Swan Song starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans & Michael Urie

Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans and Michael Urie star in new movie, Swan Song from Todd Stephens
FOC IT UP with Kemah Bob

FOC IT UP with Kemah Bob podcast live at 21 Soho

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

Forbidden Broadway at the Vaudeville Theatre

The cult Broadway show hits London ripping the West End's best loved musicals to shreds!
Foxes - Seven Dials Playhouse

Foxes at Seven Dials Playhouse

Exciting new Queer play Foxes returns to London's Seven Dials Playhouse
Francis Bacon Man and Beast Royal Academy

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy

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

Gay Events Christmas 2014

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

Gay London Events – March 2019

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

Gay London Events 2019 / 2020

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 London Events 2020 – Updated January 2020

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

Gay London Events 2020 and 2021

Gay events in London in 2020 and 2021
Coming Clean

Gay London Events January – February 2019

Gay events in London this January and February 2019 including theatre and concerts
Afterglow - Southwark Playhouse

Gay London Events Summer 2019

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
He Shoots! He Scores!

Gay musical “He Shoots! He Scores!”

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

Gay play “Holding the Man”

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

Gay Travel Links

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

Ghost Stories at the Arts Theatre

Prepare to be well and truly scared out of your wits at Ghost Stories.
Ghosted - Another F***ing Christmas Carol

Ghosted – Another F***ing Christmas Carol Tickets

Ghosted – Another F***ing Christmas Carol at the Other Palace in London
Ginger Johnson Good Clean Fun

Ginger Johnson’s Good Clean Fun at the Pleasance London

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

Great Britain at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

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

Homostash Roof Rave at Egg London

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

Horse-Play at the Riverside Studios

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

Jack and the Beanstalk starring Julian Clary Tickets

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

Jarman at Greenwich Theatre

A new solo play called Jarman is debuting at the Greenwich Theatre this month, celebrating Derek Jarman.
Fashion Freak Show - poster

Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show at the Roundhouse

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

Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre

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

Jonny Woo’s All Star Christmas Cabaret at Battersea Arts Centre

The fabulously talented Jonny Woo is doing Battersea this Christmas, with his All Star Christmas Cabaret.
Outlaws to In-laws at the King's Head Theatre

King’s Head Theatre 2017 Queer Season

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.
Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre

Kinky Boots

The award-winning Broadway musical - and now a smash-hit in London
La Clique - Christmas 2022

La Clique Tickets

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

London Gay Pride Event – Summer 2014

Details of the 2014 London Gay Parade and Gay Pride event
London Pride 2017

London Gay Pride Event – Summer 2017

Details of the 2017 London Gay Parade and Gay Pride event
London pride guide 2022

London Pride Events 2022

Pride Events in London this June and July for Pride Month
London Trans+ Pride 2022

London Trans+ Pride 2022

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

LXZEvents at Libertine

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

Made in Dagenham The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre

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

Mary Poppins Tickets

Glorious musical Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre in London

Memphis The Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre

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

Mighty Hoopla 2021

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

Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre

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

Moment of Grace at the Hope Theatre

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.
My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum

My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum

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

National Student Pride Festival 2021

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.
Tarell Alvin McCraney, to direct at the National Theatre this summer

National Theatre’s Queer Theatre event series

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

New Year’s Eve 2018 Gay London Events

A quick line-up of gay events happening in London this New Year's Eve 2018
Gertrude Lawrence and Noël Coward in Private Lives, 1931 - Times Square Theatre, New York., © Vandamm Studio. Courtesy of Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Noel Coward: Art & Style

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.
OFF LND Reawakening

OFF London – Reawakening

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

ONCE at the Phoenix Theatre

ONCE is the joyous musical starring Ronan Keating* at the Phoenix Theatre
Out and About - Barbican

Out and About! at The Curve, Barbican

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.
Pink Oktoberfest 2017

Pink Oktoberfest 2017

London hosts its first ever gay Oktoberfest event this October near the O2.
Pleasance Theatre - Sucker 4 U

Pleasance Theatre LGBTQ+ Season 2022

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

Pride at the Palace

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

Pride in London 2021 (Cancelled)

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.
Pride Month 2020 - London

PRIDE MONTH 2020

Gay events in London in 2020 including Pride Month
Queer Earth and Liquid Matters

Queer Earth and Liquid Matters at Stone Nest

Queer Earth and Liquid Matters brings together artists, writers, filmmakers, sound and architecture practitioners to explore decolonial and queer ecologies.
Queer East 2022

Queer East Film Festival 2022

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

Queers and War: a conversation with Pussy Riot, Rain Dove and Queer Svit

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

Qw’re First Birthday

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

Roast

Roast at Electrowerkz

Shakespeare in Love cast announced

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

SHOW OF THE MONTH: Shakespeare in Love

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

Sink the Pink: Farewell Ball

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

Sondheim Songtime: London Gay Men’s Chorus

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

Staircase

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

Stomp at the Ambassadors Theatre

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

Straight White Men at the Southwark Playhouse

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

Sunny Afternoon at the Harold Pinter Theatre

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

Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum

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

The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre

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

The Bodyguard starring Alexandra Burke

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

The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall

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

The City of Quebec

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

The Commitments at the Palace Theatre

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

The Convert at Above The Stag

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

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier at the Barbican

This summer the Barbican's art gallery puts on the first major exhibition devoted to French fashion designer and gay fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier.

The gay man behind the Beatles

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

The George & Dragon (Shoreditch)

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

The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945 – 2014 at the V&A

The V&A's major new Summer 2014 exhibition looks at the world of Italian fashion in "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945 - 2014".
The Inheritance

The Inheritance

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

The Joiner’s Arms

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

The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs at the Soho Theatre

Iman Qureshi's play The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs comes to Soho Theatre for a strictly limited season
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me starring John Bell

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.
The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart starring Ben Daniels

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

The Prince at Southwark Playhouse

Sharply written new play The Prince by Abigail Thorn comes to Southwark Playhouse
Queercirlce - The Queens Jubilee

The Queens’ Jubilee at Queercricle

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

The Scottsboro Boys at the Garrick Theatre

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

The Shadow Lounge

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

Thriller Live

Spectacular show celebrating the King of Pop - Michael Jackson
Topsie Redfern

Topsie Redfern’s Crystal Balls at the Two Brewers

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

UK Black Pride London 2022

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

Urinetown at the Apollo Theatre

The smash-hit Broadway show makes it to London in this FIVE STAR hit production
Paul Harfleet - Birds Can Fly

Welcome to Queer Britain

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

West End Bares – Nude Dunnit?

The hottest night in the West End is back as WEST END BARES hits London.
West End Bares 2017- Ruby Slippers

West End Bares – Ruby Slippers: October 2017

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.

What’s On at London Gay Pride Summer 2014

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

What’s on at Out on the Dock 2014

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

White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre

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

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Playhouse Theatre

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

Zodiac Bar launch weekend

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