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Listings of LGBTQ social, sporting, networking & business events to view online by Members, Subscribers & Visitors. LGBTQ calendar & guide of What's On & Where to Go including: Theatre Productions, Exhibitions, Fundraising Events, Shows, Concerts, TV Recordings, Podcasts, Audiences With .., Pride Events +++ !! Events to keep you entertained all year around.

Leigh Bowery @ Tate Modern .. Derren Brown: Only Human – UK Tour .. Holly Johnson - UK Tour .. Burlesque The Musical @ Savoy Theatre .. Born With Teeth @ Wyndham's Theatre .. Please Please Me @ Kiln Theatre .. Saving Mozart @ The Other Palace Theatre .. THT Fundraising: Skydives & Marathons .. National Portrait Gallery: LGBTQ+ Highlights Tour .. Alan Turing: The Age of A1 @ Bletchley Park .. The Graham Norton Show: Pre-Registration Audience Tickets @ London .. Sabrage @ Lafayette .. Rocky Horror Show UK Tour .. LGBTQIA+ Tour @ V&A Museum .. Cabaret Live At The Kit Kat Club @ Playhouse Theatre .. About The Devil Wears Prada @ Dominion Theatre .. About Oscar @ The Crown .. Pride Guided Tours @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre .. Four Play @ Kings Head Theatre .. Edinburgh Fringe .. About The Diana Mixtape @ Here at Outernet .. Fruitcake @ The Hope Theatre .. Dragging Your Heels at Camden People’s Theatre .. Lightbulbs @ Brockley Jack Studio Theatre .. Bold Mellon Collective presents: Queer Migrations Festival .. Marcus Megastar: HeartThrob UK Tour 2025 @ Museum of Comedy .. UK Prides in August: Brighton & Hove, Chester, Doncaster, Foyle, Leicester, Lincoln, Manchester, Margate, Newquay, Reading, Swindon & Wiltshire, Walsall +++


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