LATEST LGBTQ NEWS
GoFundMe for Renée Good nears $1.5 million as protests erupt over her killing by ICE agent more
Billie Eilish’s ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ becomes the most-streamed solo song by a female artist in Spotify history more
Heated Rivalry: Connor Storrie shares iconic reaction to Miley Cyrus’ music pitch for season 2 more
‘I stayed on exactly as long as I wanted to’: Bowen Yang breaks silence on SNL exit more
“It was sudden and shocking’: Strictly’s John Whaite hospitalised after being hit by a car more
9-1-1 showrunner discusses Buddie’s future and Heated Rivalry comparisons more
“I’m ready to fight!”: Drag Race UK vs the World season 3 cast revealed more
GLAAD Media Awards 2026: Heated Rivalry, BOOTS, and The Hunting Wives score nominations more
Cher on her past relationship with David Geffen: “We had a special arrangement” more
Connor Storrie’s favourite moment from Heated Rivalry might surprise you more





UK LGBT EVENTS - Straight White Men at the Southwark Playhouse
< Return to events listings
01 - 04
Straight White Men at the Southwark Playhouse

Straight White Men puts a revealing, often hilarious spotlight on straight white male identity, and is a subversive exploration of all our identities. The cast includes actor and LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Condou, and trans actress and activist Kim Tatum. As a widower called Ed prepares to celebrate Christmas, he calls his three grown sons back to the family home. Games are played, Chinese food is ordered, and brotherly pranks and trashtalk distract them from the on-going issue that threatens to ruin the festivities: when identity matters and privilege is a problem, what is a straight white man to do? Promising to be raucous, surprising and fearlessthe ever-adventurous American playwright and director Young Jean Lee takes an outside look at the traditional father/son play narrative, shedding new light on a story we think we know all too well. Following an acclaimed Broadway run, the hilarious Straight White Men arrives at Southwark Playhouse for four weeks only. Charlie Condou (playing Matt) is a British actor, columnist and LGBTQ+ rights activist best known for playing Marcus Dent in Coronation Street and Ben Sherwood in Holby City. Simon Rouse (playing Ed) is best known for playing DCI Jack Meadows in The Bill. They are joined by Cary Crankson (Country Music), Alex Mugnaioni (Romeo & Juliet, National Theatre), Kamari Romo (The Bear/The Proposal, Young Vic) andtrans actress and activist Kim Tatum (Killer Tongue).

Tickets : £ Various Tickets

Address : Southwark Playhouse
77-85 Newington Causeway
London
SE1 6BD

Telephone : 020 7407 0234

Website : Click Here

SUBSCRIBE TO VELVET-CLUB

Enter your email address below to receive details about our Velvet-Club: Member & Subscriber Events, LGBT UK Monthly Events Guides/Newsletters, Competitions & Special Offers.

STAR SIGNS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...
  • 01 Jan – Martine Rothblatt (1954–), American lawyer, author, entrepreneur, business executive, & CEO of United Therapeutics
  • 02 Jan – M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935), American educator, linguist & women's suffragist
  • 04 Jan – Dot Jones (1964–), American actress & arm wrestler
  • 06 Jan – Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French writer, philosopher & activist
  • 06 Jan – Kate McKinnon (1984–), American actress & comedian
  • 06 Jan – Nancy Ruth (1942–), Canadian Senator
  • 08 Jan – Winnaretta Singer (1865–1943), American heiress
  • 11 Jan – Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991), English actress, producer & director
  • 12 Jan – Edith Cooper (1862–1913), English poet
  • 12 Jan – Patsy Kelly (1910–1981), American actress
  • 13 Jan – Charlotte Charke (1713–1760), English actress, playwright, novelist & transvestite
  • 14 Jan – Holland Taylor (1943–), American actress
  • 19 Jan – Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), American novelist & short-story writer
  • 19 Jan – Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American rock singer-songwriter
  • 22 Jan – Elaine Noble (1944–), American politician & LGBT activist
  • 23 Jan – Luisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino (1881–1957), Italian aristocrat, muse & patron of the arts
  • 25 Jan – Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English writer
  • 25 Jan – Aya Kamikawa (1968–), Japanese politician & writer, first openly transgender politician in Japan
  • 26 Jan – Ellen DeGeneres (1958–), American actress & stand-up comedian
  • 28 Jan – Colette (1873–1954), French novelist
  • 28 Jan – Marnie McBean (1968–), Canadian rower, three-time Olympic Gold Medalist
  • 29 Jan – Gia Carangi (1960–1986), American model
  • 29 Jan – Sara Gilbert (1975–), American actress & talk show co-host
  • 31 Jan – Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968), American actress
  • 31 Jan – Portia de Rossi (1973–), Australian actress
  • 31 Jan – Patricia Velásquez (1971–), Venezuelan actress & model

BUSINESS