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UK LGBT EVENTS JANUARY 2017

Events Calendar: Our monthly LGBT guide & listings of What's On & Where to Go !! - UK LGBT social, sporting, networking & business events available to view on line by Members/Visitors also emailed to our Members/Subscribers.

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In 2025 we listed 418 Events which are available to view in the Archive

JANUARY 2017 - 21 events (2026 - 183 events listed)
01 - 07
Arts Theatre: A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow
Following sell-out seasons in 2011/12 and critical and audience acclaim, Simon Callow returns in this much-lauded production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, playing at the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited...
01 - 07
Soho Theatre Presents Le Gateau Chocolate :Icons
Walking the tightrope between his public and private personas, Le Gateau Chocolat explores relationships with our icons the people, the moments, the books, the relationships that have come to shape...
01 - 14
Above The Stag: Beauty On The Piste Tale of Old Alpine
Everyones favourite story about Stockholm syndrome gets the pantomime treatment, in this all-new festive show from our multi award-winning team. Its ski season in the little Swiss ski resort of...
01 - 15
London Palladium: Cinderella with Paul O'Grady and Julian Clary
The most enchanting rags-to-riches fairy tale of them all graces the stage of the West Ends most famous theatre this Christmas as pantomime returns to the London Palladium for the...
01 - 28
St James's Theatre: RENT The Musical
There will be a post-show Q&A with Director Bruce Guthrie after the matinee performance, free to all matinee ticket holders Do not miss Bruce Guthries brand-new production of the legendary...
01 - 31
Science Museum Journey Through Medicine
In the 1870s American businessman Henry Wellcome began a single-minded mission to seek out and compile a comprehensive collection of objects relating to medicine and human health. Building on Wellcome's...
01 - 31
THT: HIV & Finance Tour presented by Chris Morgan/Unusual Risks - Health, Wealth & Happiness Project
This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see one of the worlds greatest private collections of photography, drawn from the classic modernist period of the 1920s50s. An incredible group of Man...
01 - 31
V&A Museum: Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear (until 12 march 2017)
EXHIBITION: Discover the evolution of underwear design from the 18th-century to the present day.Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear features over 200 examples of underwear for men and women...
04 - 05
Prince Bendover in Boots
The RVT panto is back, Oh yes it is! A very untraditional, anarchic and naughty take on the traditional panto bought up to date for your adult years. This gloriously...
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Lunchtime Lecture: Eat, Drink and Be Merry: The Greatest Parties in British History
Immerse yourself in history, art and culture at our popular Lunchtime Lectures. Doors open at 12.45. Lectures begin at 13.15 and last approximately one hour. From Tudor pageants...
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  • 02 Mar – Renata Borgatti (1894–1964), Italian classical pianist
  • 07 Mar – Eva Brunne (1954–), Swedish Lutheran bishop
  • 07 Mar – Wanda Sykes (1964–), American comedian, writer & actress
  • 08 Mar – Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887–1963), English sculptor & translator
  • 09 Mar – Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer & poet
  • 10 Mar – Jean Wyllys (1974–), Brazilian lecturer, journalist & politician
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