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UK LGBT EVENTS OCTOBER 2018

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

OCTOBER 2018 - 16 events (2026 - 162 events listed)
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The Gospel According to Andre @ Out at Clapham
"Andre Leon Tally has been a fixture in the world of fashion for so long that it"s difficult to imagine a time when he wasn"t defining the boundaries of great...
01 - 14
Kids Play @ Above The Stag
Kids Play is about the things a lonely boy will do for love. Theo is a gay 17-year-old student in need of cash. Greg is a married businessman with an...
01 - 27
La Traviata @ The Kings Head Theatre
The acclaimed company behind the Olivier Award nominated (Best New Opera, 2018) production of La bohme present a radical reimagining of Verdis incendiary tale of sex, class and power, La...
01 - 30
The Great Gatsby @ the Gatsby's Drugstore, London
The Great Gatsby at the Gatsby's Drugstore - now booking until 30 October 2018 due to overwhelming demand! The honour would be entirely mine if you would attend my little...
01 - 31
Everyone's Talking About Jaime @ Apollo (until 25 Jan 2020)
Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesnt quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation...
01 - 31
Exhibition: Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up @ V &A (until 04 November)
This exhibition presents an extraordinary collection of personal artefacts and clothing belonging to the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Locked away for 50 years after her death, this collection has...
01 - 31
Maurice (from the novel by E.M. Forster) @ Above the Stag
A play by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham From the novel by E.M. Forster Directed by James Wilby A tale of passion, bravery and defiance, Maurice is adapted from...
11
Book Launch: Sophia Blackwell and Keith Jarrett @ GaysTheWord
You are warmly invited to this book launch for Sophia Blackwell, who will be introducing her new poetry collection The Other Woman (Burning Eye Books). Also featuring brilliant performance poet...
14
Pagliacci @Kings Head Theatre
Pagliacci. Ruggero Leoncavallos greatest opera. Based on a real life murder case. This thrilling and gritty opera boasts one of the greatest tenor arias of all time and a story...
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THT Fundraiser: Royal Parks Half Marathon
The Royal Parks Half takes in some of the capital's world-famous landmarks on closed roads, and four of London's eight Royal Parks: Hyde Park, Green Park, St James's Park and...
12
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  • 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

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