London Gay Travel News – Archive
| 30 August 2010
Gay Sports Day 2010:
presented by the Gay Men’s Health Charity (GMFA) and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT). 14:00 – 18:00
@ Vauxhall Spring Gardens
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Video: Gay Sports Day 2009
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| 29 August 2010
Beyond Supersize:
London’s weekly gay after hour party with an August Bank Holiday special. 04:30 – 13:00
@ Area (Albert Embankment, Arch 67-68)
Video: Beyond party @ Area
| 29 August 2010
| 14 August 2010
| 24 July 2010
| 14 – 18 July 2010
| 16 – 18 July 2010
| 18 July 2010
| 3 July 2010
| 3 July 2010
| 3 July 2010
SuperMartXé London:
Ibiza’s top party in London. Mixed gay and straight crowd.
22:30 – 07:00 @ The Coronet (28 New Kent Road)
22:30 – 07:00 @ The Coronet (28 New Kent Road)
Video: SuperMartXé Party August 2009
| 3 July 2010
| 17 – 18 June 2010
Les ballets C de la B:
director Alain Platel’s new work ›Out of Context – for Pina‹ (a major success with critics and audience at its premiere in Brussels) is performed in London for 2 nights at the dance theatre Sadler’s Wells (Rosebery Avenue)
Video Preview
| 27 – 31 May 2010
London Bear Pride 2010:
Bank Holiday party weekend for Bears & Co, organized by the bear venue XXL London (51-53 Southwark Street)
| 18 February – 16 May 2010
Michelangelo’s Dream:
›The Dream‹ is probably the most famous of several drawings which Michelangelo had made as gifts for his big love Tommaso de’ Cavalieri. For the first time in the public, these extraordinary drawings are united in this highly praised exhibition.
10:00 – 17:30 @ The Courtauld Gallery (Strand, Somerset House)
10:00 – 17:30 @ The Courtauld Gallery (Strand, Somerset House)
| 2 May 2010
| 4 April 2010
| 4 April 2010
Fusion:
big Easter Bank Holiday party for Bears & friends. Entry 10–16 €.
22:00 – 06:00 @ The Arches (home of XXL London, 51-53 Southwark Street)
22:00 – 06:00 @ The Arches (home of XXL London, 51-53 Southwark Street)
| 2 April 2010
| 2 April 2010
| 6 March 2010
| 1 – 28 February 2010
| 20 February 2010
| 13 February 2010
| 10 December – 24 January 2010
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake:
Matthew Bourne’s modern re-interpretation of Swan Lake in 1995 – perhaps best-known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a male ensemble – turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm. Now it returns to the theatre that first launched this international hit, the dance theatre Sadler’s Wells (Rosebery Avenue)
Video preview
| 1 January 2010
| 1 January 2010
| 31 December 2009
| 31 December 2009
| 31 December 2009
| 31 December 2009
| 25 December 2009
| 10 – 23 December 2009
| 9 – 22 November 2009
GFest 2009 – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival:
a ›platform for queer artists from diverse backgrounds‹. With visual arts exhibition, theatre workshops, performances, short film screenings and film café.
Video: gayWise 2009 Promo Trailer
| 1 – 31 October 2009
| 30 October 2009
| 14 – 29 October 2009
| 21 – 24 October 2009
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company:
the ›dream ballet troupe‹ (New York Times) returns to London once again to the dance theatre Sadler’s Wells (Rosebery Avenue)
Video: Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
| 18 October 2009
| 2 July – 18 October 2009
National Portrait Gallery – Gay Icons:
exhibition of historical and modern icons, selected by ten gay figures such as Alan Hollinghurst, Elton John and Ian McKellen. Their choices include artists Francis Bacon and David Hockney, model and actor Joe Dallesandro, civil rights campaigner Harvey Milk, writers Quentin Crisp and Walt Whitman and composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
Daily 10:00 – 18:00, Fri, Sat till 21:00. Last admission 45 min before gallery closes.
@ National Portrait Gallery (St Martin’s Place)
Daily 10:00 – 18:00, Fri, Sat till 21:00. Last admission 45 min before gallery closes.
@ National Portrait Gallery (St Martin’s Place)
| 11 October 2009
Wig Party 2009:
glamorous charity event with the craziest outfits you may have ever seen in your life. This year’s theme is ›All at Sea‹ – not just pirates and sailors but mystical sea creatures and all things above or beneath the ocean waves.
From 18:30 @ Café de Paris (London-Soho, 3-4 Coventry Street)
From 18:30 @ Café de Paris (London-Soho, 3-4 Coventry Street)
Video: Wig Party 2009, by SeenQueen
| 4 October 2009
| 26 September 2009
| 12 – 20 September 2009
| 19 – 20 September 2009
| 13 September 2009
Soho Live ’09:
street festival in London-Soho, presented by Gaydar and The Edge bar. 12:00 – 20:00 between Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue
Video: Soho Live 2009
| 13 September 2009
| 13 September 2009
| 11 September 2009
Mika @ Popstarz:
the Popstarz party returns to the Scala at King’s Cross for one night with a special appearance of Indie-Pop artist Mika.
21:00 – 05:00, 10–12 £ @ Scala (Pentonville Road)
21:00 – 05:00, 10–12 £ @ Scala (Pentonville Road)
| 31 August 2009
| 29 July – 16 August 2009
Chun Yi – The Legend of Kung Fu:
Kung Fu artistry, dance and acrobatics show, already seen by over 2 million people at the Red Theatre in Beijing.
@ London Coliseum (St. Martin’s Lane, near Trafalgar Square)
@ London Coliseum (St. Martin’s Lane, near Trafalgar Square)
Trailer: Chun Yi – The Legend of Kung Fu
| 15 August 2009
Milk in the Park:
outdoor festival presented by the Eagle London.
13:00 – 21:00, 15–18 £ @ Vauxhall Spring Gardens
13:00 – 21:00, 15–18 £ @ Vauxhall Spring Gardens
| 4 – 25 July 2009
| 24 July 2009
| 16 July 2009
Men at Play Party:
the company known for its men-in-suits-fantasies-come-true porns throws a party celebrating the relaunch of the menatplay.com website.
With Men at Play models and waiters, a stage show and the presentation of the winner of the model search competition. Entrance 10 £. Dress to impress!
19:00 – 02:00 at the glamorous club ›Café de Paris‹ in London Soho
(3-4 Coventry Street)
With Men at Play models and waiters, a stage show and the presentation of the winner of the model search competition. Entrance 10 £. Dress to impress!
19:00 – 02:00 at the glamorous club ›Café de Paris‹ in London Soho
(3-4 Coventry Street)
| 7 – 19 July 2009
Dorian Gray:
Oscar Wilde’s fable reinvented as a dance theatre event by Matthew Bourne, one of the most successful British choreographers.
Early booking recommended, last year’s shows sold out quickly.
@ Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Rosebery Avenue)
Early booking recommended, last year’s shows sold out quickly.
@ Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Rosebery Avenue)
Video preview: Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray
| 4 July 2009
| 4 July 2009
| 4 July 2009
| 27 June 2009
| 22 – 23 May 2009
| 3 – 4 May 2009
Smiley Happy People – The Orange Summer Of Love (Part 1):
large party to commemorate 20 years Acid House and the Second Summer of Love of 1989.
Sundaynight/Monday morning from 02:00 @ Area (Albert Embankment, Arch 67-68)
Sundaynight/Monday morning from 02:00 @ Area (Albert Embankment, Arch 67-68)
Video: Summer of Love party
| 7 March 2009
| 28 February 2009
Revolver party:
after the closing of the Astoria venue in London-Soho, the Revolver party will be hosted now by the newly reopened Fridge in London-Brixton. 22:00 – 07:00 @ The Fridge (2 Town Hall Parade)
Video: Revolver Party January 2009
| 21 – 30 January 2009
| 7 – 25 January 2009
| 10 – 25 January 2009
Destroy Every Closet Door:
›Milk‹, Gus van Sant’s film with Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay City Supervisor in San Francisco who was assassinated in 1978, is released UK-wide on 23 January. The ICA precedes this release with a Special Preview and screenings of several other films, including the Oscar-winning documentary ›The Times of Harvey Milk‹ by Rob Epstein.
@ Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA, The Mall)
@ Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA, The Mall)
| 30 November – 4 January 2009
Jamie McLeod – Criminal Lover:
exhibition of photos and colored defaced screen-prints as a homage to ›the lost and found boys‹, ›the renters, the addicts, the criminally sick, the beautiful, the angelic, the evil, the god-sent, and the iconic‹.
Daily from 10:00 (Sunday from 11:00) at the First Out cafe-bar in London-Soho
(52 St Giles High Street)
Daily from 10:00 (Sunday from 11:00) at the First Out cafe-bar in London-Soho
(52 St Giles High Street)
| 1 January 2009
Matinée London:
New Year’s Day after hour spectacle. 20–35 £
05:00 – 14:00 @ Club Colosseum (1 Nine Elms Lane)
05:00 – 14:00 @ Club Colosseum (1 Nine Elms Lane)
Video: Matinée New Year’s Day after party 2009
| 1 November 2008
| 15 – 30 October 2008
| 26 October 2008
| 20 – 21 October 2008
Batsheva Dance Company:
›Founded in 1964 by Martha Graham, the Israel-based company is well-known for its powerful combination of force,
speed and passion.‹
@ Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Rosebery Avenue)
speed and passion.‹
@ Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Rosebery Avenue)
Video preview: Batsheva Dance Company
| 6 September 2008
| 24 – 30 August 2008
| 24 August 2008
| 17 August 2008
| 17 August 2008
| 9 August 2008
| 25 – 26 July 2008
| 15 November – 30 August 2008
| 16 March 2008
| 22 December 2007
Crash – The Finale:
After 9 years of changing the gay clubbing scene in London, Crash celebrated its last party on 22 December 2007: ›With time comes change... and after the opening of Area (Crash’s sister club next door) and a whole host of new venues in Vauxhall we feel that it’s time to move on and explore newer ideas. In January the venue will undergo an extreme makeover and emerge as a fresh and rejuvenated venue with a whole new identity.‹
| 26 January 2007
United Kingdom of Religious Hypocrites:
The drama queens from the "Christian Concern for our Nation" (a branch of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship) sent a petition to the Queen: ›We appeal to your Majesty to protect our right to hold the Biblical view that a practising homosexual relationship is not of equal moral worth to the heterosexual relationship of a married couple.‹
Reason is a new British law which would protect against refusal of services because of sexual orientation (e.g. refusing hotel or guesthouse rooms to gay couples). Now they are afraid that they have to allow Gay Tea Dance parties in their churches and unchristian behavior in their guests’ beds...
Reason is a new British law which would protect against refusal of services because of sexual orientation (e.g. refusing hotel or guesthouse rooms to gay couples). Now they are afraid that they have to allow Gay Tea Dance parties in their churches and unchristian behavior in their guests’ beds...