Gay London Life | May '26 Edition - Magazine - Page 12
Going Out
Athena: 80s
Spring Fling
Bank Holiday
Dandy
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If your bank holiday weekend plans need one
The P Word
final glorious blowout, Dandy at Royal Vauxhall
If your June plans need theatre with real heart,
Athena’s Spring Fling is right at the start of May at
Tavern is the unofficial Mighty Hoopla afterparty
The P Word at Bush Theatre is one of the most
Eagle London so you might also need to look to
with absolutely no intention of letting the night end
talked-about queer productions returning to
their June party if you’re reading this too.
early. Billed as London’s biggest party’s biggest
London this summer. Waleed Akhtar’s Olivier
This long-running queer club night is dedicated
party, expect alternative pop, indie bangers, disco
Award-winning play follows two gay Pakistani
to the fiercest side of the 1980s,think Hi-NRG,
favourites, nu-rave chaos and queer club anthems
men whose lives collide under the pressures
disco, new wave, Europop and all the glorious
from every possible corner of the dancefloor.
of identity, migration and love in modern
excess that came with it. Expect everything from
From Kylie to Cobrah, Donna Summer to SOPHIE,
Britain. Zafar has fled persecution in Pakistan
Madonna, Prince and Pet Shop Boys to Dead or
Rihanna to Rammstein, nothing is off limits if it
to seek asylum in the UK, while Londoner Bilal
Alive, Erasure and Bananarama, plus poster girl
keeps the crowd moving. Joining the Dandy
is navigating the exhausting realities of queer
dancers, camp visuals and a dancefloor full of
residents behind the decks is Sum Ting Wong, with
dating and belonging. Tender, funny and quietly
people who know exactly how to pout properly.
performances from MateriaBoi, Naomi Cannibal
devastating, this critically acclaimed story of
Big hair, bigger tunes and dancing until dawn,
and Wanda Vull bringing full afterparty energy to
hope and resilience returns for a strictly limited
every MONTH!
one of London’s most iconic queer venues.
run with its original cast and creative team. ()
Athena 80s
DANDY
Bush Theatre
Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, London
Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane,
7 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, London
SE11 5QY
London SE11 5HY.
W12 8LJ
Saturday 2nd May
Saturday 30th May
28 May – 27 June 2026
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