Gay London Life | November '26 Edition - Magazine - Page 16
Off The Radar: The Best Of The Rest
November’s giving the sofa some serious competition.
There’s drag worth leaving the house for, dancefloors worth missing the last train for,
and enough queer culture to make the group chat briefly discuss something other than its exes.
Dragon Boiz bring The Full Monty
to Pleasance London on 20
November, with an all-Asian cast
exploring masculinity through
striptease, comedy and 90s
nostalgia. The evening makes
room for body confidence and
vulnerability alongside the cheek.
Beefmince x RVT
Consider it a cultural outing with
fewer trousers. LIPSYNC1000’s
Start with a little nostalgia. Athena’s
tenth grand finale lands at The
80s party returns to Eagle London
Clapham Grand on 22 November:
on 7 November, with synth-pop,
twenty finalists, four minutes apiece
Hi-NRG and ample opportunity
and the audience picking the
to deploy those shoulders. Honey
winners. Choose wisely, darling.
Honey sweetens Electrowerkz on
Changing Rooms: Celebrating
Trans+ Domesticities
Queer Ceilidh Dance Party
20 November, gathering bears,
A different sort of house party awaits
cubs, daddies and admirers. Then
at Changing Rooms: Celebrating
Fancy meeting people without
BEEFMINCE x RVT takes over
Trans+ Domesticities, at the Museum
shouting over a bassline? WLQP’s
the Royal Vauxhall Tavern on 21
of the Home on 14 November. Trans
free hockey taster takes place at
November, with disco, house and
histories, makers, poetry and cabaret
Wetherby Pembridge Sports Ground
electro for a crowd that appreciates
share the programme. There’s a
on 5 November. Or try the Queer
both a good tune and a good beard.
trans makers’ market for anyone
Ceilidh Dance Party at Cecil Sharp
A rather sociable weekend, then.
feeling suspiciously organised about
House on the 21st, with live folk music,
Christmas shopping. Sara Torres
drag and gender-free calling. Two left
discusses The Seduction at The
feet are perfectly welcome.
Dragon Boiz
Common Press Dalston on the 6th;
WLQP screens The Rocky Horror
Elsewhere, Flirrrt welcomes queer
Picture Show at ActOne Cinema
women, trans and non-binary
on the 12th. Its Fruit Fly book club
partygoers to Bar Social, Lavender
meets at My Place Chiswick on
Hill, on 6 November. Exilio’s LGBTQ+
25 November. Unfinished readers
Latin Party gets Zodiac moving to
welcome, spoilers likely.
salsa, reggaetón and bachata on the
14th, while Fast & Bi-Furious revs up
Dalston Superstore on 20 November.
Chloe Petts
Nobody said November had to be
spent under a blanket.
For laughs, Chloe Petts headlines
Queer Comedy Social at The
For something with more bite,
Phoenix, Cavendish Square, on 19
HUNTER: Maxximum Thrust brings
November. Alex Green’s Black Cap
leather and fetish to Electrowerkz
Cabaret Lab Showcase tests fresh
on 21 November. Do read that dress
songs, comedy and burlesque in
code. NACHTLICKER XII pairs Pussy
Camden on the 8th. Entry is free, with
Riot: Riot Days with punk theatre
Live music gets its turn at VFD,
Pulled at RVT
a voluntary collection supporting
and a rave in a secret cinema near
where Dyke+ Alternative Music
Finally, panto season gets its hands
the performers. Meanwhile,
Camden on the 20th. At Tottenham’s
Night hosts Milkmaiden, Evening
on King Arthur. PULLED opens at the
ANUSTART turns The Divine into
Unit58, FLUXX centres QTIPOC DJs
Vic, Olive Wreath and Bella Artois
RVT on 24 November, with a sword
an Arrested Development fever
and performers on 21 November,
on 26 November. Earlier, REBIRTH:
requiring attention. Pirates of the
dream on 9 November, complete
while HOMOSTASH’s Wild Circus
VIC’S CHEST brings performers
Carabiner docks at the Two Brewers
with drag, burlesque and never-nude
Rave fills Colours Hoxton with
and poetry to the same venue on 5
on 27 and 28 November. Captain
references. Finally, an occasion for
techno, queer disco and karaoke on
November, raising money for Vic’s top
Jack Swallows is involved. Draw your
those denim cut-offs.
the 28th. Pace yourselves.
surgery. Good company, good cause.
own conclusions.
That’s November sorted. For even more reasons to leave the house, explore the full events diary at gaylondonlife.co.uk/events
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