Tue 17 Nov
Price from: £30.00. Start time: 19:00
The Railway, Clapham, Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UD
The Queer Play Reading Club is a space to share new Queer writing, read a Queer play with its author and explore its themes and the craft of writing Queer stories. This month’s play is The Flea by James FritzHeld in partnership with Nick Hern Books, our monthly club celebrates LGBTQIA playwriting in an encouraging and thoughtful Queer-run space. And everyone gets to take home a copy of the published play and build their own Queer library.Afterwards, join us for a drink and a chat, these eventings are a chance to connect with fellow queer creatives and theatre lovers. And many of our members have found lasting friendships and creative collaborators through our events.This month’s play: The Flea by James Fritz“We'll start with the flea, because that's as good a place as any...”July 1889, London. A flea bites a rat. A rat spooks a horse. A horse kicks a man. As the chain reaction continues, a boy and his mother find themselves swept up in a national scandal that will reshape both their lives – and the country.James Fritz's play The Flea is a retelling of the Cleveland Street Scandal that shook England – from the streets of Bermondsey to the halls of Buckingham Palace – and features a flea, a horse, a detective, a queen, a pimp, a god, and Charlie, the telegraph boy who knelt before the Crown.This anarchic and affecting play was first performed at The Yard Theatre, London, in October 2023, directed by Artistic Director Jay Miller.Press Quotes'Gloriously anarchic... a coked-up joyride of a satire which not so much pokes fun at, but hacks and slashes hierarchical English society to shreds... a bona fide blast' - Broadway World'Exuberant in its ambition... The story provides rich pickings for James Fritz, one the UK's most interesting playwrights' - Guardian'Wildly imaginative... a gleeful, dressing-up box takedown of the hypocrisies and privileges of the wealthy... a wildly entertaining tale that also lands some seriou...
