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Queer Latinx short film Chulo premieres today with its world premiere screening

Chulo, a Kickstarter-funded gay Mexican love story by Alex Orea, has its world premiere today. Longing, masculinity and the cost of wanting something you cannot say out loud

Blue Film arrives in UK cinemas on 25 September via Peccadillo Pictures

Blue Film by Elliot Tuttle opens in UK and Irish cinemas on 25 September via Peccadillo Pictures. Kieron Moore's breakout performance. 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Queerness on Film 2026 brings seven queer short films to Rich Mix in London this July

Queerness on Film 2026 takes place at Rich Mix Bethnal Green on 15 July. Seven queer short films including a BAFTA-nominated short, a panel, live performance and a DJ social

Schrödinger's Lesbians brings Sappho back to Camden Fringe at the Cockpit this August

Themis Theatre's Schrödinger's Lesbians brings Sappho back to Camden Fringe at the Cockpit on 8 and 9 August.

Alastair Whatley plays Oscar Wilde at Park Theatre in a celebrated one-man show

Alastair Whatley plays Oscar Wilde in Micheál Mac Liammóir's celebrated one-man show at Park Theatre from 22 July to 22 August 2026. Michael Fentiman directs

Jerker gets its UK premiere at Waterloo East Theatre this autumn

Robert Chesley's Jerker, a landmark of queer AIDS-era theatre, gets its first UK professional production at Waterloo East Theatre from 26 September to 18 October 2026

The Quietening brings a queer conversion therapy story to Camden Fringe this August

The Quietening by Half Light Creative runs at the Cockpit Theatre as part of Camden Fringe on 15 and 16 August. Jacob has survived conversion therapy. Then he meets Ethan

Bury Me Before You Marry Me brings ghost marriages and audience choice to the Cockpit Theatre

Bury Me Before You Marry Me is an immersive dark comedy about ghost marriages, family secrets and audience choice at the Cockpit Theatre from 29 July to 1 August 2026

Matthew Bourne's queer auto-erotic thriller The Car Man returns to Sadler's Wells

Matthew Bourne's queer dance thriller The Car Man returns to Sadler's Wells from 28 July to 29 August 2026. Male desire, noir mechanics and the New Adventures company.

Lulla brings queer folk horror to Omnibus Theatre Clapham

Lulla by Flaming Theatre runs at Omnibus Theatre Clapham from 30 June to 10 July. Queer folk horror about a teenage girl escaping into a surreal dream world guided by Lady Nightshade

ROKIT Vintage opens a concession inside Coven, the new queer venue at G-A-Y's old address

ROKIT Vintage has opened a concession inside Coven: Headquarters at the former G-A-Y site in Soho. The brand's first retail partnership of this kind in its 40th anniversary year

New gay dating app Goose hopes to move beyond swipe culture

Goose is entering the gay dating app market with a curated, community-focused platform designed to encourage more meaningful connections.

Embrace brings a darkly tender gay play to Omnibus Theatre for one night only

Five gay strangers, one night, and a darkly tender exploration of shame, loss and connection

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story brings its drag hit to Arcola Theatre this July

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Linus Karp's multi-award-winning queer drag show, comes to Arcola Theatre for one week only from 6 to 11 July.

Crybabies bring horror comedy The Scaring to Soho Theatre this September

Crybabies bring The Scaring to Soho Theatre this September. Jon Brittain directs. Francesca Moody produces. Horror, sketch comedy, Shakespearean zombies and whiplash costume changes

Argentine director Nicolás Pérez Costa brings dystopian Richard III to London this July

Nicolás Pérez Costa's dystopian Richard III, acclaimed in Madrid, comes to the Cockpit Theatre London from 8 to 11 July. International cast, live percussion, performed in the round

Barks and Boys brings its LGBT+ dog social to The Arzner for Pride

London's LGBTQ+ dog social returns to The Arzner for Pride on 28 June, welcoming dogs and humans alike from 3pm to 7pm.

Arcola Theatre announces autumn 2026 season with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Turn of the Screw

Arcola Theatre announces its autumn 2026 season with five productions from September to February, including Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Turn of the Screw and three world premieres

Stop! That! Train! brings the first Drag Race movie to UK cinemas in August

Stop! That! Train!, the first ever Drag Race movie, arrives in UK cinemas on 21 August. RuPaul is the President. Ginger Minj and Jujubee must save a train.

Zolita announces Hell's Belles album and North American tour

Zolita announces Hell's Belles, a two-sided queer pop concept album out 28 August, alongside new single HARDCORE and a 14-date North American headline tour

Tender returns to the Bush Theatre this July with Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Tender, Eleanor Tindall's sold-out queer thriller-romance, transfers to the Bush Theatre main house from 9 July to 1 August. Francesca Amewudah-Rivers joins Nadi Kemp-Sayfi

Over a thousand cyclists rode through London naked today in the first Sunday WNBR

The World Naked Bike Ride rolled through London today for the first time on a Sunday. Over a thousand nude cyclists from nine starting points converged at Westminster Bridge

Dog Mom brings South Asian female-led comedy to Southwark Playhouse this autumn

Dog Mom makes its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 14 October. America's largest South Asian theatre company brings a comedy about divorce, dogs and starting over

Rosie Jones records The Show People Podcast live at the Two Brewers tonight

Rosie Jones records The Show People Podcast live at the Two Brewers Clapham tonight at 7:30pm. 100 tickets only, all profits to Queer Theatre

Time Step Tours launches theatrical character guides in Covent Garden

The London Character Guides Association launched in Covent Garden last month. Four theatrical characters, a camp sensibility and walking tours now open to book

Greece On Screen 750 million film strategy 2026 queer cinema

Greece has committed €750 million to its film and audiovisual sector through 2030. For the country's queer cinema community, the timing could not be better.