UK

Greenwich Theatre turns Shakespeare's tragedy queer with a hot cast, folk music and a set built for the heatwave.

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

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

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

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 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.

Inside a university bedroom, one story stretches into a nightclub, a refuge and a trap, and Raphael Phillips holds every version of it together.

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 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

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

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

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

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 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!, 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.

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

Maximilian Isaacs and Blu Hunt anchor a formally inventive, quietly devastating short about male entitlement and reproductive autonomy.

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

Four queer women, one sofa and a marriage running out of things to say, reviewed at Omnibus Theatre's 96 Festival.

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 Clapham tonight at 7:30pm. 100 tickets only, all profits to Queer Theatre

Four strangers, one bathroom, and a queer musical that mostly earns its warmth.

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

Emily Lim turns the Globe into a communal riot of folk music, confetti and audience chaos. Puck falls for someone called Steve, and Bottom becomes a donkey in love with a queen.

Born With Teeth burns hot in London’s West End, a five-star duel of genius and desire between Shakespeare and Marlowe.