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I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark On Sundays - a review

It's not often that you can attend a world premiere. Much less often on the 100th anniversary of the birth of playwright; one among the greatest of the past century. This is however what I managed to pull off yesterday by attending a performance of an unpublished, never-performed, 1970 work by Tennessee Williams: I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark On Sundays at the Cock Tavern Theatre in Kilburn. And a treat it was too. This production is only one of a winning streak since the appointment of Adam Spreadbury-Maher as artistic director two years ago. This includes a lovely and highly appropriate version of La Bohème (my review for Londonist here ). Cameron Harris as Director tries to convince Lewis Hayes as Tye and Shelley Lang as Jane to say their lines. Photo: Rocco Redondo . Once again the creative team have managed to make the best use of the intimate (some may say cramped) space that is the Cock Theatre. Some of the actors are seated among the audience who become even more inv

Walk for Love III

Below is the result of my live tweeting of the third Walk For Love, including a few pics - start at the bottom. More pictures are available on Flickr by clicking on the image above. The event on Sunday 06 March, started at Poplar DLR station and ended in Cabot Place in Canary Wharf. The aim is to counter with a message of love a hate campaign using stickers to declare part of the East End a "gay free zone" Next #helpyourselftolove walk on Friday [11th March] . 6pm Shoreditch Town Hall. See you there people :) » He said people could come and talk to him about the issue anytime. » The head of security for Canary Wharf has just been down to chat to us. Very supportive and positive » RT @MODERN1ST: Help Yourself to LOVE @ Poplar DLR Station http://instagr.am/p/CDGMi/ » Tea and warmth break » Apparently they've had loads everyday for about a week. And some good CCTV footage... » been spotted by Canary Wharf's own Big Brother. Their delegate was very friendly. Said they

Walk for Love II

Below is the result of my live tweeting of the second Walk For Love, including a few (bad) pics) - start at the bottom. The event on Friday 25 February, started at the Shoreditch Town Hall and found its circuitous way around part of East London to end in Brick Lane. The aim is to counter with a message of love a hate campaign using stickers to declare part of the East End a "gay free zone" Back on Brick Lane. This is where live twitting of the #helpyourselftolove walk stops. Thanks for reading. See you next week :) » A few people have asked us what we were all about. Reaction to the word gay was muted but not hostile » Sheep of Love are live sheep at the Spitalfield City Farm #mysterysolved » There will be another walk next friday. Check out Facebook for details » Oops. Got a bit lost there for a sec » We are being promised the Sheep of Love #intriguing » We are at Osmani Primary School » RT @scottbert I've been clearing them off round Marsh Wall/Canary Wharf area...no m