My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) makes triumphant West End debut – review
How’s this for a fairy-tale story? Rob Madge built a following on social media by posting hilarious home videos, many of which went viral during the pandemic; Rob reached out to the team at London’s Turbine Theatre to see if they would commission a play based on those videos.
The result – My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) – premiered in June 2021 at the Turbine. We went to check it out at the time, describing it as “an uplifting and life-affirming piece of theatre”.
Following a successful run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, it now returns to London – but its new home is the glittering Garrick Theatre on London’s West End.
We went along to the show’s gala night over the weekend and the audience reaction to this triumphant return was overwhelming – this heart-warming tale received no fewer than three standing ovations, playing to a full house.
