

Come join us at our Circa-Club monthly events including Drinks Parties & Art Exhibitions. Social Events for 200+ gay professional men and their friends in central London. Complimentary Glass of Wine on arrival. Click for more details
Gain a Queer Perspective on our Collection with resident artist Sadie Lee and her special guest Ursula Martinez as they discuss portraits which have a personal resonance. Ursula Martinez is a London based writer, performer and cult cabaret diva. She fuses theatrical concepts, personal experience and popular forms to create innovative challenging, experimental theatre that is highly entertaining and reflective of our contemporary, post-modern world. She is an original cast member of the contemporary circus/cabaret phenomena La Clique / La Soire. She is also an associate artist with iconoclastic performance provocateurs Duckie, with whom she created the smash-hit Olivier Award winning show Cest Duckie! As a director, Ursula Martinez co-directed award winning Office Party with collaborator, and previous Queer Perspectives guest, Christopher Green, and recently directed Lucy McCormick in her smash-hit, sell-out show Triple Threat. Despite her accolades Ursula Martinez is probably most well-known for pulling hankies out of intimate places
Tickets : £ Free Tickets
Address : National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
Telephone : 020 7306 0055
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- 01 Apr – Phillip Schofield (1962 - ), English TV presenter
- 02 Apr – Paul Gambiccini (1949- ), American-British radio/TV presenter & author in the UK. Known as the Pop Professor or the Great Gambo
- 03 Apr – David Hyde Pierce (1959–), American actor
- 04 Apr – Graham Norton (1963- ), Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator & presenter. Five times Bafta Award Winner with his show The Graham Norton Show
- 04 Apr – Robert Bauman (1937–), American politician & author, former Republican congressman (Maryland)
- 04 Apr – Clive Davis (1932–), American record producer & music industry executive
- 04 Apr – Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), American actor
- 05 Apr – Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001), British actor
- 05 Apr – Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982–), German retired soccer player
- 07 Apr – Harry Hay (1912–2002), American labour advocate, teacher & LGBT rights activist
- 07 Apr – Duncan James (1978- ), English singer, actor & TV presenter. Member of boy band Blue
- 08 Apr – Evan Davies (1962- ), English economist, journalist & presenter for the BBC
- 09 Apr – Marc Jacobs (1963–), American fashion designer
- 09 Apr – Harris Wofford (1926–2019), American attorney & politician, U.S. Senator (Pennsylvania) (1991–1995)
- 10 Apr – Tom Spencer (1948–2023), British politician & former Member of European Parliament
- 11 Apr – Glenway Wescott (1901–1987), American writer
- 13 Apr – Ole von Beust (1955–), German politician & former First Mayor of Hamburg
- 14 Apr – Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000), English actor
- 14 Apr – José María Mendiluce (1951–2015), Spanish writer & politician
- 14 Apr – André Boisclair (1966–), Canadian politician & former leader of the Parti Québécois
- 15 Apr – Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance polymath
- 15 Apr – Luke Evans (1979–), Welsh actor & singer
- 15 Apr – George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), American fashion photographer
- 16 Apr – Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (1911–1963), British diplomat & Soviet agent, member of the Cambridge Five spy ring
- 16 Apr – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen (1972–), Hong Kongese politician & radio host
- 17 Apr – Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American playwright & novelist
- 19 Apr – Prince Edmond de Polignac (1834–1901), French aristocrat & composer
- 19 Apr – Dick Sargent (1930–1994), American actor
- 20 Apr – Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972), French essayist & novelist
- 20 Apr – Toller Cranston (1949–2015), Canadian figure skater & artist, 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- 22 Apr – John Waters (1946–), American director, writer, visual artist & media personality
- 23 Apr – Halston (1932–1990), American fashion designer
- 24 Apr – Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952–), French fashion designer
- 24 Apr – Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick (1958–), British politician & retired police officer, sitting in the House of Lords as a life peer
- 25 Apr – Edward II (1267–1327), King of England
- 26 Apr – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), Austrian philosopher
- 27 Apr – Russell T Davies (1963–), British television producer & screenwriter
- 27 Apr – Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976), Yugoslavian (Serbian) royalty
- 30 Apr – Onir (1969–), Bengali Indian film director, editor, writer & producer