CIRCA-CLUB EVENTS 2025

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UK LGBT EVENTS - Ink or Swim @ The Hope Theatre
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Ink or Swim @ The Hope Theatre

Curated by award winning writer & Hope Theatre producer Anthony Orme INK OR SWIM is a brand new play reading event designed to connect new and exciting theatre creatives and develop new writing. In an ever competitive market, finding a nugget of gold early can be the difference between success and failure. Over 2 dates, selected plays will be read aloud by professional actors and receive critical feedback from you the audience. Come and see what amazing new work is being written and be the first people to get your hands on it or just come to be in a room of like minded professionals. Whatever your reason, come and play with us! Submissions are now closed. Box Office opens at 1.30pm for cash sales and collection of pre-booked tickets. The performance lasts 2 hours including interval. No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED. PLEASE ARRIVE IN GOOD TIME FOR THE START TIME OF 2.00PM. Refunds are not available. In extreme circumstances tickets purchased may be exchanged for another performance if adequate written notice is provided.

Tickets : £ 8 Tickets

Address : Hope & Anchor pub
The address is 207 Upper Street
Islington
N1 1R

Telephone : 0333 666 3366

Website : Click Here

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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
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  • 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
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