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UK LGBT EVENTS - Beautiful Thing @ Theatre Royal Stratford East (until 07 Oct)
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08 - 30
Beautiful Thing @ Theatre Royal Stratford East (until 07 Oct)

BEAUTIFUL THING is a touching, urban love story, full of warmth and humour. This 30th-anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey's iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story set in the nineties, is about community, friendship, rites of passage and what it is to be 16 and in love.Teenage boys Ste and Jamie are neighbours on a South London estate. Jamie is more knowledgeable about The Sound of Music than football, while classmate Ste never misses a sports day. Both are being bullied, Jamie at school and Ste at home by his violent father and brother. One night, when things get too much, Ste seeks refuge in Jamie's flat and, sharing a bed, the boys strike up a new relationship. Together they come to terms with their sexuality and explore their feelings alongside their Mama Cass loving, rebellious friend Leah and with the much-needed emotional support of Jamie's lioness mother, Sandra. Written by Jonathan Harvey. Directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike

Tickets : £ Various Tickets

Address : Theatre Royal Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square
London
E15 1BN

Telephone : 020 8534 0310

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  • 02 Jun – Brent Hawkes (1950–), Canadian pastor & LGBT rights activist
  • 02 Jun – Wentworth Miller (1972–), English-born American actor & screenwriter
  • 02 Jun – Zachary Quinto (1977–), American actor
  • 02 Jun – Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher & writer
  • 03 Jun – Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American beat poet
  • 03 Jun – Anderson Cooper (1967–), American journalist, author & television personality
  • 05 Jun – John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes, CB, FBA (1883 – 1946), English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory/practice of macroeconomics & the economic policies of governments
  • 05 Jun – Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet, playwright & theatre director
  • 05 Jun – Troye Sivan (1995–), Australian actor & singer
  • 05 Jun – Gustáv Slamečka (1959–), Czech politician
  • 05 Jun – Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1926–1990), German aristocrat & businessman
  • 06 Jun – Harvey Fierstein (1952–), American actor & playwright
  • 07 Jun – James Ivory (1928–), American film director
  • 09 Jun – Cole Porter (1891–1964), American composer & songwriter
  • 10 Jun – Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American children's writer
  • 10 Jun – Dustin Lance Black (1974–), American screenwriter, director, producer & LGBT rights activist
  • 10 Jun – Sir Terence Rattigan CBE(1911–1977), British dramatist & screenwriter
  • 10 Jun – Terrence Higgins (1945– 1982), born in Wales the Terrence Higgins Trust was set up in his memory as he was one of the 1st people to die of an Aids-related illness in the UK.
  • 11 Jun – Mario Silva (1966–), Portuguese-Canadian legal scholar & politician
  • 12 Jun – Jim Nabors (1930–), American actor & singer
  • 13 Jun – Paul Lynde (1926–1982), American comedian & actor
  • 14 Jun – Boy George (1961–), British singer-songwriter
  • 14 Jun – Alan Carr (1976-), English comedian, broadcaster & writer
  • 14 Jun – Paul O'Grady MBE (1955- ), English comedian, broadcaster, actor, writer & former drag queen Lily Savage.
  • 15 Jun – Simon Callow CBE(1949- ), English actor, director & writer.
  • 15 Jun – Neil Patrick Harris (1973–), American actor, singer, director & magician
  • 16 Jun – Lou Sullivan (1951-1991), American author & trans activist
  • 16 Jun – Joe McElderry (1991–), British singer & model
  • 17 Jun – Clodovil Hernandes (1937–2009), Brazilian fashion stylist, television presenter & politician
  • 17 Jun – Steven Davies (1986–), English cricketer
  • 17 Jun – Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), American writer & photographer
  • 20 Jun – Allan Bell (1947–), Manx politician and Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
  • 20 Jun – E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), American Author
  • 22 Jun – Jimmy Somerville (1961–), Scottish pop singer
  • 22 Jun – Sir Peter Pears CBE (1910-1986), English tenor. Composer Benjamin Britten was his personal & professional partner for nearly 40 years.
  • 23 Jun - Alan Turing (1912–1954), English mathematician & computer scientist
  • 25 Jun - Larry Kramer (1935–), American playwright, novelist &LGBT rights activist
  • 25 Jun – George Michael (1963–2016), English singer, songwriter, record producer & philanthropist
  • 26 Jun - Sean Hayes (1970–), American actor & comedian
  • 28 Jun - Sunil Babu Pant (1972–), Nepalese politician & LGBT rights activist
  • 28 Jun - Jim Kolbe (1942–), American politician, Republican congressman (Arizona) (1985–2003)
  • 28 Jun - David Kopay (1942–), American football player
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