Newsletter: January with Queer Theatre

January can be a hard month. The gigs slow down, the inbox goes quiet, the weather does its worst, and it can start to feel like you’re doing all of this on your own. So we’ve built January with one simple promise: there’s something every week where you can be in a room with other LGBTQIA+ performers, make real connections, and keep your creative self alive.

Every Monday, our Acting Classes for LGBTQIA+ People gives you a bold, welcoming queer space to play, train, and feel part of something. On Wednesday 14th January, The Show People Podcast returns live with the iconic Marina Sirtis for an honest, rare in-depth conversation. On Saturday 17th January, we’re gathering for a community visit to the Imperial War Museum’s Holocaust Galleries, ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, to bear witness together with care and support. And on Tuesday 20th January, our Queer Play Reading Club meets again, reading Otherland by Chris Bush, with Chris joining us for Q&A.

If you want a January that feels less isolating and more connected, come find us. We’d love to see you.

The Show People Podcast
with special guest, Marina Sirtis

Wednesday 14th January 2026
📍The Two Brewers, Clapham

The award-winning Show People Podcast continues its live monthly residency with an icon of popular culture, Marina Sirtis.

Marina is beloved worldwide for Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation, its feature films, and later Star Trek: Picard. Her screen work spans titles including NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Titans, The Orville and more, plus films such as the Oscar-winning Crash. On stage, she made her West End debut as Marianne in Dark Sublime at Trafalgar Studios, directed by our host Andrew Keates.

Marina rarely sits down for an in-depth podcast conversation. This special live recording promises an honest, open exploration of her life and career across stage, television and film, plus the realities of grief, rebuilding, activism, and finding your voice in a complicated world.

Only 100 seats available. All profits support Queer Theatre projects.

Queer Theatre Trip
The Holocaust Galleries, IWM.

Saturday 17th January 2026
📍 Imperial War Museum, London

Queer Theatre members, their loved ones, and like-minded theatre-makers are invited to join us for a shared visit to the Imperial War Museum, spending time together in The Holocaust Galleries ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. This is a chance to bear witness, reflect, and learn alongside your queer community, with space for anyone who needs a pause.

We will also hold space for the many LGBTQIA+ lives affected by the era’s systems of policing, imprisonment, and violence, and for the wider truth that fascism never targets only one group. This visit is an invitation to choose empathy, solidarity, and action, together.

£10 donation per person to help cover Queer Theatre admin and staffing costs, make a contribution to the museum, and support future community trips.

Queer Play Reading Club: Otherland
with special guest, Chris Bush

Tuesday 20th January 2026 | 6:30pm – 11pm
📍 The Railway, Clapham

The Queer Play Reading Club is a monthly event in partnership with Nick Hern Books, celebrating LGBTQIA+ playwriting in a supportive, low-pressure, queer-run social space.

Each session begins with up to an hour of sharing brand-new queer writing from our members, then we read a full-length published play together, with relaxed discussion and Q&A.

This month’s play: Otherland by Chris Bush
As Jo and Harry begin to untangle themselves from each other, new worlds open up, filled with new partners, new identities, new possibilities. Chris Bush’s play is a bold, beautiful exploration of what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change.

Special guest
We’re delighted to announce that Chris Bush will be joining us to discuss the play and answer your questions.

Each session includes:
🎭 A space for new queer writing to be read and discussed
📚 A free copy of the play, thanks to Nick Hern Books
🧠 Q&A with Jennifer Lunn and Artistic Director Andrew Keates
🍰 Free tea, coffee & snacks
🍸 Drinks and socialising afterwards
🎟️ Limited places. Book now to avoid disappointment

Acting Classes for LGBTQIA+ People

Every Monday | 6:30pm – 10pm

📍 Two Brewers, Clapham

London’s most popular weekly acting class created exclusively for LGBTQIA+ people.

Whether you’re a seasoned professional or trying acting for the very first time, 2B is a bold, supportive space to explore character, connection, and queer identity through improvisation, storytelling, and devised work.

January is a brilliant time to jump in. Each week we’ll explore different practitioners, techniques, games, and performance styles, so you can stretch your craft, try new approaches, and meet new faces. If you’ve been away for a bit, you’ll be welcomed back with open arms.

☕ Free tea, coffee and snacks from 6:30pm
🎭 Class runs 7pm–10pm
📚 Scripts and materials provided
🍸 Social drinks and drag DJ Amy LaQueefa after class until late

Want to Support Queer Theatre?

Your support helps us tell LGBTQ+ stories, foster queer talent, and create safe spaces for our community.

📧 Get in touch at hello@queertheatre.co.uk

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