Newsletter: October with Queer Theatre
Including a screening of the OutCast Showcase with pizza, Jennifer Lunn at the Queer Play Reading Club and our first Variety Night!
Queer Play Reading Club: Es & Flo with special guest, Jennifer Lunn
Tuesday 21st October 2025 | 6:30pm – 11pm
📍 The Railway, Clapham
This month our Queer Play Reading Club features Jennifer Lunn’s award-winning play Es & Flo. A moving, compassionate story about a lifelong lesbian relationship, chosen family, and resilience, Es & Flo has been celebrated at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre and London’s Kiln Theatre.
We’re thrilled that playwright Jennifer Lunn will be joining us to discuss her work and answer 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
OutCast Screening & Pizza Night
Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Doors 7pm | Pizza buffet | Screening from 7:30pm | Social until 2am
📍 Two Brewers, Clapham
Relive the magic of July’s OutCast Summer Showcase of Queer Actors and Writers, directed by Andrew Keates, on the big screen in The Brewers’ Club Room. Cast members who attend will be the first to receive their clips for their portfolios, and friends, family, and supporters can share in the celebration too!
🍕 Tickets include a Fireaway Pizza buffet and snacks, with a wide menu of meat, veggie, and vegan options.
🎬 Watch the showcase in full with cabaret-style seating
💃 After the screening, stay for drinks and dancing with the local queer community until late.
🎟️ Tickets £22.50 including pizza buffet.
Queer Theatre Variety Night
Friday 7th November 2025
Doors 7pm | Show 7:30pm–10pm | DJ until 4am
📍 The Two Brewers, Clapham
Queer talent. Queer joy. Queer chaos. All in one glorious night!
From drag that’ll split your sides to music that’ll melt your heart, stand-up that tells it like it is, and cabaret that refuses to behave, our first ever Variety Night is a love letter to queer performance in all its forms.
It’s camp. It’s messy. It’s beautiful. And it’s ours.
🌈 Line-up TBA — but trust us, you’ll want to be in that room.
🎟️ £100 Cabaret Table for Two (only 6 available) | £20 all other seats
🎟️ All tickets include access to The Two Brewers’ late-night cabaret & DJ until 4am.
2B: Acting Classes for LGBTQ+ People
Every Monday | 6:30pm – 10pm
📍 Two Brewers, Clapham
London’s most popular weekly acting class created exclusively for LGBTQ+ people.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or trying acting for the very first time, 2B offers a bold, supportive space to explore character, connection, and queer identity through improvisation, storytelling and devised work.
This October, our ensemble is in rehearsals for the OutCast Showcase in November 2025, developing authentic, original queer performances to share with a live audience.
☕ Free tea, coffee and snacks from 6:30pm
🎭 Class runs 7pm–10pm
🍸 Social drinks and drag DJ Amy LaQueefa after class until 2am.
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
💝 Make a donation at QueerTheatre.co.uk