As the title suggests, here’s our guide to UNMISSABLE PRIDE STUFF! It’s what we’ll be doing so, obviously, it’s what you SHOULD be doing. Because if we’re there, everyone will be there! Because we’re super cool and famous! The paparazzi followed us last time we went to get a Sainsburys Meal Deal (not true).
We’re being dicks, obviously. All of the stuff going on at Pride is amazing, but this is just the stuff that happened to catch our eye. Don’t be mistaken in thinking Pride is over one weekend. This year, seemingly more than ever, it’s an entire production, with a good couple of weeks’ worth of stuff going on at a host of venues across the city. So yeah, here’s our pick!
This Much
Daily until Saturday 2nd July. 7:15pm. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE. Tickets from £10
Fresh from a critically-acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, This Much (Or An Act Of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage) questions the heteronormative concept of marriage, and re-examines how we define ourselves through relationships. The plot details have all been kept quite clandestine, because apparently knowing any more spoils it, but anything critically-acclaimed that involves boys in wedding dresses has to be good, right?!
Pride In Soho
Saturday 25th June. Midday – late. Free
Now, we don’t know about you, but for us, THIS is what Pride’s all about! Stumbling through sun-scorched Soho Square, a bottle of Smirnoff Ice in one hand and a rainbow flag in the other, avoiding ex boyfriends and scouting out new ones. Drag queens hang out of third-floor windows, hot boys in denim pants twerk to Britney, horrified straight Italian tourists get jostled into the McDonalds toilets and it’s generally just a wonderful, free, outrageous hive of debauchery. If you do nothing else during pride, battle your way into Soho and drink in the vibes (and the Smirnoff Ice).
Natural History Museum Lates
Friday 24th June. 6pm – 10pm . Free
This year for the first time ever, the Natural History Museum is opening its doors to pride! As venues go, the Natural History Museum is, unarguably, one of the best in the world. It’s got a bloody buggery diplodocus skeleton for god’s sake! Yes, for Pride they’ll be hosting a special edition of their popular Museum Lates nights, where they open until ten and serve a selection of wines and beers for people to saunter with down their hallowed halls. There’ll be some other stuff too, including special exhibitons and performances from the London Gay Men’s Chorus and appearances from drag queens Gina Gee, Courtney Dix and Vanity Von Glow. Where else could you sip a glass of prosecco next to a dinosaur skeleton whilst chatting to a drag queen?! Fabulous.
A Night At The Musicals
Monday 20th June, 8pm – 11pm
Pizza Express, The Pheasantry, 152 Kings Road, SW3 4UT. £18
Another brain-tingingly unique experience! Watching two drag queens sing hits from musicals at a Pizza Express in Chelsea! Again, what other city on earth would facilitate this?! This is why we love London. We’ve been to this night before actually, when they did it last Christmas and it is, as you might imagine, absurd and hilarious, but also has moments of breathtaking emotion and real, premier league talent. Jonny Woo and Le Gateau Chocolat are both award-winning performers at the top of their game and it certainly shows. Unmissable, and the perfect way to kick off a week of campations!
• So that’s it for now! Check back next week for Part 2 of our Pride Guide.
