18 Feb - 01 Mar

19:30

What A Gay Day! – The Larry Grayson Story

Warm, Witty, Moving

Tickets

18 Feb - 01 Mar

19:30

What A Gay Day! – The Larry Grayson Story

Warm, Witty, Moving

tickets
show info
cast & Artistic team
venue details

The latest show from the team behind THE MAN IN THE SHED, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING FRANK, THE EAGLE AND THE SEAGULL, CHET BAKER – LET’S GET LOST and LUCKY DOG.

Starring Larry Grayson (played by Luke Adamson).

Shut that door!

Larry Grayson, one of the country’s best-loved light entertainers, is back from The Other Side (no, not ITV) to tell the story of his extraordinary life. Larry was the camp stand-up who, with his innuendo-laden tales, told stories of friends like Everard and Slack Alice. In this fusion of autobiographical reminiscing and stand-up, Larry reveals all. From his birth in 1923 to an unmarried mother at a time when such things brought nothing but shame, to his fostering by a hard-working miner and his family, Larry maintained an incredible drive to become a variety star at a time when variety was dying. Drag artist, comedian, song-and-dance man, Larry did it all, but he was consigned to showbusiness oblivion by an early TV appearance. No one, least of all Larry, expected him to become a major light entertainment star later in life, with his shows watched by over 20 million people on Saturday nights in the 1970s and 1980s.

A gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal, he was marginalised by his own sexuality, but was also bizarrely targeted by the Gay Liberation Front for not being what they wanted to promote. The camp comic who paved the way for so many others, he is now in danger of being forgotten, so spend an evening with Larry, his hilarious friends, his anecdotes and catchphrases, and the humour of the decades he lived though, and find out what he did in the Rolls Royce that he could not drive.

Cast

Luke Adamson

Larry Grayson

Artistic Team

Director

Alex Donald

Writer

Tim Connery

Producer

The Bridge House Theatre & Stage D'Or

The Bridge House Theatre, 2 High Street, Penge, SE20 8RZ

Less than a minute from Penge West station. Also not far from Penge East and Crystal Palace stations. The theatre is situated on the first floor of the Bridge House Pub and is currently only accessible by stairs. If you have accessibility issues please email and we will do our best to assist you.
info@thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk

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