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REVIEW: THE GAY TRA, YELLOW MUG THEATRE, EDFRGE 2022 ★★★☆☆

A listg for the 2022 Edburgh Frge show The Gay Tra at RSE Theatre. * the gay train edinburgh fringe *

Chased between TV studs and Parliament, hound by journalists and activists, everybody wants to know: will the gay agenda prevail?

The Gay Tra tak a thoroughly good go at divg headfirst to the way that Trans liv are prented the media and the vastatg nsequenc. There are a few thgs holdg The Gay Tra back achievg s aims – though they should be viewed tanm wh how all-enpassg and amb this piece is. It feels as though The Gay Tra needs a b more workshoppg to make the words and movements feel natural and relaxed, rather than uptight, and the actors need to let their guard down a ltle more to perform to the bt of their abily.

SIE MCCABE: ‘THE WORST ADVICE I’VE HAD? DON’T BE TOO GAY YOUR MATERIAL – MEN WON’T LIKE ’

Gay Edburgh: Disver the bt of the cy’s LGBTQ nightlife, om buzzg nightclubs to sy pubs to all the drag queens, diss, and DJs between. * the gay train edinburgh fringe *

Remend Drk: The Gay Tra is an Appleti – outwardly queer, ready to liver a sour experience to the ignorant and unprepared, but maybe needs a ltle b of updatg. Catch The Gay Tra before leav the statn between Augt 17th and 28th at RSE – Wele East, at 20:10. There’s been a lot of chat about womanhood recently so I cid to look at how my genr and inty have been somethg that has taken me until now to unrstand – and that I’m a gay woman.

Even though I’ve been livg as a gay woman sce I was 17. “Don’t be too gay your material, men don’t like that. ” Heaven forbid they get a woman who’s gay on stage – this will throw men!

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Matthew cuts William off after he tells him that he’s gay – seemgly unable to separate what should be a happy ocsn om the abe they both suffered.

REVIEW: THE GAY TRA | YELLOW MUG THEATRE | EDBURGH FRGE

Sally StottThe Gay Tra ***RSE Theatre, until 28 AugtThe Yellow Mug theatre pany has taken one of the most sensive and heated ntemporary topics of discsn as s subject, and portrayed wh a wng blend of sensivy and bg satire. L Baxter (Andrew Lake) is a young non-bary person who experienc a homophobic attack a public toilet, and is then wheeled out – lerally, while fastened to a trolley – on heated morng telly programme The Great Brish Morng. The ernment’s Shadow Equali Mister tri to make a b of polil pal out of L, but while they’re creasgly treated like a performg monkey (a climactic plot pot) by the mass media, their own podst The Gay Agenr gets their msage and Stafford’s play is a topil piece, both humoro and nicely balanced.

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The Gay Tra looks to answer this qutn openg wh a lightful ulele acpanied ditn to the gtur juxtaposed wh satiril observatn queryg the te ditn of the pani to the e.

Usg Viral Stori – although I thk we n all agree 2020 was a pretty slow year, one thg people do remember is ‘The Gay Tra’ makg the news.

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It’s a warm, welg cy, filled wh some of the most breathtakg sights Stland, om the famo Royal Mile the betiful Old Town to the by shoppg district of Prc Street where Edburgh’s gay neighbourhood, The Pk Triangle, is loted. Edburgh’s gay tablishments are varied. If you’re a fan of drag, you’ll fd plenty of opportuni to wns drag performanc, play bgo, and partake siar activi at many of the cy’s most popular gay tablishments.

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Whether you’re here for a month or jt a weekend, if you’re an LGBTQ traveller visg Edburgh, read on to disver the bt ways to explore the cy’s vibrant gay scene. To be gay Edburgh: Is LGBTQ iendly?

Edburgh is a very gay-iendly cy. The gay area Edburgh: The Pk Triangle.

You’ll fd gay bars, pubs, and clubs mostly ncentrated on Broughton Street and towards the top of Leh Walk. Edburgh’s bt gay bars and clubs have relaxed atmospher, welg staff, and iendly patrons.

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Open om 1:00 pm to 1:00 am, Habana Edburgh is the perfect venue to beg your night out around Edburgh’s gay scene. CC Blooms, named after the lead of the 1988 film Beach (played by Bette Midler), is one of the biggt gay clubs Edburgh. This sy bar is one of Edburgh’s longt-nng gay bars, known for s iendly atmosphere and reasonably priced drks (and also sponsors the Hot Sts, Stland’s first-ever LGBTQ football team).

Paradise Palms isn’t exactly a gay bar, but attracts a lot of LGBTQ patrons wh s funky r, creative dg optns, and drag baret.

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Victoria Bar is on Leh Walk, a 15-mute walk om the ma gay neighbourhood Edburgh. This is another tablishment that isn’t specifilly a gay venue but is very gay-iendly and popular wh LGBTQ lols.

It hosts a gay, dis-themed party (lled Hey QT) once a month. It has s roots march, celebratns, and monstratns of the late 1980s and 1990s, cludg the Lark the Park events that began as a prott agast Sectn 28, a seri of laws across Bra that prohibed promotns of homosexualy.

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