A Public Display of Affection
Jonathan Wilson / Rhymes with Purple
5 - 30 AUG (NOT 17, 24) - 19:20
At a queer community event, an
"inspirational" elder steps up to deliver the speech everyone expects:
warm, wise and reassuring. Instead, he tells the truth. Funny, furious and
deeply human, this solo show tumbles through 1970s Toronto bars, police
raids, bathhouses, AIDS wards and the polished cruelty of rainbow
capitalism. Friends are lost, old compromises resurface and survival
proves messier than nostalgia allows. This is a sharp, unsentimental
reckoning with queer history, intergenerational memory and what it really
means to live long enough to watch your identity become marketable.
Get access to
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Theatre
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£9.00 - £11.00 -
5-30 August 2026 -
60 minutes -
Gilded Balloon Patter House -
Snug -
Age guidance 16+ -
Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing
