Grindr: The Opera is filthy and funny, but also moving and dramatic with a great script by Erik Ramsom that zips and sparkles, and a lightness of touch by director Andrew Beckett that makes great use of the cast and staging. It is the only full-time professional LGBT theatre in the UK. puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera. Tickets available at abovethestag.com. We believe that telling and hearing stories is a fundamental human need and that the LGBTQIA+ community deserves a voice. After the first successful season word spread about this fabulous new musical and so Grindr: The Opera returns to its home for a second run. I have to say, this latest version of the play, in the new above the Stag Theatre building, is now the yardstick against which all other productions will need to be measured. 'GRINDR: The Opera' is an original, operatic, unauthorized parody which explores contemporary themes within the gay community through a comically melodramatic lens with musical homages to operatic titans, like Mozart and Puccini, as well as thematic nods to more recent musical influences like The Village People and Lady Gaga. is a daring, humorous look at the changing landscape of gay relationships, and the greatest catalyst for the shift: Grindr. 22 January – 1 March Main House 1 hour 50 minutes including interval Tue – Thur £22.50, Fri – Sun £25. Yep. Grindr The Opera at Above The Stag | Review Bringing technology to life in human form is not a totally new concept but bringing to life the app Grindr in the form of an opera is certainly something entirely new and not to be missed. Synopsis. Maurice, Above The Stag Theatre. There was a time when one (sort of) knew what to expect from a production at Above The Stag Theatre – the … His portrayal of Grindr as a demigod was superb. New York, New York It also meant that I could go to the newly refurbished Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall. In true theatrical tradition last night (18th January) saw the current lead in Grindr: The Opera, usually played by an excellent Christian Lunn, unable to perform so in stepped a tremendous Tom Blackmore, who although reading off book, was sensational. Above The Stag Theatre is an independent charity and theatre company serving the LGBTQIA+ community and its supporters. Grand human designs played out to lyrics of utter filth and sometimes scorching wit. This is the first musical production to be staged at Above the Stag Theatre’s shiny new and improved premises in London’s Vauxhall, and it’s an absolute belter. Much like a Tuesday night hookup you meet on the app, Grindr the Opera was a bit of fun that didn’t overstay its welcome. Erik Johannes von Ransom's original, unauthorized operatic parody of the hook-up app that changed gay life as we know it. It offers a choice of available men in the neighbourhood with photos and details they have posted. Think of a mash up between Faust […] Firstly Grindr: The Opera! Running through most of August in Above The Stag’s new railway arch home (air conditioned and brilliantly laid out it must be said), Grindr - The Opera is great theatre! Thomas wakes up surprised and naked in a young man’s bed, and memories of last night’s one-night-stand come flooding back. Above the Stag, 72 Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London SE1 7TP. Grindr: The Opera Above the Stag 18 January 2019 BOOK TICKETS. Grindr The Opera - Review Above The Stag Theatre, London **** Music, lyrics and book by Erik Ransom Directed by Andrew Beckett. Erik Ransom Above the Stag Theatre (Main House) 4 July to 26 August 2018. by Peter Quilter. The latest Tweets from Grindr The Opera (@GrindrTheOpera). Review it on Stagedoor. Playing at Above The Stag Theatre until 26th August 2018 (book here), I heard about this show and thought it sounded unusual and worth seeing.