My Son’s a Queer star is ‘desperate to show there is light amongst all the chaos’
Tell me more about the inspiration for the show? When did you know you wanted to bring this story to the West End? My Son’s a Queer is a show all about putting on shows in your living room, going back to your childhood and having to look through your old VHS tapes, and also what it means to be a good parent and ally to the LGBTQ+ community.
I was living back at my family home during the pandemic, and I stumbled across all of these old VHS tapes of when I used to put on these outrageous shows in my front room and how my parents would get involved.
And that really was the genesis of the show. Basically, starting as a stand up comedy routine was what I was intending to do, but then people would tell me things a little bit deeper, such as, “My dad would never have let his son wear wigs and dresses.” We talk a lot about what it means to be a good supportive parent, which you don’t see that much of in queer stories and I think it’s high time we celebrate the supportive ones.
It’s an emotional story, one where you have to explore personal trauma night after night, how do you cope with that? It’s always different.
