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Yours Sincerely
TRANSGENDER STAR German pop singer Kim Petras heads to the Midlands this month as part of her biggest UK tour to date. The transgender star released her debut album, Clarity, last summer to widespread critical acclaim. Singles released from the album include Sweet Spot, All I Do Is Cry, Icy and Do Me. An independent artist championed by Spotify, Petras has since gone on to collaborate with international pop princess Charli XCX, as well as with SOPHIE.
Storytelling & lipsync cabaret collide in this queer comingof-age comedy from a Birmingham-based theatre company. Quick Duck Theatre’s Yours Sincerely takes a look at the complications of 21st-century communication. The year is 2017. Average graduate debt has hit £50,000, Kylie Minogue is making a comeback and Will Jackson has accidentally stolen 300 second-class stamps from the post office. But he's making them count. He's going to write letters. From reconnecting with old friends and exboyfriends to run-ins with the marketing department at John Lewis, stamp collecting has never looked so sexy... Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, Saturday 15 February The Hive, Shrewsbury, Saturday 22 February
O2 Academy2, Birmingham, Friday 7 February
In PurSUEt
Substance misuse and celebrity stalking are the name of the game in Eleanor Higgins’ short-but-satisfying production, which picked up plenty of plaudits at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Described as an LGBT ‘Fleabag meets Miranda’, the play features Higgins in the role of ‘Woman’, a self-proclaimed “really hot lesbian” who’s initially in denial about her alcoholism. Instead, she rationalises that life would be so very much better if only she could date her idol, television’s Sue Perkins. But one brief glimpse of her heroine in a bookshop and one daring foray backstage at a TV studio later, Woman starts to realise that maybe the source of her trouble isn’t her undeclared love for an already-partnered television star but rather the potent liquid sitting at the bottom of her glass...
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Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham, Monday 10 - Saturday 15 February MidlandsZone.co.uk 37