Gay Events Guide - Calendar of Gay Social, Sporting, Networking + Business Events in the UK

Gay Events Guide For July

The Circa-Club Gay Events Calendar tells you What’s On and Where to Go !! – a monthly guide to gay social, sporting, networking and business events in the UK. Whether you're wanting to expand your social/business horizons or looking for love there's something to keep you entertained all year round.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 To Saturday, July 18, 2009	The Best of the Comedy Store
	The Comedy Store, dubbed comedy's 'unofficial National Theatre' by The Guardian, proudly presents the brightest comedy talent from the UK and international circuit. As the premier name in stand-up comedy, with 30 years experience in the business, the Store remains a breeding ground for original comedy talent, and is still the place to see tomorrow's stars today. Simply the best stand up shows in town.'The world of comedy is unimaginable without it' (Time Out). Please note - this performance i...
	London - South	10.45pm	More Info

Thursday, July 02, 2009	Piccadilly Dance Orchestra - Hollywood Dance Party
	An all-new Art Deco celebration of the golden age of the Hollywood musical presented in true style by Michael Law and his orchestra. From Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, Hollywood brought us, for one brief shining moment, some of the greatest songs ever written: Isn't It Romantic, Cheek to Cheek, Puttin' on the Ritz and Forty-Second Street. Step back to a time when top hats, white ties and tails were the dress code and love was forever in the air. Enjoy the...
	London - North	7.30PM	More Info

Thursday, July 02, 2009	The Crafty Art of Lighting Design
	Tim Mitchell, Associate Lighting Designer, has extensive credits in lighting design. Following Oklahoma! the design process, and then demonstrate its effect! The talk will begin 10 minutes after the performance ends.
	West Sussex	12:00 am	More Info

Thursday, July 02, 2009	Arundhati Roy
	Arundhati Roy headlines the London Literature Festival, in this major event addressing the subject of democracy. Looking at her native India, Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy offers a coruscating account of religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism and neo-fascism and how they threaten to de-stabilise the world's largest democracy. Beginning with the state-backed pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat, and culminating in the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai, it offers a fas...
	London - South	7.30pm	More Info

Thursday, July 02, 2009 To Thursday, July 16, 2009	2009 London Literature Festival
	Welcome to the 2009 London Literature Festival, and our enticing programme of the world’s best writing, internationally renowned music, poetry and path-breaking debate, with unique headlining events from Buzz Aldrin, Arundhati Roy, Benjamin Zephaniah, Sarah Waters, Lemn Sissay, Amartya Sen, Peter Ackroyd, Martin Bright, Billie Whitelaw, and Vikram Seth. From 2 to 16 July the festival brings you both established and emerging talents alongside an exciting programme of new live performance of ...
	London - South	More Info

Friday, July 03, 2009	GLP Circa July Drinks Party
	Join us for a glass of wine on Friday 3rd July 2009 at The Arts Club in Mayfair, London from 7pm- midnight & continue the night at Shadow Lounge in Soho by collecting one of the complimentary admission passes. Our members and guests are all ages and professions, a great place to network, flirt and make new friends. There is no entrance charge and wine is served free from 7- 8pm... Enter our LUCKY DRAW for a stunning photograph/ painting on canvas. RSVP: Just send an email to spencer@circa-...
	London - Central	7pm- midnight	More Info

Friday, July 03, 2009 To Saturday, July 04, 2009	Official London Exilio Pride Pre Party at Club Colosseum
	July Julio Gozatelo! Official London Exilio Pride Pre Party at Club Colosseum Exilio is the one of the longest running Latino gay, lesbian, bisexual, trangendered clubs in London. Exilio is free of attitude and we are not like other salsa clubs where you go to learn to dance and practise afterwards, Exilio is about having fun, going out to have a drink with your friends, have a gossip or two,and to listen to the music Panamericanos were brought up listening to and what they are listening t...
	London (South)	11pm - 4am	More Info

Saturday, July 04, 2009	Pride London Parade
	Fairytales, Myths and Legends is the theme of Pride London 2008. Annual parade, festival and march through Central London. Eevents in Trafalgar, Leicester and Soho squares. Colourful parade down Oxford and Regent Streets. Pride Festival includes comedy, theatre, arts, sports and community events. Press Enquiries : 07775 808 644
	London - Central	More Info

Saturday, July 04, 2009	Southbank Centre Book Club: Laura Dockrill - Ugly Shy Girl
	Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss Laura Dockrill's groundbreaking Ugly Shy Girl, a twisted tale about the struggle of growing up in a place where you don't belong, surrounded by people you hate - and how delicious getting your own back can be. 'The characters are funny, endearing and completely original. Laura has a wonderfully wild and exciting imagination…she defies boundaries.' Kate Nash Please note - this free event requires a ticket. You can reserve ...
	London - South	3.30pm	More Info

Saturday, July 04, 2009	EXILIO PRIDE PARADE PARTY
	The last finishing touches for London Gay Pride 2009 are now underway. Exilio Latin dance club has been participating at Pride since 1996 when the club was established. Exilio is a small but essential club for the LGBT Latino community, as it is the only standing LGBT Latino dance club in London. Exilio is always very proud of its roots and the fact that it gives London Gay Pride a taste of the Latino culture, by bringing together a fantastic group of people that dress up to make any Carnival pr...
	London (Central)	11:30AM - 3pm	More Info

Sunday, July 05, 2009	London Gay Symphony Orchestra
	The London Gay Symphony Orchestra is the only LGBT orchestra in the UK. The Orchestra mixes commitment and hilarity; our concerts have an electrifying energy and attract a significant number of people who donÕt usually attend classical concerts. If you are a musician, composer or a concert-goer come join us!
	London - South	7pm	More Info

Sunday, July 05, 2009	The School of Life: You Are What You Read
	What books are you made of and what journeys will your reading take in the future? Get your diagnosis on these intriguing questions at School of Life’s bibliotherapy sessions at the London Literature Festival. With a new book being published every 30 seconds across the world, the School of Life guides you to the books that can transform and illuminate your life, as well as providing an opportunity to meet others in need of a reading fix, during these fun group therapy sessions.
	London - South	12pm	More Info

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 To Sunday, July 19, 2009	Tom Tom Crew Circus
	Following sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Festival, and direct from a run on Broadway, the Tom Tom Crew arrives in London with its super charged collision of circus, heart pumping music and 21st Century spectacle. Combining Australia's freshest acrobats, champion beat-boxer Tom Thum, drumming sensation Ben Walsh and master record scratcher DJ Dizz1, Tom Tom Crew is an extraordinary mix of Asian inspired drumming, extreme circus acrobatics and raw, contemporary music f...
	London - South	7pm	More Info

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 To Wednesday, July 08, 2009	Beckett Not I
	Samuel Beckett's Not I is an intense 20-minute monologue set in a pitch-black space lit by a single beam of light. Compelling and disturbing, the piece, performed by Lisa Dwan, is an undoubted highlight of the festival. Following the performance, she discusses the work with legendary Beckett actress Billie Whitelaw and Jude Kelly, Artistic Director at Southbank Centre and director of the performance. They also take questions from the audience. This production of Not I was first performed at B...
	London - South	7.45pm	More Info

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 To Sunday, January 10, 2010	Quentin Crisp: the naked civil servant (Case display)
	Renowned for the exhibitionism, writer, actor and artist’s model, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) made his homosexuality a cause and his effeminacy the means by which to proclaim it. In his early twenties he took to dyeing his hair and wearing make-up, often in the face of prejudice and hostility. Crisp once said he did not hold with exhibitions unless they were of himself and this wall-case display, fittingly, shows him early in his career as ‘the naked civil servant’ in a small group of recently...
	London - Central	More Info

Thursday, July 09, 2009	Wuthering Heights : From Page to Screen
	Having given us bold retellings of Shakespeare and Chaucer, BAFTA-winning screenwriter Peter Bowker (Blackpool, Flesh & Blood) now presents one of the most passionate and haunting novels in English Literature, Wuthering Heights. Eminent academic Elaine Showalter and broadcaster Matthew Sweet join Bowker and key cast members to discuss their approach to the original text and examine the dynamic at the heart of the novel. The event also features an exclusive sneak preview of this stunning new d...
	London - South	7.30pm	More Info

Thursday, July 09, 2009 To Saturday, August 08, 2009	Dreams of Violence
	A new comedy about love, death and responsibility by Stella Feehily (O Go My Man, Duck), directed by Max Stafford-Clark. 'Mum, I had a dream last night where I threw you down the stairs. It's not right.' For Hildy, political activism comes easier that dealing with the disorder of her family life: Her druggie son; her philandering husband; her father, misbehaving in a hugely expensive retirement home. And then there's her mother - a charismatic 60s pop star, who clings to her former beauty...
	London - Central	7.30pm	More Info

Friday, July 10, 2009 To Sunday, July 12, 2009	Sparkle - the national transgendered celebration
	One of the largest celebrations in the trans world returns to Manchester with a host of events and their usual fun and frolics in Sackville Gardens.
	Manchester	Various	More Info

Friday, July 10, 2009 To Saturday, August 22, 2009	The House of Special Purpose
	Ekaterinberg, 1918. A wooden stockade surrounds a requisitioned house. Inside, the deposed Tsar of Russia is imprisoned with his wife, four daughters and invalid teenage son. Stripped of Imperial privilege, they are held captive by a ragtag detachment of Communist soldiers – raw young men recruited from the lowest ranks. The girls are on the brink of womanhood, their parents bowed beneath the weight of an all-consuming marriage. For one brief and airless summer, the House of Special Purpose hold...
	West Sussex	7:45 pm	More Info

Friday, July 10, 2009 To Friday, August 28, 2009	The Grapes of Wrath
	Published in 1939, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s shattering novel, The Grapes of Wrath, is a cry for equality and humanity, and a hymn to the fortitude of man. The Joads, a family of impoverished Oklahoman sharecroppers, lose everything when their farm is repossessed after a devastating drought and are driven from their home to make the exhausting Westward trek to California. Seduced by the prospect of opportunity and dignity, they invest everything they have in the journey. When forc...
	West Sussex	7:30 pm	More Info

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