Artwork: 2026 Apollo Theatre Production
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My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
Rob Madge once turned their family home into a Disney parade, with homemade costumes, improvised scenery and some enthusiastic but not always reliable help from Mum and Dad.
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Productions
Past productions(4)
- Turbine Theatre · London — 17 June – 3 July 2021
- Underbelly George Square · Edinburgh — 4 August – 29 August 2022
- Garrick Theatre · London — 21 October – 6 November 2022
- Ambassadors Theatre · London — 25 January – 1 April 2023
- Apollo Theatre · London — 16 September – 3 October 2026
- Curve · Leicester — 8 July – 10 July 2024
- Birmingham Hippodrome · Birmingham — 11 July – 13 July 2024
- Belgrade Theatre, Coventry · Coventry — 15 July – 17 July 2024
- Liverpool Playhouse · Liverpool — 18 July – 20 July 2024
- Derby Theatre · Derby — 22 July – 24 July 2024
- McEwan Hall · Edinburgh — 1 August – 16 August 2024
1 more dates
- HOME · Manchester — 19 August – 25 August 2024
- New York City Center · New York, NY — 12 June – 15 June 2025
The story
Rob Madge’s autobiographical solo show combines storytelling, songs and childhood home videos to revisit the performances they staged growing up. At its centre is a particularly ambitious Disney parade for their grandmother, but the story expands into a celebration of creativity, queer identity and a family who made room for both.
In the room
A funny and personal one-person show that moves between Rob on stage and footage of their younger self performing at home. Luke Sheppard’s production uses video, music and theatrical recreations to turn family memories into a story about self-expression, growing up and the difference unconditional support can make.
Good fit if you like
autobiographical theatre, warm family stories, musical-theatre nostalgia, solo performances and funny coming-of-age shows with plenty of heart.
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Cast & crew
Cast(1)
- Rob MadgeRob Madge / Themself
Creative & crew(9)
- Director
- Luke Sheppard
- Composer
- Pippa Cleary
- Writer
- Rob Madge
- Orchestrator
- Simon Nathan
- Set designer
- Ryan Dawson Laight
- Costume designer
- Ryan Dawson Laight
- Lighting designer
- Jai Morjaria
- Sound designer
- Tingying Dong
- Video Designer
- George Reeve