1944: Home Fires

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Cast & Crew

20:35-21:20, Sunday 3rd September 2023

The Cockpit

Music: Robert Ely

Words: Peter Scott-Presland

The idol and the thug: well-known Queer Ivor Novello was the most successful composer and matinee idol of the 30s and 40s. In 1944 he was banged up in Wormwood Scrubs for fiddling his petrol coupons. He shared a cell with a homophobe: 20-year-old ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser, the terror of South London gangland. What could possibly go wrong?

This almost-true story explores class war, electric shock treatment, the nature of masculinity – and how to rebuild a life you think is in ruins.

Homo Promos returns from ‘1936: Fishing’ last year with Episode 8 of the epic ‘A Gay Century’.

You can download a programme for 1944: Home Fires here.

Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults.

Content Advisory: to see content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023 shows, click here.

Produced by Homo Promos

Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.