“So I said to her-”
“What time does Heaven close?”
“Do you think I should leave him?”
“I need to know if I’m sick.”
In 1974, the London Gay Switchboard opens above Housmans Bookshop in Kings Cross. It won’t be renamed the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard until 1986. The phones never stop ringing.
Join four lesbians on their shift, late into the night, as they lend a listening ear to the secrets, problems, and joys of their callers... all whilst arguing over who finished the coffee.
Devised and written during Switchboard’s 50th anniversary year, ‘The Switchboard Project’ brings these long-forgotten, extraordinary stories and pivotal cultural moments out of the archive and onto the stage for contemporary audiences to experience for the first time. It celebrates the important role lesbians played in gay liberation, the AIDS crisis, and building the queer community as we know it today, using true stories uncovered in London’s queer archives and brought together during a lengthy collaborative process.
Supported by Wilton’s Music Hall. With thanks to London Performance Studios.
"Our children live in the most deprived ward in London and their parents cannot afford to pay for the classes and activities many more privileged children enjoy after school and at the weekends. A free-to-access youth group run by a local theatre in a professional setting is an incredible opportunity."
Local school teacher
