Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 - Saturday, 28 August 2010
Times : 16:30 - 18:15 19:45 - 21:30

Shaw Theatre, 100-110 Euston Road, Kings Cross, NW1 2AJ

Theatre: , Performance Art, Tragedy

How Much: £30.00 (Tickets) , £25.00 (Advance Tickets)

Elegies tells the stories of 30 people who died from AIDS, and the family and friends they left behind.

It combines spoken word with songs inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. Expect Elegies to pack an emotional punch with humour and poignancy.

Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is being staged in-part thanks to the generous support of Novotel London St Pancras. £5 from every ticket sold will go directly to the Terrence Higgins Trust. For further information about HIV/AIDS visit: www.tht.org.uk
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