Lyric Hammersmith, LondonLaura Wade's adaptation of Sarah Waters's best-selling lesbian love story lacks ardour in both its politics and songsThere is a carnival of talent in Tipping the Velvet. Sarah Waters's absorbing novel follows Nan, an oyster girl, as she falls for a male impersonator at the music hall, takes to the boards as a swell, wakes to homosexual love, has an erotic escapade involving a giant dildo, pos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AM on October 4, 2015