Private company
Gay Sweatshop
British professional gay theatre company
The Gay Sweatshop, founded in 1975, was Britain's first professional gay theatre company. In their original manifesto, the stated purpose was "To counteract the prevailing perception in mainstream theatre of what homosexuals are like, therefore providing a more realistic image for the public and to increase the general awareness of the oppression of sexuality, both gay and straight, the impact it has on people’s lives and the society that reinforces it.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Gay Sweatshop, founded in 1975, was Britain's first professional gay theatre company. In their original manifesto, the stated purpose was "To counteract the prevailing perception in mainstream theatre of what homosexuals are like, therefore providing a more realistic image for the public and to increase the general awareness of the oppression of sexuality, both gay and straight, the impact it has on people’s lives and the society that reinforces it." In 1989 the company's appearance at the publicly-funded Project Arts Centre in Dublin sparked a public spat between senator and gay rights ca2
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- WikipediaGay Sweatshop
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- 1WikidataGay Sweatshop on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGay Sweatshop on Wikipedia