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THE MINISTRY OF LESBIAN AFFAIRS

13 Jun - 12 Jul 2025

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Kiln Theatre, Antic Productions and Damsel Productions present

The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs

by Iman Qureshi 

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A feel-good musical comedy 

The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, the only lesbian choir in the country, are trying to win their place on the Pride mainstage. In a run-down church hall with an OWL (Older, Wiser Lesbian) at the helm, the rag tag choir navigate love, loss, and trying to agree on song choices. But despite their best intentions, they find that harmony comes at a price.

Packed with laugh out loud moments and lots of lesbian drama, this heart-warming musical comedy returns following its sold-out premiere at Soho Theatre in 2022.

The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs premiered at the Soho Theatre in a coproduction with Damsel Productions in 2022.

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Special Performances

Alcohol Free Performance: Mon 30 Jun, 7.30pm
Post show Q&A: Thu 24 Apr, 7.30pm

Access Performances

Captioned Performances: Thu 3 Jul, 7.30pm
Relaxed Performance: Wed 9 Jul, 2.30pm
Touch Tour: Thu 10 Jul, 6pm
Audio Described Performance: Thu 10 Jul, 7.30pm

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Ticket Prices

£15 – £40

Duration

150 minutes including an interval

Dates

13 Jun - 12 Jul 2025

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Creative Team

Iman Qureshi

Playwright

Iman Qureshi

Playwright

Iman Qureshi is an award-winning writer for stage and screen. Her break-out play The Funeral Director won the prestigious Papatango New Writing Prize in 2018 and premiered at Southwark Playhouse directed by Hannah Hauer-King. Her next play The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs also directed by Hauer-King, premiered on the Soho Theatre’s main stage in 2022 to great acclaim. She held the position of writer in residence at the National Theatre for a year in 2023 and is now writing a new play under commission. She is also developing new work with the Almeida, English Touring Theatre, Papatango, and the Royal Court and she is developing a new musical. For screen, she completed a two year first look deal with Paramount+ in 2021 and previously her short Home Girl, directed by Poonam Brah was selected by Film London for their London Calling short film slate and was later selected for the 2019 BFI Flare Festival. Her short film The Ceremony (Open Sky) was selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival 2022, and won Best Screenplay at the Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image.

Hannah Hauer-King

Director
Hannah Hauer-King

Director

Hannah Hauer-King is an Olivier nominated and award winning director and dramaturg. Directing work includes: Olivier nominated The Swell (Orange Tree Theatre), Offie winning The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria (Arcola Theatre/ New York transfer), The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (Soho Theatre), The Funeral Director (Southwark Playhouse & UK Tour 2019), Circle Game (Southwark Playhouse), Fabric (Soho Theatre), Call Me Fury (Hope Theatre) The Amber Trap (Theatre 503), Grotty (Bunker Theatre), Fury (Soho Theatre), The Swell (Hightide Festival), Breathe (Bunker Theatre), Revolt She Said Revolt Again (RCSSD), Clay (Pleasance Theatre), Dry Land (Jermyn Street Theatre). Associate/Assistant work includes: Fiddler On The Roof (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Wife Of Willesden (Kiln Theatre, ART Boston and BAM NY), Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe), Daytona (Park Theatre & Theatre Royal Haymarket), Radiant Vermin (Soho Theatre), Titus Andronicus (Greenwich Theatre). Cabaret works includes: Witt n Camp (Soho Theatre), Siblings (Crazy Coqs), Lilith (Bunker Theatre). Hannah is the co-founder of Damsel Productions and was Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio.