Ministry of Lesbian Affairs
When banks and sandwich shops have more pride than we do, where can we go to be with our tribe?
It's 2022. There's a rainbow flag in every high-street window, and no lesbian bar. Enter The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs: a lesbian choir on a mission to unite a disparate and dwindling community. Led by a world-weary conductor, the choir flirt, gossip and attempt to sing their way onto the main stage at Pride.
But harmony is more easily dreamt than realised in this heart-warming musical comedy about love, queerness and belonging. Iman Qureshi's play The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in May 2022, as a co-production between Soho and Damsel Productions. It was shortlisted for the 2022 George Devine Award.
Iman Qureshi is an award-winning writer for stage, screen and radio, whose play The Funeral Director won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse before touring the UK.