Where: Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2ED
Tickets: £12.50 from event brite
When Rose Collis and VG Lee put their heads together one night, and came up with an alternative pre-Christmas show for those of us not completely taken up with Christmas festivities, they did not imagine the event would end up in a social media storm.
The show - a blend of comedic and fun songs and sketches both fiction and non-fiction - is a celebration of all that is not festive, with a queer slant. Two established performers, coming together with an eclectic mix of performance, mince pies, canapes and wine.
However, when Rose tried to publicise the Brighton peformance via a students' union facebook page, the word dyke was met with malcontent to say the least and Rose and VG were asked to remove either the flyer or the word dyke from it, claiming the group found the word 'dyke' offensive as a term for lesbians.
And the twittersphere has picked up this debate over calling the word dyke offensive, with coverage on sites such as GScene and the Huffington Post. All in agreement that the only controversy is the lack of acceptance for the term that we as lesbians have a complete right to use.
The good news is that more people than ever know about the show and will hopefully go and see it.
VG Lee has recently been on the Polari First Book Prize panel and is currently doing stand up comedy and working on her next novel Mr Oliver and Miss Francis.
By Katie
