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Danny La Rue

December 2012

  • Danny la rue

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 21 December 1972: Queen of Hearts in Manchester

    Originally published in the Guardian on 21 December 1972: Danny La Rue's "Queen of Hearts" is a packed dynamite rocket of a show - the sort that explodes to fill the sky and leaves you standing, stunned under a fading glow of stars

December 2009

  • Danny La Rue on stage in 1965

    Obituaries 2009: Danny La Rue

    The "comic in a frock" and entertainer, who died in his sleep on 1 June, aged 81, is warmly recalled by his old friend

June 2009

  • Letter: Danny La Rue

    Jonathan Fenby writes: It was a pantomime at the Golders Green Hippodrome around 1960

  • Danny La Rue

    Danny La Rue

    Female impersonator who replaced tradition of mockery with glitter and elegance

    • Danny La Rue: 'The most utterly charming man in showbusiness'

    • Theatre blog
      Danny La Rue glittered, and was gold

    • Danny La Rue: A life in sequins

December 2006

  • Theatre blog
    The diary of a panto goer: part 3

  • 'How they hate me. How deeply satisfying'

November 2006

  • 20 most fabulous

    A celebration of pop's landmark gay moments, by Will Young, Boy George, Dan Gillespie Sells, k.d. lang, Alan Cumming and more ...

October 2006

  • Peter Hepple

    Obituary: Theatrical journalist equally open to high art and low comedy. By Michael Coveney.

June 2006

  • My mentor
    Barry Cryer’s mentors

    Comedy legend Barry Cryer on three stars who helped him break into showbiz.

May 2006

  • All that titters

    A friend of the late Frankie Howerd is opening the comedian's home to the public. A funny thing happened on the way to the museum, says William Cook.

November 2005

  • TV review
    Last night's TV

    Rupert Smith

    Rupert Smith: Sex, booze, scandal and a rare level of depth - Channel 4's portrait of the greatest queen we never had was a cut above.

March 2005

  • My work space

    For wig maker Richard Mawbey, his work space can be a Hollywood film set, the West End stage or a hospital bed.

June 2002

  • Nothing like a dame ... and it's Sir Mick

    For 40 years, old rubber lips has lived up to his image as a hedonistic rock star. But now as his 59th birthday approaches, Mick Jaggerhas become a member of the establishment.

December 2000

  • I don't think God said, 'You've got to be in a frock all your life,' but I do feel I've got his support

    Danny La Rue talks to Lyn Gardner

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