Theatre: Intimate portrait of life as a gay man in Ireland

Language Unbecoming a Lady reveals how ‘Robert in accounts’ became The Divine Diana

Myles Breen in Language Unbecoming a Lady

Language Unbecoming a Lady; Directed by Liam O’Brien; Town Hall Theatre, Galway; Run concluded ; Rating: ★★★�

In his dressing room after a performance, the drag queen The Divine Diana says a prayer to his holy trinity: St Danny La Rue, St Judy and St Liza. As Diana undresses, Robert, her alter ego, unzips his life story in this exuberant and touching exploration of belonging and the gap between our interior and exterior ...