The Judas Kiss

Chesil Theatre    Chesil Theatre, WinchesterMark Ponsford 20 January 2026 One of the most moving interviews I’ve ever seen featured in the 2017 BBC4 documentary Prejudice and Pride, an account and analysis of the changing attitudes, throughout the years, towards the LGBTQI+ community.  Susan Calman was speaking with a lesbian couple about their loving and devoted lifetime relationship, intently focused as, with eloquence, quiet dignity and an astonishing lack of any undue bitterness or resentment, they recalled their oft-challenging times prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality.  At the end of the interview, all Calman was able to say – choked with emotion