Alexis Gregory’s solo verbatim show, RIOT ACT was created entirely word for word out of interviews with three key-players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement; Michael-Anthony Nozzi; a survivor of the Stonewall Riots, Lavina Co-op, an alternative ‘70s drag artist, and Paul Burston; a prominent ‘90s London AIDS activist. Riot Act’ is a breathtaking, rip-roaring, white-knuckle ride through six decades of queer history, taking the audience right up to the present day; a celebration of queer activism across the decades, pulling no punches; hard-hitting, hilarious and inspiring…it’s a riot. After performing the show over the past five years Alexis Gregory reunited with QUEERGURU and talked with Roger Walker-Dack about a special upcoming performance of Riot Act at Crazy Coqs in London on December 1st 2022 to mark World Aids Day
We had thought that when (Sir) Tim Rice had parted ways with his partner the very in-your-face Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber he had retired from making musicals. Somehow we had thought Evita had been his swansong. Now we know we owe him an apology as after he worked with Abba to write Chess in … Continue reading
Queerguru has been invited to this Party tonight (Friday 4th Nov) BUT as we cannot be there from the US, maybe you’d like to go instead? ‘Unapologetic’ Sexuality’ is curated by Sakib Khan for KKWEER ARTS a new London-based art platform that will spotlight the work of LGBTQ+ visual artists across the globe. … Continue reading
Following in the heels of BLITZED the excellent documentary by Bruce Ashley and Michael Donald the remarkable story of how in the 1980’s a very small group of young people In London in a mere 18 months redefined a whole generation, comes another look at them in TRAMPS. Remarkably it’s the sophomore film from queer Canadian … Continue reading
Currently playing at London’s Bush Theatre is a powerful thought-provoking piece that tackles the universal problem of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers that seems to get worse every day Waleed Akhtar‘s “The P Word” explores that plus the experience of gay Pakistani men in the UK Split into two halves, in the first act we meet … Continue reading