QUEERGURU
Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
-
Ash Kotak , Founder & CEO of AIDS MEMORY UK talks with Queerguru about the highly anticipated AIDS Memorial in London
ASH KOTAK was born in North London and trained at the London International Film School before becoming a playwright and filmmaker who made an award-winning film about HIV/AIDS in the black community in 1989. He has worked in the HIV field for some years, but after surviving a near-death experience due to hereditary heart problems…
-
The trailblazing opera ‘Fellow Travelers” based on Thomas Mallon’s best-selling 2007 novel, is on a national 10th anniversary tour.
The trailblazing opera Fellow Travelers, based on Thomas Mallon’s best-selling 2007 novel, is undertaking a national, multi-year 10th anniversary tour. It’s set against the backdrop of a forgotten chapter of LGBTQ+ history in Washington D.C., during the McCarthy era of the 1950s and it focuses on the “lavender scare“, a witch hunt and mass firings of gay…
-
Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews JEEZUS : a queer (and very camp) Latin musical @ New Diorama Theatre, London
Last summer Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviewed some of the queer events at the Edinburgh Festival. One show he raved about was “Jeezus!” The hit show is having a second coming and will be transferring for a longer run at the award-winning New Diorama Theatre in the heart of London later this month, from 21 April…
-
Drag KIng MURRAY HILL launches monthly INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF DRAG KINGS BRUNCH in NY
When we think ‘drag king’ we always think of Murray Hill, who is the ‘Daddy’ of them all, and so we are excited to hear of his latest venture. He is about to host INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF DRAG KINGS (IHOD), a monthly drag brunch in NY devoted solely to drag kings. Hill, not known for…
