The multi-award winning openly gay British choreographer and director Sir Matthew Bourne first staged his male version of SWAN LAKE at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in 1995. Overnight it converted thousands of unsuspecting men and women everywhere into balletomanes. It became the longest running ballet in London’s West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best … Continue reading
Its kind of mind-blogging to realize that the traditional Christmas ballet NUTCRACKER has been performed since 1892. It seems that the changes it has undertaken over the past two centuries could hardly be considered significant that was until (Sir) Matthew Bourne got his hands on it. His Nutcracker follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from Christmas … Continue reading
If you have never seen any of Sir Matthew Bourne’s stunning ballets then you are so missing out, This award-winning queer Brit choreographer has produced breath-taking genre-bridging adaptations of classics like “Swan Lake,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Car Man” and “The Red Shoes”. Now his latest one Romeo and Juliet, which was filmed live at Sadler’s Wells … Continue reading
Ex Go-Go dancer/model/actor/clothing designer Matthew Camp who suddenly appeared on all our radars four years ago when he starred in the rather sensational Getting Go the Go Go Boy Project movie, now wants us to keep healthy. Camp is the spokesperson for a new Campaign for Oraquick which helps make sex safe, and he is happy … Continue reading
We were very intrigued when we heard about San Domino – A Musical Drama the true story of how gay men were rounded up in pre-WW2 Italy and jailed in an all-gay prison in a remote island as part of Mussolini’s attempt at cleansing the population. We caught up with director Matthew Gould on the eve of the Musical’s … Continue reading