Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews THE COCOA BUTTER CLUB plus BOLD MELLON two fab queer events in East London

  Queer artists/performers The Cocoa Butter Club and Bold Mellon Collective present two shows at London’s Bethnal Green Rich Mix arts space next week as part of Soul on Ice. This is the latest festival from Certain Blacks, the East London arts organization specializing in celebrating diversity. The program is named after the seminal 1968 book … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews the return of the smash hit FRANK’S CLOSET about to open In London’s Union Theatre

    Frank’s Closet, the off-West End cult stage hit of 2009 is back! Staged at Hoxton Hall, one of England’s last remaining Victorian music halls, it sold out to packed houses and glowing reviews. Now it is to get its first London revival at the Union Theatre, Bankside, SE1, with additional new material by … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews WHAT IF THEY ATE THE BABY ? a wildly absurd story of American Cannibal Housewives

    Queerdos and their performances are all the rage these days – the weirder and queerer the better. London’s King’s Head Theatre presents two fabulous shows this month and next, What If They Ate The Baby? and a re-run of last year’s hit And Then The Rodeo Burnt Down, both by New York based … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah raved about BORN FOR YOU a brilliant drama about how Italian authorities will stop at nothing to prevent gay men becoming parents

  Queer human rights remain a hot potato in most countries, including countries we’d expect to know better. Italy, for example, has a mixed record in this area. Same sex sexual activity has been legal in Italy since 1890, and Italy was one of the very few European nations to have an equal age for … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah raves about Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS “A moving, must-see work of genius.”

    Coming-of-age films tend to have a protagonist in their late teens, but what happens if your life at that age is too fraught and difficult to come of age properly? That was the case for most queer people in 1980s Britain. A very homophobic press and media, reflecting national opinions, combined with an … Continue reading

Posted by queerguru  at  08:32

Follow queerguru