When Sarah accidentally proposes to her girlfriend on a romantic beach in Provincetown she opens a whole floodgate of discussions and angst on marriage that neither of them had ever bargained for. Sarah Wharton (who plays Sarah) talks to queerguru about The Ring Thing a delightful dramedy that should be compulsory viewing for anyone contemplating … Continue reading
In just two days in July 1942 the French Authorities arrested some 38000 Jews in Paris and dumped some 13000 on them, including women and children, in Velodrome d’Hiver a Cycling Stadium close to the Eiffel Tower. The inhumane conditions there were unimaginable but within days they were all shipped off on trucks and trains … Continue reading
We think our London-based Contributing Editor Peter Harrington is in for a real treat next week as he gets to see Sasha Regan’s all-male, award-winning company returns to the Richmond Theatre for their production of Iolanthe. Universally regarded as Sir Arthur Sullivan’s most beautiful score, Iolanthe tells the topsy-turvy love story from W.S.Gilbert between the most unlikely of couple, fairies … Continue reading
We’ve not even celebrated the Holidays yet BUT we are already planning what to go see in the new Year, and this is one of the very first things that has been added to the QUEERGUrU diary. The rather wholesome and jolly operettas that WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote to amuse Victorian audiences … Continue reading
The British Victorian duo W. S. Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote a whole string of very successful operettas which have always been regarded as some of the campest musical theater ever. With its outrageous characters and songs laden with innuendo, they are ripe for a more tongue-in-cheek production that really re-creates them as … Continue reading