Ten Plagues : one man’s journey through a city in crisis

  Brit queer playwright Mark Ravenhill (Shopping and F**king, Mother Clap’s Molly House)has joined forces with Ulster queer composer Conor Mitchell (Abomination: A DUP Opera) to create Ten Plagues. Originally created for the theatre, this bold new film version marks the Belfast Ensemble’s first work during the Covid-19 pandemic and is filmed in locked-down Belfast. … Continue reading

Ten Short Films: A Scrapbook of the Pandemic

  In early 2021, choreographer Doug Varone created 10 short films exploring aspects of the early months of the COVID pandemic. Having been a cinephile all his life he channeled his love of MGM musicals and built intimate filmed reflections of the isolation and frustration we all experienced. These are not dance films in the … Continue reading

Tender-hearted: Shorts from the UK and Ireland that seek to remind us of the radical possibilities of opening up our hearts to life, love and healing.

    The short film programming at the BFI Flare film festival is always excellent and this year was no exception. The last day of the festival today kicked off with Tender-Hearted, a selection of seven British and Irish short films seeking to remind us of the radical possibility of opening up our hearts to … Continue reading

Tennessee passes Law to ban all drag queens : It could be the start of a very slippery slope

  Last year Tennessee was debating a bill that failed to include a minimum age limit for marriage.  Child brides are evidently fine for the upstanding legislators the self-appointed moral guardians of the state.  However, these are the same lawmakers who this week actually passed a bill banning drag shows in public ! This law … Continue reading

Tennessee Queer

When Jason Potts leaves his boyfriend in New York and goes back to his hometown of Smythe in Tennessee for a brief visit to see his family, he suddenly finds himself in the centre of a drama that no-one could have seen coming, least of all him. After some very absurd events he finds himself … Continue reading

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