Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterElegies for Angels, Punks AND Raging Queens ☆☆☆☆ Union Theatre, London In a year in which The Inheritance claimed every kind of London theatre accolade it’s a tough job to put on an AIDS crisis era play without inviting comparison. Happily, when contrasted rather than compared, Elegies sets its own standard. It is different … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterNo matter how good the queer actor/comedian Wanda Sykes is in her acting roles (and she is VERY good) there’s nothing quite like seeing her light up the stage so brilliantly in one of her solo Comedy Specials. Her latest one NOT NORMAL that she made for Netflix is possibly her very best to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis Island’s Mine ☆☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, London The year is 1988; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reigns supreme; Section 28 has been brought in (which decrees local authorities shall not intentionally promote homosexuality) and HIV/AIDS hysteria begins to take hold. Against this backdrop, seventeen-year-old Luke (nicely played with all the fresh faced fizz of youth … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne day Lord Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) receives a letter informing him of an impending visit by King George V and Queen Mary (evidently u those days the Monarch simply invited himself and the told the Host he was coming. So Downton Abbey is all in a flutter as they prepare for a royal luncheon, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterEvidently there has been a bit of a bust up between the purists of country music and those who like to combine it with rap and hip-hop. Banned from the Country Music charts , instead Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was listed on the Billboard Hot 100 where it has been at the … Continue reading
