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Two long-established Bars in Brighton UK are closing? Is this a sign of the future for the LGBTQA+ community?
On Friday 7 August, less than a week after the largest Pride event in the UK, the Charles Street Tap bar in Brighton (UK) announced it would close after 25 years. A few days later, the R-Bar also announced that after 21 years, it would soon close. Both these venues sit on Brighton’s seafront looking…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews CRUISING entertaining woke romcom, by queer female theatre company Dreambite Collective
Sam’s mother has won a berth on a two-week Mediterranean cruise but has given Sam her ticket because she can’t miss her best friend’s divorce party… and maybe because Sam has had a bit of a nervous breakdown. But as non-binary Sam is an ex-climate activist, they are planning to use their time on the…
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DESIRE : Straight Man In My Bedroom : by Ohm Phanphiroj
Thai photographer and professor Ohm Phanphiroj has one of those impressive, jam-packed resumes that can easily leave one feeling less than adequate at best. Or sheer lazy at worst. However, it’s not just the number of university degrees he has earned or the prestigious positions he has held that impress one most, but the…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘PROPHET’ a psychological thriller/folk horror story, by Jack Macdonald @ Edinburgh Fringe
Jack MacGregor is a Fringe First award-winning playwright from the Scottish Highlands, best known for their plays Our Brother, Everything Under the Sun and Nightlands. Their new work, Prophets, described as a psychological thriller/folk horror story, debuts this year at the Edinburgh Fringe and has won the Assembly’s ART Award. Unfortunately, this short play starts…
