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  • Paula Vogels’  Tony Nominated play  INDECENT @Gable Stage

    Paula Vogels’ Tony Nominated play INDECENT @Gable Stage

      The current uncertain political climate makes perfect timing for Paula Vogel’s Tony Nominated play Indecent that deals with the ubiquitousness of homophobia and anti-semitism in such a powerful way. The play is based on the true story of the trials and tribulations of Polish/Yiddish playwright Sholem Asch’s 1906 play God of Vengeance  about an illicit lesbian…

  • Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ review of the “spellbinding” KOMPROMAT

    Jonny Ward’s ☆☆☆☆☆ review of the “spellbinding” KOMPROMAT

      Kompromat ☆☆☆☆☆ Vault Festival London is frequently listed as the most popular tourist destination in the world with travellers drawn to the incredible sights such as Big Ben and Buckingham Palace and all the pomp and ceremony that goes with it. There is, however, another aspect for which we are becoming famous and that…

  • Yours Sincerely  @ Vault Festival

    Yours Sincerely @ Vault Festival

      Yours Sincerely ☆☆ The Vaults Festival Wednesday 30th January Yours Sincerely has an intriguing premise; the young Will Jackson (the writer and performer) has accidentally stolen a book of 300 second class stamps and he vows to start a ‘project’ to occupy his time. We hear what it involves as he writes a letter…

  • Vivian Maier in Color

    Vivian Maier in Color

      One of Queerguru’s favorite documentaries of all time is Finding Vivian Maier (2013).  It’s the story of how graduate student John Maloof unwittingly uncovered a photographic treasure trove of an unknown photographer who had  produced some of the very best  street images from the 1950’s to the late 1990’s.  Vivian Maier had been a…