Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWreckage ★★★★ Turbine Theatre Twenty-five-year-old Sam (Tom Ratcliff) and his older boyfriend Noel (Michael Walters) live a comfortable, domesticated life together with their cat. Then one morning, whilst doing a favour for Sam, Noel crashes his car into a river and dies. So begins Wreckage, a clever new play written by Tom … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterArtist, activist, musician, filmmaker, peace campaigner and so much more, Yoko Ono has crammed a lot into her life. Now in her tenth decade, the ninety-one-year-old is being honored with a beautiful retrospective of her life’s work, Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, at London’s Tate Modern gallery, which opens this Thursday, February … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterYou’re Going To Die. ⚝⚝⚝⚝ London’s Southwark Playhouse. Death, loss and anxiety, three unavoidable human conditions, are examined by the completely naked Adam Scott-Rowley, in his intense, very entertaining, monologue, You’re Going To Die, currently on at London’s excellent Southwark Playhouse. Part performance art, part theatre, we meet the nude Scott-Rowley, alone on the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne never knows what will “come over the transom” at QueerGuru. Many of the books are evidently not of interest to our readers. At least that is the decision made by the staff. Occasionally, an unexpected gem will surface. Since Elizabeth McCracken offered praise for Lauren Hough’s book of essays, why not give it … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe all love a diva, and with that in mind, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum has gathered together a huge collection of divas for its latest exhibition, simply titled Diva. The word Diva today can be a compliment or criticism, an aspiration, or a condemnation. Taken from the Latin word for ‘goddess’, the … Continue reading