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Jonathan Kemp’s ☆☆☆☆ review of an arresting production of Oscar Wilde’s once banned Salome
SALOME ☆☆☆☆ Lazarus Theatre Company Greenwich Theatre, London From the opening scene of the prophet, Jokanaan, walking through a sandstorm to the final image of a semi-naked Salomé straddling Jokanaan while slick with his blood, this is an arresting production of Wilde’s notorious banned play. The bold move to cast a boy to play the…
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Ezra Miller’s band puts a very queer spin on The Pussycat Doll’s ‘Don’t Cha’
Queer actor EZRA MILLER’s breakout role was in The Perks of Being a Wallflower but has now long forgotten about sitting quietly in the shade.. Miller does not identify as a man or woman; “Queer just means no, I don’t do that. I don’t identify as a man. I don’t identify as a woman.…
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Dusty Springfield : You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
The sublime Dusty Springfield was so much more than the flamboyant figure she cut with her peroxide blonde bouffant hairstyle, evening gowns, and her signature heavy eye make-up. At her peak in the 1960’s she was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100…
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Years and Years : Last minute signs of a grower from Russell T Davies & Russell Tovey
If you can get through the glib diversity of the first half of this new show the fertile mania of the last minutes suggest it will be worth it. Years and Years could become a dystopian roller coaster with an unpredictable and fun story arc. Years and Years by Dr Who’s Russell T Davis…
