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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Jonathan Kemp reviews ” Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran” at London’s Omnibus Theatre
Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend…
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Chase Johnsey on being the first gender-fluid ballerina at English National Ballet
The American ballet dancer Chase Johnsey who identifies as gender-fluid but still prefers male pronouns is making waves as the first dancer to be accepted into the Corps de Ballet of an international Ballet Company. Up to signing his new contract Johnsey had been a member of the legendary all male Les Ballets Trocodero…
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And Then There Was Eve
Savannah Bloch ‘s feature film directing debut (which she also co-wrote with Colette Freedman) is an intriguing drama which requires us to be circumspect with our review to avoid giving away the major surprising plot twist. This is the story of Alyssa (Tania Nolan) a successful photographer who wakes up one morning to find…
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‘Golden Youth’ (‘Une jeunesse doree’)
Golden Youth takes us back to the late 1970’s when Americans were desperately squeezing into Studio 54, and we Europeans were flocking to the more accessible but equally debauched Le Palace night club in Paris. It was home to extravagant theme parties and performances, that literally threw together rich and poor, gay and straight,…
