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Lewis Hancox : Coming Out for Trans Equality
Filmmaker and comedian LEWIS HANCOX is one of a handful of trans people who have made videos in support of Stonewall UK’s Come Out For Trans Equality Campaign. He believes that with all the negative press in the media right now surrounding trans issues means it’s vital trans people tell their own stories from their…
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Matthew Richardson’s Total Eclipse of The Heart
Matthew Richardson is an extremely talented circus artist specializing in Roue Cyr who is currently performing in Cirque Du Soleil’s Varekai. The totally stunning piece he performs below is conceptually the expression of something very personal in the shape of a tribute to his father. Richardson said “The dreamcatcher symbolism connected to my father’s loss…
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Humor Me
For Sam Hoffman’s feature film writing/directing debut Humor Me he valiantly attempted to build on his very successful web series (and book) Old Jews Telling Jokes with very mixed results. What he ended up with is a family comedy that older Jewish audiences will lap up, but others will sadly find rather lame at best. This is…
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Imelda Staunton is a stunning Broadway Baby
Last year London’s National Theater revived Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical Follies for the very first time since it was first originally produced in the UK some 30 years ago. The production with a star-studded cast led by Imelda Staunton garnered rave reviews and was both a critical and commercial success and so the Theater telecast a performance…
