QUEERGURU
Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
-
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah visits London’s long-awaited V & A East Storehouse museum with its radical reinvention of the whole museum experience.
London’s long-awaited V & A East Storehouse museum is finally open, a stone’s throw from vibrant Hackney Wick, and, it’s safe to say, it’s been worth the wait. The younger, cooler sibling to the esteemed Victoria & Albert museum in South Kensington, the V & A East Storehouse is a radical reinvention of the museum…
-
IKEA steps up to the plate with their support of the queer community whilst others cowed to The Orange Man and withdrew
It seems far more important than ever that we share any good news regarding businesses that continue to step up to the plate on their continuing generous support of the LGBTQA+ community. A shining example of this is IKEA, now the world’s largest furniture company, whose first advert featuring a gay couple was in 1994.…
-
‘Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden sweats it out to review ‘IVORIES’ a horror story about a dysfunctional throuple
Ivories The Old Red Lion Theatre, London London is currently sweatier than a drag queen’s tuck in a Ptown summer. The air is thick, the pavements are melting, the only chills we are getting are from our energy bills. When ‘Ivories,’ a haunted house play fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, arrived in Islington, the first…
-
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews This Bitter Earth, the directorial debut by Billy Porter of Harrison David River’s tense play about a mixed-race queer relationship at the dawn of the Black Lives Matter movement.
This Bitter Earth Soho Theatre, London If you’re in London this month, then a must-see is This Bitter Earth, Billy Porter’s (Pose, Kinky Boots) directorial debut of Harrison David River’s tense play about a mixed-race queer American couple navigating life during the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement. At Soho’s cute cabaret/theatre…
