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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward discovers ‘Mae West (is) Better than Sex’
Better Than Sex ☆☆☆☆ The Story of Mae West The Cockpit Theatre, London Better than Sex – The story of Mae West is a one-woman cabaret performed by Bella Bevan. It opens with several of her most famous quips at which Mae says defiantly “You can leave now…that’s what you came for isn’t it?”.…
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PBS finally gets to screen Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age
After being in development for the past two decades since the release of the original documentary, PBS has finally screened Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age. Written, directed, and produced by late filmmaker Rick McKay, it is a sequel to McKay’s 2003 documentary Broadway: The Golden Age—By the Legends Who Were There. Beyond the Golden Age …
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Queerguru reviews DEATH AND BOWLING : with a trans cast and a trans sensibility
Trans filmmaker Lyel Kash’s directorial/writing debut Death and Bowling that is having its world premiere at OUTFEST Film Fest in LA is an extraordinary achievement. Not just because in a groundbreaking move Kash cast all the roles in the movie with transgender actors, but his spiritual drama gives a very personal insight which we…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews an All-Male Jazz Ballet double-bill in London’s Garden Theatre
Coppelia and The Supermarket Suite ☆☆☆☆☆ St Gabriel’s Halls London This double bill of all-male jazz ballet starts with Supermarket Sweep set to The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and concludes with Coppelia by Delibes. The opening scene of Supermarket Sweep sees life working in a supermarket through the eyes of two members of staff (performed by…
