The fifth annual Vault Festival in its cavernous underground premises at Waterloo is about to kick off, and although it is not primarily an LGBT event, it’s crammed packed program has a lot of queer content that it is now a must-see on our calendar. From hard-hitting drama to outrageous comedy, from dance to late-night parties, VAULT takes in the bravest and best of the next generation of creators.
As queerguru’s particular bent (!) lies in anything cinematic,
we are natural drawn to the content of the Vault Film Festival that is part of the whole shebang. The extraordinary eclectic program of shorts and features is curated and selected by Niger Asije, editor of the New Current and explodes across twenty different screenings between January 25th and March 5th 2017.
Our picks : the London premiere of El Debut on January 29th : A group of actors gather in a workshop performance with the aim to research, create and develop the drama of a future film. With an unfinished script, a story of love and bullfighting background, the TeatroLab actors with director Gabriel Olivares are immersed in the passion for the craft of storytelling from the emotion and truth.
On February 4th London finally gets to see the hypnotic documentary The Cult of JT Leroy which is the story of one of the most bizarre literary hoaxes that fooled the LGBT community, and a good part of the world too. It makes for compelling viewing.
For more details of these and the entire eclectic VAULT 2017 Festival check out http://www.vaultfestival.com/about-vault/
The cinema on the 69th floor of The Shard, London’s tallest building and certainly one of its most spectacular, is the world’s highest movie theater (308.5 meters above sea level, to be exact.) The peeps who run the Extraordinary Traveling Film Show who have shown movies in fields, zoos and stately homes are mounting special 0ne-off screenings.
The next screening is of Some Like It Hot, and is on Wednesday 18th January, at 8.30pm for 9pm start. Tickets cost £45 but that includes a welcome glass of Tattinger champagne, complimentary popcorn and chocolate from Artisan du Chocolat. Plus one of the very best views in the world : 40 miles of London. You can book tickets HERE
