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Sophie Duker’s Venus: It’s not about astronomy, shaving or Bananarama
Sophie Duker’s Venus ☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre , London Sophie Duker knows her audience. Tonight’s one hour one woman show at the Soho Theatre is a hilarious double dutch of playing with expectations. Duker knows she is the triple threat of black, female and queer whilst acknowledging that anyone in her audience is probably going…
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HOLD ON : a stark choice between Faith and Sexuality
Queerguru talks with young American/Chinese queer filmmaker Haiyang Yu about his new short film HOLD ON which had us in tears. It is the story of a devout Catholic mother who is the caregiver for her disabled gay son and has to choose between her faith and her son’s happiness To find out where the film is screening…
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Soho Cinders: Love on Old Compton St and other fairy tales
Soho Cinders ☆☆☆☆ Charing Cross Theatre, London If you are ready for some traditional seasonal fun but not quite ready to go full panto until after Guy Fawkes this bouncing romantic musical twist on the Cinderella story has immediately likeable tunes that are show stopping in places but never stop the story. Each of the…
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Halloween at Hotel Gaythering (before the drink kicked in)
Never send in a boy to do a man’s job. Our videographer (who prefers to remain anonymous) went to film Hôtel Gaythering fab Halloween Party BUT instead decided to soon put his camera down and drink the Bar dry
