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Two of Us: A love for all ages
There are so many ways to begin to describe this lovely film and each would probably turn off half of our audience instantly. Which is a shame as they might miss one of the best LGBT+ films at the London Film Festival. So, let us get it over with. It’s about old people. It’s…
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ; and so does Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ☆☆☆☆ Union Theatre, London Directed by Sasha Regan Anita Loos’ 1925 novel (famously championed by James Joyce) was first turned into a stage musical in 1949, and must have seemed dated even then, much of the original novel’s caustic indictment of the Jazz Age already softened or lost on its postwar…
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Fiona Goodwin: A VERY BRITISH LESBIAN
Brit writer/actress/comedian Fiona Goodwin took so many detours in her coming out journey which she shaped into anr hilarious one-woman-show. Hot from her highly acclaimed breakout success at Edinburgh Festival Fringe , Fiona is now bringing the show to the Pilgrim House as part of #WomensWeek. Her very dry wit and her wicked sense of irony are a sheer delight, and…
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Over 80% of the actors at the casting for Jayro Bustamante’s film TREMOR refused to play ‘gay’
When Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante‘s went to cast his sophomore film a drama about a married man who comes out as gay he was shocked to discover that over 80% of the actors at the casting would not play ‘gay’ . He needn’t have worried though as he chose the extremely talented actor JUAN PABLO OLYSLAGER whose finely…
