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The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen opens in Chicago
The people of Chicago are in for a real theatrical treat as this is the next stop for creator/storyteller Les Kurkendaal-Barrett is bringing his one-man show The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen. We will confess that we had not heard of William Dorsey Swann, who was not just a leading…
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Queerguru reviews THE CAKEMAKER the very poignant feature film debut by queer Israeli writer/director Ofir Raul Graizer,
With a large pile of new queer cinema sitting on my desk waiting to be reviewed, it may appear obtuse to set them aside for a moment and view one that was released some 8 years ago. Why The Cakemaker slipped through my hands at that time is a mystery to me, but reading about…
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‘It’s queer up here’…. life in a thriving queer community in the UK’s remote countryside North is now THE place to be
One of the successes of QUEERGURU that we are most proud of is how far our reach has extended over the past 10 years. With followers in over 50 countries that gave us 750K hits on Facebook alone last month, our greatest pleasure is reaching queer people in countries where it is still illegal to…
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He loves me, he loves me not… Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell : MUST SEE (STUNNING) DANCE….
It/s hard to believe that the leading British choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne didn’t actually see his first ballet until he was 18 years old. He started studying at London’s Laban Center at 20, and then two years later, he began dance classes. However, his interests gradually shifted from dancing to choreographing for television, theatre,…
