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Poof! Or What Fairies Know
Fairies have always enjoyed a close association with the natural world. But with so much of the natural world under threat from Climate Change, the fairies are not pleased, and they are beginning to show up in surprising ways. In addition to making everything more fabulous just by simply being, fairies have come to…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews the World Premiere of “TAMMY FAYE” A New (camptastic) Musical
Tammy Faye A New Musical ★★★★ Almeida Theatre, London A new musical where the score is by Elton John and the lyrics by Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters is undoubtedly going to have great tunes and camptastic lyrics. But it’s only when the opening scene presents Tammy Faye (Katie Brayben) with a proctologist’s finger…
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THE HORROR SHOW! A TWISTED TALE OF MODERN BRITAIN
The Horror Show! is a fantastic new exhibition which has just opened at London’s Somerset House. Curated by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall, the exhibition celebrates the UK’s greatest cultural provocateurs and visionaries, examining how ideas rooted in horror have informed the past 50 years of creative rebellion in Britain. We are invited to…
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Queerguru reviews TRAMPS!: The Death of Punk. The New Romantics & The Art of Survival @ NY’s NewFest
Following in the heels of BLITZED the excellent documentary by Bruce Ashley and Michael Donald the remarkable story of how in the 1980’s a very small group of young people In London in a mere 18 months redefined a whole generation, comes another look at them in TRAMPS. Remarkably it’s the sophomore film from queer Canadian…
