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When The London Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence canonized Derek Jarman
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the legendary queer charity, protest and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. It all started in 1976, when a convent of Roman Catholic nuns lent some retired habits to The Sugar Plum…
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JD Brousse brings his stunning solo show to MANIPULATE Festival
JD Brousse was destined to be a fourth-generation baker, but instead, he ran away from home and joined the circus. Now a performance artist (le) Pain is his first solo show and it is about breadmaking, physical heroics, growing up queer in a boulangerie in the south of France, endings and new beginnings. It…
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Ginger Spice is set to play Pee Wee Herman’s mother!
The moment we read the headline read Ginger Spice is to play Pee Wee Herman’s mother in a fishy tale, we were hooked. (Apologies for the pun) The two of them ….. also known as Paul Reubens and Gerri Halliwell are set to join Tatum O’Neal and a host of transgender actors in an…
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PBS Great Performances are filming the new revival of COMPANY
If you are not going to be able to make it to Broadway to see the fabulous Tony and Grammy winner Katrina Lenk and two-time Tony and two-time Grammy winner Patti LuPone in Company, do not despair. PBS are filming it to be shown in May. This documentary will be part of the series’ fifth…
