Actor and award-winning playwright TOM RATCLIFFE is the current GUEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR at London’s Kings Head Theatre for QUEER INTERROGATION his part of their TAKEOVER SEASON. It focuses on telling LGBTQI+ stories whilst also highlighting and celebrating the importance of new writing – from work-in-progress one-nighters to 3 weeks of fully-fledged runs. and then … Continue reading
TOM SHEPARD started his excellent and unsettling documentary about the plight of a handful of LGBTQ refugees in what we now wistfully call the ‘good old days’ i.e. pre 2016. Up to then this country stood by its centuries old policy of giving refugee to all those in need. His cameras show us the … Continue reading
Christopher Marlowe’s play EDWARD II written in the 16th Century about the medieval King who was deposed and beheaded is too rarely performed. Which makes this new production at The Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London even more special, particularly as for once the talented lead actor TOM STUART playing the role the gay … Continue reading
When a young Tony Maretta left Meadville, Pennsylvania and turned up in Los Angeles in the early 1990’s he was looking for the golden age of Hollywood which had long passed. So rather than just focus on acting he managed to pursue his dream and became a film historian, writer, and presenter. He … Continue reading
It is already DAY 3 of Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival and if you missed the start, panic not, as there are still some amazing queer cinema to come in the next week. Here then are TEN TOP PICKS OF THE BEST OF THE REST: and if you like the look of any of … Continue reading