2019
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Queeerguru’s Jonny Ward reviews a dazzling new London production of Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG
Torch Song ☆☆☆☆☆ The Turbine Theatre When you were young did you ever see a play or a film and thought “This will be the blueprint for my life.”? For many gay men of a certain age, Torch Song Trilogy promised to be just that – not because of the high drama, the tragedy or…
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What’s next for Downton’s Creator?
Whilst Julian Fellowes may chose to keep us guessing about the inevitable Downton Abbey Movie sequel and whether Barrow the Butler will ever find true love, he has just announced his next new project. Lord Fellowes, as he should be formally addressed, is about to start a new period drama for HBO that this…
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Be Happy The Musical : will probably make you miserable
If you manage to sit through this whole movie, then the very thing you will certainly not be is Happy. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Ventura Pons has gathered together a very impressive European cast that include the likes of Sian Phillips, Vicky Peña, Gary Wilmot, Billy Cullum and the entire Mallorca Gay Men Chorus who all…
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Circus of Books : the lives of an unlikely pair of ‘adult book’ sellers
For her sophomore feature filmmaker Rachel Mason turned her cameras on to her own parents to tell their unlikely tale of running the most successful Adult Book Store in West Hollywood. It was part a journey of discovery for her too as growing up with her 3 siblings in this nice middle class Jewish…
