2025
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews Ensemble Festival , an exciting waterside celebration of circus, dance, physical theatre street art.
This 26th and 27th July weekend, Certain Blacks presents the Ensemble Festival 2025 in London’s historic Royal Victoria Docks. This is a free outdoor, waterside celebration of circus, dance, physical theatre and street art. 2025 highlights include Hydropunk, an interactive water installation by outdoor arts veterans Artizani. Hunky queer circus/performance artist Sadiq Ali also has…
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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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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,…
