Aids
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The Princess, the patient, and the handshake that changed the face of AIDS
Bren Gosling‘s play MOMENT OF GRACE captures a very significant moment that created such a seachange when Diana, Princess of Wales shook the hands of an AIDS patient in a London Hospice back in 1987. Bren Gosling talks about his play…. now at The Hope Theatre in London …. with QUEERGURU and how this one single…
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AIDS The Unheard Tapes – tragedy and joy from voices no longer with us
In the 1980s and 90s, as a new and apparently unstoppable disease ravaged the gay community, volunteers began to record for posterity interviews with the men infected with what would eventually be identified as the HIV virus, and with their friends. The tapes are now archived at the British Library and have never been broadcast…
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The princess, the patient and the handshake that changed the face of AIDS
Queer Brit award-winning writer Bren Gosling latest play MOMENT OF GRACE tells the story of the famous visit by Diana Princess of Wales to Britain’s first AIDS Unit and its impact on three people: Andrew, a patient, Jude, a nurse, and Donnie, a fireman estranged from his son. AIDS was taboo. Even being seen…
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Can You Bring It : Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
This compelling powerful documentary tells the story behind the most celebrated and performed work by the iconic queer choreographer Bill T Jones. He created ‘D-Man In The Waters’ in 1989 one year after losing his life partner the dancer/choreographer Arnie Zane to AIDS. It was the height of the pandemic that was decimating the…
