Andrew Hebden
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Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens : a richer and more diverse Inheritance
Elegies for Angels, Punks AND Raging Queens ☆☆☆☆ Union Theatre, London In a year in which The Inheritance claimed every kind of London theatre accolade it’s a tough job to put on an AIDS crisis era play without inviting comparison. Happily, when contrasted rather than compared, Elegies sets its own standard. It is different…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews a rock n roll night of sex and comedy that will give you a gasp or two
Bernie Dieter’s LIttle Death Club ☆☆☆☆ Underbelly Festival, London’s South Bank Right now it is hard for burlesque to stay sexy without the audience feeling #MeToo rather than wanting to be ‘Me Next – Please!’ Bernie Dieter manages to succeed in this high wire act with audience domination, a thumping rock soundtrack, and a…
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HALSTON : Hallowed designer reduced to the JC Penney rack
2019 could be the year the world rediscovers Halston, the groundbreaking designer who drove some of the key looks of the 70s and 80s. Not only have 80s looks been resurfacing for some time but Ewan McGregor is about to star in a TV dramatization of his life and work. Disappointingly this documentary by…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews PREDRINKS/AFTERPARTY a high octane and fizzy romp at Drayton Arms Theater
PREDRINKS/AFTERPARTY ☆☆☆☆ Drayton Arms Theatre On another night of Brexit mayhem in party politics it was a relief to have a night of chaos that kept its destructive tendencies on stage. PREDRINKS/AFTERPARTY is a high octane and fizzy romp that is aptly described, as one of the characters says of themselves, as “a food…
