David Allen
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘HERE COMES J EDGAR’ a new musical starring BRYAN BATT
Many of us outside the United States will have heard of J. Edgar Hoover and his role as head of the FBI, but few of us know much more than that. Hoover was the longest-serving director of the FBI and for those 37 years, he worked with presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘DOWN THE HATCH’ a night of queer comedy at Brighton’s KOMEDIA Club
Much like Provincetown Mass, Brighton in the UK has a larger-than-average queer population, so it makes sense that we would have a comedy night hosted by, performed by, and in front of a crowd that is predominantly queer. Up until 2023, our comedy night at Komedia was known as ‘Bent Double’, run and emceed by…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL’ the hit BBC TV series now on PRIME VIDEO
Paris Lees is an author, campaigner and journalist. In 2019, she interviewed Emma Watson for British Vogue (https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women). A vocal activist, she became a lauded role model for the LGBTQ+ community and fierce advocate for trans rights. Before all that, however, she spent some time in prison. ‘What It Feels Like For a Girl’ is…
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‘Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ a true story about one of the last bastions of homophobia
On the balcony of the Holloway Motel on the iconic Route 66 in West Hollywood, a man would sit with a laptop in front of him, drinking wine. The motel hadn’t been in use for a while and was in the process of changing hands to become interim housing for the homeless. Filmmaker Ramiel Petros…
