David Allen
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews “Personae by Dan & Serg.” an art exhibit in Brighton, UK
A rather special art exhibition opened a couple of days ago in an unassuming arch just east of Shelter Hall on Brighton’s seafront: Personae by Dan & Serg. Dan Flores is the artist; Sergio Rodriguez is the photographer, and together they’ve created an exhibition across both media (as well as some sculpture) that puts…
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Queerguru’s David Allen joined the crowds at this year’s BRIGHTON & HOVE TRANS PRIDE
When they started this event in 2013, the organisers of Trans Pride Brighton could barely have thought that the rights they were gradually winning would be methodically removed over the ensuing years. It would be reasonable to expect society to move forward, but certain influential people thought differently, so here we are thirteen years later,…
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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…
