London
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘DON’T EVER STOP’ the story of legendary DJ Tony De VIt the musical force at Londons queer after-hours club TRADE
London’s queer bar/club scene at the beginning of the 1990s entered its most exciting decade to date. The homophobic attitudes of the 1980s had eased somewhat due to the widespread use of ecstasy across the UK during the recent acid house rave years. This combined with a hedonist live-for-the-moment attitude in the queer community…
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Maureen Lipman, Tom Conti and Anne Reid star in a West End rehearsed reading of Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK
For one night only West End Royalty : Maureen Lipman, Tom Conti and Anne Reid are to head the cast for a rehearsed reading of Peter Shaffer’s critically acclaimed play Lettice and Lovage. Flamboyant tour guide, Lettice Douffet comes up against brusque traditionalist Charlotte Schoen from the Preservation Trust, for theatrically over-embellishing historical…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews FRANK’S CLOSET : divas, dresses, declarations of love, and dancing girls
FRANKS CLOSET ⚝⚝⚝⚝⚝ UNION THEATRE, LONDON If you love divas, dresses, declarations of love, and dancing girls, then head down to London’s Union Theatre. This month, theatre founder Sasha Regan directs Frank’s Closet, a wonderfully camp extravaganza, written and composed by Stuart Wood. Frank (Andy Moss, Hollyoaks) is about to get married but his…
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Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel: Fashion Manifesto : a major retrospective at London’s V&A reviewed by Kareem Tabsch
In a city as large and culturally rich as London, there’s always something vying for your attention, but the hottest ticket in the British capital is not a show in the West End or a concert at the O2 arena. The must-see attraction of the last few months is, in fact, a museum exhibit.…
