Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJust half way through 2024 its proving a great year for documentaties of female icons….. and would be icons. There is ‘Let The Canary Sing‘ where we fell in love with Cyndi Lauper all over again: ‘I Am: Celine Dion‘: very emotional portrait of the Canadian singer: ‘I-800-ON-HER-OWN‘ on Grammy Award winner lesbian … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWell, its taken over 40 years but Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ubiquitous musical CATS has finally been queered up. The Award Winning Show that opened to critical acclaim in London, and then mixed reviews on Broadway became the fifth-longest-running Broadway show and the seventh-longest-running West End show. That’s a lot of coach parties of tourists in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMany of us would probably like to re-write history at one time or another but few of us would get away with it as well as Diane Von Furstenberg. who has skated through a great deal of her life staking claim to being the designer of the ‘wrap dress’ .That wouldn’t sit well with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPlaywright and performer Alexis Gregory’s new play Neon Divine premieres this Pride month at West End cabaret venue Crazy Coqs. Performed as a staged-reading meets radio-play presentation, Neon Divine explores the relationship between gay men and divas, queerness, art, fame, power, status, glamour, deepfake divas, and what happens when our idols let us down. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterQueer-led creative arts organisation Home Live Art is bringing its arts festival Knotty back to Hastings over the first two weekends of June. Bigger and bolder than ever, this year’s Knotty festival features work from 20 adventurous artists in eight events across four venues: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, White Rock Theatre, Mini Playhouse and Stables Theatre, plus outdoor locations in … Continue reading
