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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ROSIE JONES and her search for sapphic sustenance
ROSIE JONES: BACKWARD ☆☆ ☆☆ Soho Theatre Rosie Jones is Britain’s 96th most powerful lesbian, according to one poll. Jones would enjoy this accolade much more if only she had met another 95 lesbians in her entire life. Treating this as a challenge to fulfill much of her act is devoted to her search…
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Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp raves about the revival of Shelagh Delaney’s classic A TASTE OF HONEY
A Taste of Honey ☆☆☆☆☆ By Shelagh Delaney Trafalgar Studios I’ve been obsessed with Shelagh Delaney since I caught the black and white 1960 film version on TV aged fourteen and became enchanted by its tatty Northern camp. There was something about seeing one’s home town depicted in dour black and white and the…
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Queerguru reviews CNUT : Nathan Evan’s second anthology of Poems
While the number of serious readers always seems to be in decline, the truth might be even more pronounced in poetry circles. Maybe a few reviews and positive word-of-mouth can stem the tide or at least forestall it somewhat. My interest in particular poets is often rooted in an introduction through biographies or other nonfiction…
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Pecsmas by Pecs Drag Kings: Twas the Night Before Brexit
Pecsmas by Pecs Drag Kings ☆☆☆ The Yard Theatre, London We are now entering the final countdown to Christmas, that orgy of consumption, and…
