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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews The Next Act’s ALAN BENNETT’S TALKING HEADS at Edinburgh Fringe
Talking Heads is a series of well-loved British monologues written for BBC TV by gay multi-award-winning playwright Alan Bennett and originally broadcast in 1988 and 1998. Some episodes have appeared on PBS in the United States under the umbrella of Masterpiece Theatre. Spread over two evenings, local women’s theatre group The Next Act are performing…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews ‘EARWORM’ at The Camden People’s Theatre as part of Camden Fringe Festival.
ARiot Theatre production Earworm was first performed in 2024 and returns as part of the Camden Fringe Festival during an unusual London heatwave. The play itself is a cool, observant look at a hot gay relationship between an alternative cabaret musician and a slightly older academic student of gay philosophy who examine their relationship and…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm witnesses ‘JULIAN CLARY in FULLY DILATED’ : his triumphant return to Edinburgh Fringe
In Fully Dilated, Julian Clary promises to reveal “intimate secrets of my life and share the traumas that have led me to lead the life of a camp comic and renowned homosexual” Some background for the uninitiated: In the eighties, through his exposure on the then-new and radical TV Channel 4, stand-up comedian Julian Clary…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews director Lan Hongchun’s acclaimed family drama ‘DEAR YOU’
Your face, long unseen; not a day goes by without longing… A story from the Far East dedicated to the predecessors becomes a visually stunning film that discloses lifelong acts of love and sacrifice. It takes several decades that evolve gradually, starting with the celebration of Ama´s birthday; the grandmother is in her 80s and…
