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Queerguru´s Resident Party Boi Ris Fatah visits THE ROSES OF ELAGABALUS a gorgeous queer club house in Dalston, East London.
Are you in the mood to raise your queer nightlife game? Then check out The Roses of Elagabalus, a super-swish queer club house in the heart of Dalston, East London. With a cocktail bar, restaurant, cabaret space, and a hidden basement bar and dance floor, The Roses of Elagabalus packs a lot into its…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews JINKX MONSOON’S ‘UNMISSABLE’ 5-star turn as JUDY GARLAND in ‘END OF THE RAINBOW’
The final, tragic days of legendary queer icon Judy Garland are brought back to life in End of The Rainbow, a haunting, mesmerising spectacle starring Jinkx Monsoon (Drag Race, Chicago, Oh, Mary!) now on at London´s beautiful Soho Theatre in Walthamstow. Directed by Rupert Hands, writer Peter Quilter´s play has been performed many times since…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews the intensely colourful, identity-questioning work of British artist Hurvin Anderson, on at London´s Tate Britain.
The lifelong, dynamic process by which our identity is shaped, both consciously and unconsciously, is a combination of our genes, internal traits, personal choices, and external environmental factors. Where we are born, grow up, and where we choose to live as adults also factor in heavily. British artist Hurvin Anderson, a Jamaican man born and…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews ‘STRANGE JOURNEY: The Story of Rocky Horror’ a documentary by Linus O’Brien about his father’s cult film
Strange Journey is a documentary made by Linus O’Brien about his father’s all-time cinema hit The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The film opens in Hamilton New Zealand where locals revere local boy Richard O’Brien, who left for London aged 22 in 1964 and shot to unexpected fame in 1973 when he wrote what is described…
