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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm’s 5-STAR review of LARRY DEAN’S ‘HELLBENT’ at Edinburgh Fringe
Since winning Scottish Comedian of the Year in 2013, cheeky, gay Glaswegian Larry Dean’s star has been steadily rising. From a darling of the Edinburgh Fringe to London, he has made numerous appearances on national TV, performed before King Charles at a Royal Variety Performance, and more recently has been a valued cast member of…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert revisits THE BLACK CAP: A LEGENDARY LGBT PUB IN CAMDEN TOWN LONDON
Doff your black cap and salute one of our great pubs that has bucked a current worldwide trend for accelerated closures of LGBT venues. London’s famous The Black Cap has returned after a shock closure in 2015 when the pub, which spawned over 1,000 nights of “Palladium-style drag acts,” closed overnight. During these eleven years,…
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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…
