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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews The Rock ‘n’ Roll Alien, a journey through the musical legacy of David Bowie, which was on at London’s Adelphi Theatre.
The theatre and rock ‘n’ roll are slightly incompatible bedfellows, which is odd considering the similarities in staging, performance, and audience expectation. Rock ‘n’ roll can be theatrical, but theatre is rarely successfully rock ‘n’ roll. This is the challenge facing The Rock ‘n’ Roll Alien, a journey through the musical legacy of David…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews My Boyfriend (El Fascista.) how politics can ruin your love life
Politics is increasingly polarised these days. Extremist news media, websites, and online social-media and other algorithms feed us what we want to consume – all with the aim of keeping us fearfully engaged for longer and longer, thereby satisfying advertising clients. This has led to an explosion in radical politics, in particular the rise of…
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Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews OLD LESBIANS a remarkable look back at ‘herstory”.
Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews OLD LESBIANS a remarkable look back at ‘herstory”.
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews LAVENDER MEN : a drama that honours the legendary rumour that Abraham Lincoln had a gay affair
The plus-size, fem-presenting, non-binary Taffeta (Roger Q Mason) is working as a stage manager on a lacklustre play about ex-US President Abraham Lincoln, showing to half-empty houses at a small American theatre. They have a huge unrequited crush on the play’s director (Philippe Bowgen), which makes them work super-hard and quietly absorb negative energy from…
