Robert Malcolm
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘The Fit Prince (who gets switched on in the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)’
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on in the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here) **** Edinburgh Festival Fringe Yesterday I finished my visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the penultimate performance of “The Fit Prince” by Awkward Productions and Kings Head Theatre. It was a high camp…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews MIDNIGHT AT THE PALACE a musical about the iconic drag troupe THE COCKETTES
Midnight at The Palace. ***** Edinburgh Festival Fringe “Midnight at the Palace” is a raucous, psychedelic, sparkling musical about the queer hippy drag troupe, the Cockettes, who performed in San Francisco in the early seventies. They may not be well known (in the UK) but their wild, gender-bending, counter-cultural anarchy affected many who came later,…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm’s rave review of TOM AT THE FARM @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Tom at the Farm ***** Edinburgh Festival Fringe This powerful tour de force of physical theatre unfolds like a homophobic horror story. You can’t fail to be moved by its emotional intensity and raw beauty. Written by Michel Marc Bouchard and first presented in Montreal in 2011, this version in Portuguese is skilfully directed…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm gets all hot and bothered reviewing SAUNA BOY @Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Sauna Boy * * * * Edinburgh Festival Fringe After a year-long tour of the US and Australia, Dan Ireland-Reeves, writer and performer of Sauna Boy, brings his semi-autobiographical production to the Edinburgh Fringe. It has erroneously been suggested that the title and subject matter of this show is just a ruse to get gay…
