Robert Malcolm
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘LINUS WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA’ @ Edinburgh Fringe
Last year my final show at the Fringe was Linus Karp’s hysterical gay panto The Fit Prince. The charming young Swede is back in Edinburgh with a more serious offering, based on a homophobic attack which he personally experienced. The stage is set like a 1950s black and white illustration of a street in Soho,…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews “Heated Rivalry – The Unauthorised Musical Parody” @Edinburgh Fringe 2026
**** The Edinburgh Fringe can be overwhelming and very confusing. This year, amongst the record 4,202 shows at 299 venues, there are three musicals based on the hit HBO TV series Heated Rivalry. Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody, Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody, and Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorised Musical Parody. Following its…
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Queerguru’s Scotland Contributing Editor Robert Malcolm reviews Richard Gadd’s new TV series ‘HALF MAN ‘
I have to admit that I approached Richard Gadd’s new BBC and HBO series, Half Man, with some reservations. The violent working-class Scotsman is a trope that is too familiar and reinforces a national stereotype that the country can well do without. I was also concerned that this tale is told by Gadd, a middle-class…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews JEEZUS : a queer (and very camp) Latin musical @ New Diorama Theatre, London
Last summer Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviewed some of the queer events at the Edinburgh Festival. One show he raved about was “Jeezus!” The hit show is having a second coming and will be transferring for a longer run at the award-winning New Diorama Theatre in the heart of London later this month, from 21 April…
