Robert Malcolm
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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…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm’s review of Cecilia Gentili’s Red Ink. @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Cecilia Gentili’s Red Ink. * * * * * Edinburgh Festival Fringe Cecilia Gentili was an Argentinian trans woman who moved to the United States, undocumented, at the age of 26. She was a sex worker, but following her recovery from drug addiction, she became a trans and AIDs activist, and a campaigner for sex workers’…
