Sister Roma
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BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival’s celebrates its 40th Anniversary
On February 18th, the BFI will be announcing the full program of the 40th Edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival It is not only one of Queerguru’s ‘Hometown Fests’ (alongside Provincetown and Miami’s OUTshine) it is unquestionably one of our favorites too. As it’s one of the first queer festivals in the year’s calendar, it’s…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews CHRISTMAS GAIETY AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL with all the joys of the holiday seasaon
Christmas Gaiety ⚝⚝⚝ Royal Albert Hall There is no grander, more romantic concert venue in London than the Royal Albert Hall. Part Victorian Coliseum, part jewellery box, part meringue the biggest challenge for performers is that the building is often the star of the show. A Christmas Gaiety, conducted by Edwin Outwater with Mistress…
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Sister Roma talks with Queerguru about finally making her London Debut
Sister Roma is one of the original Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence the charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality. and fundraise for charity. They came about during the AIDS pandemic in San Francisco when they provided a valuable support system, especially…
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Peaches Christ and (much) More Holiday Gaiety
Its sometimes hard to keep track of teh whereabouts of San Francisco’s drag Grand Dame Peaches Christ. Last week she was in London breaking records as the first Drag Queen to perform in the city’s; very grand Royal Albert Hall that seats some 5700 British peeps. The occasion was the UK debut of her…
