UK tour
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘SMOKE’ a thought provoking play by/starring Alexis Gregory
Smoke is the latest play by London-based actor-playwright Alexis Gregory (Riot Act). Directed by Campbell X (Stud Life, Low Rider), Smoke is a brutal monologue that observes the psychotic downward spiral that can occur when recreational drug use and mental health get out of hand. Forty-four year old Alex (Gregory) wakes up one morning to…
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‘GRINDR The Opera : An Unauthorised Parody’ is to Tour the UK this summer
If you thought that GRINDR was just a hook-up site for quickies, you may be shocked to discover that there are parts of it that take/last longer. We are thinking in particular of GRINDR THE OPERA. Yes, you are reading that right…..an Opera! And not to be confused with GRINDR THE MUSICAL that came (quickly)…
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The BBC’s First Homosexual : when being queer in the UK was illegal and in the closet
It’s probably tough for Gen Z and gay Millennials to even imagine a time when everywhere in the world it was not only illegal to be gay, but also socially and morally unacceptable. Like in the UK in 1954, one year after a very young Queen Elizabeth just ascended to the throne, when the country’s…
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An Evening With Armisted Maupin : the creator of Tales Of The City
It was back in the 1980s when I first made the trek from London to San Francisco, and in particular, the Castro. For a wide-eyed slightly naive queer Brit it was an experience that I would never ever forget. It’s where I really fell in love for the very first time. Not with any…
