Writer Clara Bradbury-Rance will be at London's BFI on Monday 15th July to talk about her new book Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory (Edinburgh University Press). This BFI event will explore the questions 'How do we define lesbian cinema in the 21st century? How can sexuality be made visible? Touching on films such as Water... Continue Reading →
Woody Shticks' Schlong Song at The King's Head Theatre London 25-28th July 2019 Stand-up storytelling, hip-hop heroics, and emotional nudity collide in Woody Shticks’ smash-hit smackdown of sexual misadventure. Shticks’ days inside a Puritan cult give way to nights inside consenting adults on a quest to answer the timeless query: “What is gay shit, and... Continue Reading →
The Union Theatre celebrates London Pride this week with a series of events 3rd-6th July 2019.Proud (Play - Rehearsed Reading)As part of Pride week, The Union Theatre presents two rehearsed readings of Proud, the new play by Bren Gosling, which seeks to present alternative narratives. Camp, Chemsex & Grindr, how well portrayed are queer characters... Continue Reading →
Sometimes a film concept reeks of studio development people sitting around a room using such industry lingo as “What are the stakes?” or “We really need to lean into the diversity aspects of this story”. With Toy Story 4, directed by Josh Cooley, who co-wrote Inside Out, you can almost hear the suits asking, “This... Continue Reading →
What do you do when the object of your affection doesn’t return the kind of love you want? That’s what writer Michael Dennis and director Andrew Keates explore in Dark Sublime, a play that mixes unrequited love with sci-fi fandom. Dark Sublime, Trafalgar Studios (credit Scott Rylander) Marina Sirtis and Kwaku Mills Marianne (Marina Sirtis)... Continue Reading →
It may sound trite, but nothing can make me feel more dead inside than when a Millennial doesn’t get your references. I go into fits of despair when I get a blank stare or an “I don’t know her” in response to my saying Tatum O’Neal’s Oscar-winning performance in Paper Moon ranks as one of... Continue Reading →
Ahhh, the 90s. The Los Angeles Theatre scene seemed littered with what I liked to call, “Nude Gays Two Inches From Your Face Plays” with titles such as Naked Boys Singing and Making Porn. A front row seat in those small theaters almost guaranteed contact with some type of bodily fluid. While LGBTQ+ stage shows... Continue Reading →
In celebration of New York City World Gay Pride and 50 Years of Stonewall, Travis Taddeo welcomes Berlin based artist Sam Morris to showcase a curated selection of his erotic photography at the TRAVIS TADDEO SoHo boutique. “This Pride, I will let you look though a window into the many different vulnerabilities that I’ve encountered... Continue Reading →
Presented in promenade in and around the grounds of St Paul’s Church in the middle of London’s Covent Garden, Iris Theatre has created a gender-fluid production of Hamlet that is filled to the brim with ideas, probably more than it knows what to do with. The action has been moved from Denmark to a nationalistic... Continue Reading →
The Coming of the Night (1999) is a novel that shouldn’t work. Readers ought to be left frustrated, disappointed, and confused. How, they may wonder, was the book authored by the mastermind behind City of Night (1963), a landmark in gay storytelling? Often, when plot fails, characters can save a text. We fall for their... Continue Reading →
