HBO will celebrate the launch of its six episode unscripted series We're Here with a digital viewing party and free premiere screening on YouTube this Thursday April 23rd. In an effort to share the positivity and transformative powers of drag culture, Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley will host an uplifting... Continue Reading →
Film Review: P.S. Burn This Letter Please ★★★★★
Update: P.S. Burn This Letter Please is now streaming in the US on Discovery+. The outstanding feature documentary P.S. Burn This Letter Please, which was due to world premiere at this month’s Tribeca Film Festival, uncovers the history of New York’s drag queens of the 1950s and '60s. Following the discovery of a box of... Continue Reading →
NewFest 2019 Film Review: Drag Kids ★★★★
One defining, central fact of most queer lives is some measure of repression and/or trauma during adolescence, some essential hiding of the self that leaves many us grappling for much of the rest of our lives with when, how, to whom, and for what purpose we choose to disclose our various identities to the people... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: The View UpStairs (Soho Theatre, London) ★★★★
It was a sweltering 38+ degrees celsius (100+ fahrenheit) outside so I grabbed a last minute ticket to the Soho Theatre on the promise of air-conditioning and showtunes. Turns out the air-con was either not working, or was so weak it made no difference. So I wasn’t exactly excited to sit through an hour and... Continue Reading →
The Glory Takes Over National Theatre’s River Stage for London Pride
Our favourite East London queer nightspot, The Glory is back on the Southbank at The National Theatre's River Stage from tonight 5th July for the fourth year running, bringing a show-stopping and totally free Alternative Pride Weekender, featuring shows, comedy, parties and enough joy to put a smile on the face of even the grumpiest... Continue Reading →
Postcards from London: The Glory
At exactly 8:40, on a recent Wednesday evening, the first queen took to the stage of The Glory. For just over a month in the spring, London’s drag queens and queer performers of every ilk descend here once a week to show what they can do. The Glory is the perfect venue for this showdown.... Continue Reading →
Tribeca 2019 Celebrates Pride
The 18th Tribeca Film Festival is set to explore activism in the arts with the first Tribeca Celebrates Pride this Saturday 4th May at the Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios, New York. The day long event will honour the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, including on stage interviews with LGBTQ+ creatives including Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron... Continue Reading →
