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Exclusive Interview: Orville Peck makes his movie acting debut in Street Fighter “queer people are drawn to video games – it’s an escape for us”

With Street Fighter opening in US theaters this Friday, October 16th, award-winning musician Orville Peck speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about making his feature film acting debut as Vega, representing gaymers with the role, the significance of gaming to queer people, and putting his latest deeply personal album, Muse, out into... Continue Reading →

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TIFF 2026 Film Review: La Bola Negra ★★★★★

Creative, and former romantic, partners Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (affectionately known as Los Javis), who you'll recognise from the judging panel if you've seen Drag Race España, proved how deftly and affectingly they could navigate multiple timelines and narrative threads with their exceptional 2020 miniseries Veneno starring Lola Rodríguez. It stands among the finest... Continue Reading →

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 Theatre Review: Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★★★

An unusually personal and introspective show, Linus Karp shares his experience and the aftermath of being a victim of a queer hate crime. Awkward Prods are a fringe staple, award-winning producers of the camp creations Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing. The real-life events that this show is based on took… Continue Reading →

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 Theatre Review: Buggers (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★★

Thoroughly researched and deeply felt, Alistair Hall's Buggers is a unflinching look at the passionate, codependent and often violent relationship between artist Francis Bacon and his lover-muse George Dyer. Alistair Hall and Peter Clements. Photo credit: Giulia Ferrando. Structured like one of Bacon's triptychs, we absorb three snapshots in the men's eight year relationship: beginning,... Continue Reading →

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 Theatre Review: The BBC’s First Homosexual (Assembly George Square) ★★★★

Thoughtfully researched by historian Marcus Collins, and with special permission from the BBC, Dr Stephen M Hornby's new play about the making of the BBC's first documentary on homosexuality is both a excellent theatrical work and an important reflection on queer history. Max Lohan and Andrew Pollard. Photo credit: Kelsea Knox. Based on a historic... Continue Reading →

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