As this historic Pride month inches closer to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, a new opera will debut in New York Friday 21st June 2019. New York City Opera presents Stonewall as part of its annual Pride series. Composed by Iain Bell with the libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Campbell, Stonewall runs... Continue Reading →
Alexis Gregory’s brilliant piece of verbatim theatre, Riot Act, has stopped by East London’s Arcola Theatre as part of a national tour. Looking at the events of Stonewall, the politics of drag and the rise of British LGBT activism in the 80s, this swift show packs a punch in its 60 minutes. Photo by Dawson... Continue Reading →
The path of the queer community has never been walked in a straight line. The seminal 1984 documentary Before Stonewall charts the history of the gay and lesbian movement in the United States from the Twenties to Stonewall in 1969, making for an invaluable primer into our own collective backstory. Restored and re-released in selected... Continue Reading →
The third annual Split Screens TV Festival which opens today Wednesday 29th June and runs until Monday 3rd June in New York will honour the trailblazing writer, producer, director, author and podcast host Janet Mock with its 2019 Vanguard Award. Although Janet Mock will be unable to attend the event in person on Saturday 1st... Continue Reading →
Celebrate World Pride at the New York Public Library, Friday June 21st 2019. As the NYPL's excellent Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50 exhibition continues to be on display in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, this special After Hours event will include a curator talk with Jason Baumann, readings by special guests from the Library’s vast... Continue Reading →
As part of the New York Public Library's (NYPL) Stonewall 50 exhibition and related series of events, this Thursday 14th March 6 - 8pm The Drag March & Other Tales of Glamour and Resistance: A Storytelling Workshop will take place at Tompkins Square Library, East Village. Open to all, its the first in a series of... Continue Reading →
