This week The Queer Review's Eric Langberg sat down with his friend, gay pop artist Vardaan Arora, to discuss his latest single Drama, a delightfully catchy bop about the pleasures of gossiping with your best friends. Vardaan spilt the tea on all things Drama, a collaboration with nicopop co-written by fellow pop singer Emily Vaughn,... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Composer Paul Englishby on his music for The Inheritance “my feeling was that the music should gently put it’s arm around the audience”
With Matthew Lopez's multi-Olivier winning The Inheritance now in its final weeks on Broadway The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke exclusively with composer Paul Englishby about creating the play's achingly beautiful music. Scoring for theatre, film, television, dance and opera, Englishby is perhaps best known for his BAFTA-nominated work on BBC's Luther starring Idris Elba. His jazz inflected... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Mike Taveira on his pansexual pop anthem Curious
Mike Taveira releases his new pansexual pop anthem Curious today along with the official music video featuring RuPaul's Drag Race's Monét X Change and Sonique, model Arisce Wanzer and George Todd McLachlan from Showtime's Shameless. Taveira released his debut single Heart last year, which landed on Billboard Pride's Queer Necessities playlist and quickly racked up over 100 thousand streams. Growing up without any openly pansexual figures... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: It’s Miss Hope Springs (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) ★★★★
Seemingly answering the question, "what ever happened to Breathless Mahoney?", Ty Jeffries' alter ego is back in Scotland's capital and as unapologetic as ever. A tight hour of classic cabaret, with lines that are witty interspersing tragicomic ditties, Miss Springs' pared-down show is just her, a keyboard and a LOT of sequins and feathers.
Madame X is…
A few days ago, while promoting her new album Madame X, Madonna was asked by a journalist if she knew just how much she meant to people. She quite honestly responded that she didn’t. And I’m sure that’s the only possible, sincere answer she could have given. There is no way any truly iconic figure... Continue Reading →
