Twenty years after Section 28 was repealed (23 in Scotland), this high-octane, unapologetic musical is here, it's queer, and everybody better get used to it. EM Williams, Tika Mu'tamir and Ellice Stevens in After The Act. Photo Credit: Raymond Davies. Breach Theatre never shy away from challenging subject matter, and find a way to inject... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Georgia Oakley’s impressive directorial debut Blue Jean is a compelling character study set in northern England in 1988, as Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass the notorious Section 28 of the local Government Act which stigmatized the nation's gay and lesbian population, stoking homophobia—both societal and internal—at the height of the HIV/AIDS... Continue Reading →
When it comes to Black History Month and LGBTQ History Month in the UK, Black British queer lives "fall through the cracks of both of those", according to social justice activist and sexual health campaigner Marc Thompson who recently launched an empowering new archive on Instagram, Black and Gay, Back in the Day which celebrates... Continue Reading →
The fourth season of the Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA-winning Netflix series The Crown, which launches globally on Sunday November 15th, spans the eleven and half years of Margaret Thatcher's time in 10 Downing Street from 1979 to 1990. Baroness Thatcher of course was no friend of the LGBTQ community. Growing up in Thatcher's Britain,... Continue Reading →
