Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLondoners have always cared about how they look. Throughout history, each generation has created its own looks, with inspiration drawn from a wide variety of sources. Rebel is a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum. It focuses on the early work of a group of about 300 fashion designers from the past … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) houses many of Elsa Schiaparelli’s seminal fashion items. After staying dormant for decades, the label was re-launched in 2014 thanks to couturiers like Christian Lacroix and SHOCKING ! THE SURREAL WORLDS OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI Bertrand Guyon. Since 2019, when Daniel Roseberry was appointed artistic director, the name Schiaparelli is once … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSoho Cinders ☆☆☆☆ Charing Cross Theatre, London If you are ready for some traditional seasonal fun but not quite ready to go full panto until after Guy Fawkes this bouncing romantic musical twist on the Cinderella story has immediately likeable tunes that are show stopping in places but never stop the story. Each of the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSophie Duker’s Venus ☆☆☆☆ Soho Theatre , London Sophie Duker knows her audience. Tonight’s one hour one woman show at the Soho Theatre is a hilarious double dutch of playing with expectations. Duker knows she is the triple threat of black, female and queer whilst acknowledging that anyone in her audience is probably going … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterStripped ☆☆☆☆ The Kings Head Theatre, London Ollie is a young man in search of an exciting new experience – a challenge. That challenge is to pose for artist Lola as a life model. As the clothes come off and the poses are selected, the conversation takes a dark turn, and long repressed memories … Continue reading