Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDie Walkure ☆☆☆☆ Arcola Theatre at Hackney Empire Here at Queerguru, we pride ourselves on being very much part of the Try-It-You-Might-Like-It -Club. Indeed one of the senior team is rumored to have that as a tramp stamp in cursive. However, when we got the invite to review Wagner’s opera Die Walkure at the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMonica Nolan’s book, Dolly Dingle Lesbian Landlady is a hidden treasure. I discovered the book at Provincetown’s East End Books back in 2018. The book cover enticed me. A woman in a red negligee looking at a brunette (sisters of Sappho?) at Christmas time hanging ornaments on a tree in some interesting house with a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDumbledore is Gay ☆☆☆☆ Vault Festival, London Can you remember falling in love when you were a teenager? Did you have a massive unrequited crush on your best mate at school? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then ‘Dumbledore is Gay’ will bring all those memories flooding back in vivid … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterEscape from Planet Trash ☆☆☆☆ Pleasance Theater & Sink the Pink Panto season is in full swing and if you fancy something that harks to the traditions but also manages to incorporate a non binary, eco friendly, vegan message (it’s like carrot cake – way better than it sounds) then Escape from Planet Trash … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWhat is not to say about Paolo Calia’s enchanted, extraordinary life? Sardinia, Venice, Rome, Paris, Fellini, Duchamp, Cocteau: as a child, Paolo became an accomplished portraitist and throughout his various artistic phases – paintings, art happenings, film sets, interior designs, tableaux vivants – he has always managed to keep the innate dreamlike qualities of … Continue reading