The Pleasure Garden: A Vauxhall Musical : reviewed by Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden

The Pleasure Garden ☆☆☆☆ Above The Stag Theatre, London  If you were thirsty for a better musical after this week’s release on Amazon Prime of the one dimensional and utterly forgettable Everybody is Talking About Jamie then fear not, to the rescue comes The Pleasure Gardens,  which is fruity, spirited, and welcome as a bowl … Continue reading

The Poodle Trainer

  queerguru first fell in love with this 7 minute short film at Sundance Film Festival four years ago, and we have never forgotten it for one moment since. It is the delightful story of Irina Markova who has devoted her entire life to her passion of training her poodles to perform in Russian circuses.  … Continue reading

The princess, the patient and the handshake that changed the face of AIDS

  Queer Brit award-winning writer Bren Gosling latest play MOMENT OF GRACE tells the story of the famous visit by Diana Princess of Wales to Britain’s first AIDS Unit and its impact on three people: Andrew, a patient, Jude, a nurse, and Donnie, a fireman estranged from his son. AIDS was taboo. Even being seen … Continue reading

The profound journey that the Chemsex Monologues takes, makes for some compelling viewing

  The Chemsex Monologues   ☆☆☆ Above the Stag The Chemsex Monologues tells the story of four characters as they navigate their way around the vibrant but drug-fuelled post club chill out party scene in London. The Narrator is handsome but adrift (played with quiet strength by Kane Surry) and meets the buff and topless Nameless … Continue reading

The Queen has had a Facelift and is coming Back

In 1968, way before Paris is Burning and the ubiquitous Drag Race, filmmaker Frank Simon shot his debut documentary about the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant.  This glorious piece of cinema verite that captured a group of drag queens vying to be the winner has been lovingly restored in 4K, and thanks to the … Continue reading

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