Le Gateau Chocolat is an extraordinary performer. A giant of a man with an outrageous sense of dress and a booming baritone voice who is equally at home at The Glory (East London’s legendary alternative drag venue) and starring in the Royal National Theatre’s production of ‘Threepenny Opera’. Here’s one of queerguru’s favorite videos … Continue reading
While most of the US was watching the Super Bowl Sunday night and hoping for a sighting of Taylor Swift, the fashionista pack in New York was crammed in to see the debut collection of French designer Ludovic De Saint Sernin. Sernin was born In Brussels 33 years ago, brought up in … Continue reading
We tracked down Ian Stroughair aka Velma Celli ‘“the UK’s queen of live vocal drag” rehearsing in her kitchen in London. The irrepressible Velma was loving her new performance space as she told us “the kitchen is an ideal place to perform shows for the acoustics as “you need a carpetless room”. Velma is … Continue reading
Vogueing lives on, well at least on TV. HBO is launching LEGENDARY a brand new series which will see competitors from eight different ballroom houses vying for legendary status. Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of … Continue reading
Queerguru has always been a big fan of the work of the legendary Brit queer performer David Hoyle one of the very first ‘alternative drag’ artists. After we got to talk with him back in 2018 about his new film Uncle David 2, we were well truely hooked and have been following him ever since … Continue reading