Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn the 1960s and 1970s comedian Frankie Howard was one of the major stars of British Television. He was also like many performers of that time a closeted homosexual, as coming out then was considered professional suicide. Homosexuality was still illegal in the UK until the law changed in 1969 but it still took several … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHenry Queen of Squats ☆☆☆ The Vault Festival London Henry Moss is a short man. Or an average-sized girl, as he describes himself. He also does a very short stand-up show, at London’s Vaults Festival, lasting about 45 minutes. Or about 50 TikToks, as he would describe it. That certainly captures the structure, a bubbling … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe are often very surprised about how and where composers chose their subject matters when creating a new musical. So far it’s been The First Lady of Argentina, a TS Elliot poetry book about cats, and Tim Rice even based one of his on a game of Chess. Now Joel Goodman & Jan Osborne … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMy Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) ★★★★ Ambassadors Theatre, London A creeping horror comes upon the audience about 2 mins into Rob Madge’s My Son’s A Queer (But what can you do?). After being lulled by the title into thinking it’s going to be a tale as old as time about … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAs part of the LGBT History Month in 2023, Robert Hugill presents Out of the Shadows, a recital featuring pianist Nigel Foster (artistic director of the London Song Festival), tenor Ben Vonberg-Clark, and baritone James Atkinson in the world premiere of Hugill’s cantatas Out of the Shadows and Et expecto resurrectionem. Alongside these two will be a selection of Hugill’s songs, from love songs and … Continue reading
