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Dean Raymond Gooch: Bottoms
Bottoms is the first UK solo exhibition by Sunderland-born and based artist-photographer, printmaker, and researcher Dean Raymond Gooch. We know from our mail box that this is a subject that is dear to many of your hearts. And possibly other parts of your anatomy as well. Bottoms showcases a new series of large photographic works, screenprints,…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah catches up with the celebrated choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira, ahead of his new show, F*cking Future, coming soon to London´s Sadler’s Wells East theatre.
Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira returns to London´s Sadler’s Wells East this 4-6th June with the UK premiere of F*cking Future. The genre-crossing work examines over-militarisation and toxic masculinity in contemporary society, challenging the patriarchal systems of power that shape bodies and behaviour. Drawing parallels between military and militant bodies, it blends house and…
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Queerguru talks with WALEED AKHTAR about the revival of his Olivier Award winning play THE P WORD
Within moments of meeting the talented British/Pakistani Award-winning actor/writer WALEED AKHTAR, you are struck by his sheer passion. For both his work and his life. Whether it be when he first got the acting bug and landed roles on all the major British TV soaps, or when he first found his voice and started…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews the intensely colourful, identity-questioning work of British artist Hurvin Anderson, on at London´s Tate Britain.
The lifelong, dynamic process by which our identity is shaped, both consciously and unconsciously, is a combination of our genes, internal traits, personal choices, and external environmental factors. Where we are born, grow up, and where we choose to live as adults also factor in heavily. British artist Hurvin Anderson, a Jamaican man born and…
