Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBootcandy ★★ ★ ★ The Gate Theatre, London Do you remember spin art? It was the art of carnivals and funfairs, bright sploshes of colour thrown onto a spinning canvas. It was art that children, lacking the tools of adults, could make. Whirling chaotically during creation, it suddenly stops and a final, beautiful picture … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGlory Ride ★★★★ Charing Cross Theatre The new musical Glory Ride is off to a flying start. With a relatively unknown story of heroism to tell, a swelling score, and a high degree of likeability it manages to strike touching emotional notes despite keeping the audience within their comfort zone. Written by Todd & … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe Bitter Earth ★★★★ White Bear Theatre, London Do you feel safe? Right now? Where you are and who you are? If you do, do you know what you have? Harrison David Rivers’ remarkable This Bitter Earth, directed by Peter Cieply, evokes what a privilege it is to feel safe. It is the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTinderella ⚝⚝⚝⚝ Union Theatre, London It’s panto season in London, and Queerguru is wistfully reminded it’s been a while since anyone has yelled ‘It’s behind you’. For the benefit of our global audience here is a reminder of the key elements of this traditional British theatrical art form: Pantomime comes in three varieties, kids, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf, by some random cataclysm (or Mondays as we now call them), you only got to see the first three scenes of the satire Triangle of Sadness you would still have rarely seen a more finely observed depiction of how money and status wreak havoc in our culture. The rest of this funny and occasionally … Continue reading