“Does gay still have a place?” asks the back cover blurb, and whilst Atherton-Lin’s riveting and joyous book may not provide anything approaching a definitive answer, it’ll make you want to find a place, even make you nostalgic for a place whether real or imagined. Appearing at the tail-end of a year-long lockdown, … Continue reading
BUTTONS: A CINDERELLA STORY ☆☆☆☆ Charles Court Opera @ Kings Head Theatre It’s panto season and Charles Court Opera’s take on the Cinderella Story twists the traditional narrative into glorious, gender-bending lewd fun in their offering at the King’s Head Theatre (till Jan 5th). In this gloriously topsy-turvy version, Buttons is a toy bear who … Continue reading
Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked ☆☆☆ Kings Head Theatre, Islington, London Following a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer, LINUS KARP brings his performance of Rob Hayes’ one-man show, ‘Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked’ to London’s Kings Head Theatre. KARP gives an engagingly vulnerable performance as Bobby, as … Continue reading
Lipstick: A Fairy Tale of Modern Iran ☆☆ Omnibus Theatre I really, really wanted to like this. Great, I thought, once I’d read the blurb, a play exploring Iran’s queer subculture, about a boy who transforms every night into a beautiful woman. I was looking forward to it and invited a queer Iranian friend … Continue reading
Volpert describes herself as “a theory junkie who cannot resist rock ‘n’ roll”, which, as a fan of both theory and music, drew me immediately. She is also a high school English teacher and political activist, and her latest book demonstrates amply all the rich facets of her life and interests. Boss Broad is … Continue reading