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# Queering Blackpool, which charts the rise of the northern resort’s drag and LGBTQ+ scene, to come to the big screen next month
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/queering-blackpool-which-charts-the-rise-of-the-northern-resorts-drag-and-lgbtq-scene-to-come-to-the-big-screen-next-month/
- Published: 2025-05-20T10:01:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-21T15:07:25.000Z
- Description: A new film Queering Blackpool, which charts the rise of the northern resort’s drag and LGBTQ+ scene, is to come to the big screen next month. The film, which has taken university lecturer Helen Eadon-Sinkinson years to research and more than a year to film, features candid interviews with the bold p
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Blackpool, Brighton, LGBT, LGBTQ

A new film **Queering Blackpool**, which charts the rise of the northern resort’s drag and LGBTQ+ scene, is to come to the big screen next month.

The film, which has taken university lecturer **Helen Eadon-Sinkinson** years to research and more than a year to film, features candid interviews with the bold pioneers who built it to the new generation carrying the glittering torch, including **Basil Newby**, the man who established the original **Funny Girls** and other venues, drag star DJ **Zoe**, **Indiana Aphrodite Isherwood** and **Shirley Knot**, among others. The film also contains rare footage and show-stopping performances.

She said: “It’s a celebration of the scene, the people who were bold enough and dared to start things, and how the torch had been passed to the new generation.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/472525121_18476508352013149_2553953041677782001_n-e1747735035529.jpg)

Pic by Alex Blackburn

“The film is also a celebration of Blackpool’s history and its working-class culture – all the things that have made Blackpool a totally unique place, as well as a queer sanctuary.

“It is such a vibrant scene, and their stories are incredible – funny and at times very moving.”

**The 90-minute film will be shown at Blackpool’s Backlot Cinema on Friday, 6 June, which just so happens to be coincides the start of Blackpool Pride weekend.**  

**All pictures by Alex Blackburn**