Arts PREVIEW: Polari Literary Salon turns ten London’s multi-award-winning LGBT literary salon Polari turns ten on November 24 with a special event at London’s Southbank Centre. Founded in 2007 in a bar in Soho, Polari moved to the Southbank in 2009 and also tours regularly, funded by Arts Council England. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘We Raise Our Hands in the Sanctuary’ New play spotlights the crucial importance of queer spaces and club culture. The 1980’s saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay club culture, but it was set against a backdrop of desperate levels of unemployment, riots, driven by racism, and AIDS casually reported as a gay plague. By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News The Queen Of The Fairies and Cervical Cancer Bar Titania, the women and guest bar in Soho, London will be hosting a spectacular night in aid of cervical cancer on Thursday, December 4. Organisers want to get the message out that Lesbians and bisexual women are as likely as their heterosexual counterpart to develop cervical cancer, yet are up t By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Memphis the Musical Beverley Knight and Killian Donnelly excel as Felicia Farrell and Huey Calhoun alongside a remarkable cast of 28 singers and dancers. Inspired by true events from the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis the Musical follows the fame and forbidden love of a radio DJ who wants By Besi • 2 min read
Reviews THARK: Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London: Review Kat Pope visits Thark in Finsbury Park. Oh, the larks! By Kat Pope • 4 min read
