Arts REVIEW: The Dresser @ Theatre Royal Clary can make us laugh, and did so, with the right amount of wit, throw away and melancholic observations, the audience adored him. This part calls for some bitter spitting viciousness and here there was no mean, just sweetness curdled, no claw or nail, just bitterness and empty threat. A camp mise By Eric Page • 3 min read
Photo: Alex Brenner Arts REVIEW: Dumbledore Is So Gay @ The Pleasance Brian Butler does a bit of queer time travelling with this Harry Potter-inspired dark comedy. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Photo: PBGStudios Arts REVIEW: The Pleasure Garden – A Vauxhall Musical Brian Butler finds hidden delights and surprises in the cruising gardens of Vauxhall. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: Oliver Sacks – His Own Life Brian Butler watches the life story of a truly remarkable human being By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts FEATURE: Spotlight on Queer stories on BBC TV Brian Butler cruises BBC iplayer and finds Queer stories galore By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Golden Girls – A Musical @ Curzon Bar Brian Butler says thank you for being a friend to 5 drag legends By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Hairspray @ Theatre Royal To say the audience loved this show would be an understatement, they were on their feet roaring at the end of it, and it’s here that Hairspray gives it’s best, a wholesome, entertaining show, full of cartoon colour and Marc Shaiman’s luminous score (along with happy lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittm By Eric Page • 4 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: The Male Gaze- Three’s Company Brian Butler finds a lot to disturb him in threesomes By Brian Butler • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Children of the Sun Max Schaefer An explicit exploration of 1980s south London gay neo Nazi’s mixed in with the head-spinning occult narratives and gay narrators and the authors rather charming seriously precise documenting of Skin Head fashions. A heady brew. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Midnight Bell New Adventures Mathew Bourne Superb and with a lot to recommend it, The Midnight Bell is a wonderful show to enjoy in the Theatre Royal with enough flair to impress the dance aficionados, more than enough to satisfy the Bourne fans in the house, and enough real passion for your average audience member to enjoy. Its overflowing By Eric Page • 5 min read
Arts REVIEW: Call Me Madam – Upstairs @ The Gatehouse Brian Butler finds a show with a big heart in a small space when he goes to see Call Me Madam – Upstairs @ The Gatehouse By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Growing Older as a Trans and/or Non-Binary Person Jennie Kermode The book offers significant insights into the lives of our Trans elders and should be required reading for anyone working, supporting or providing services to an ageing LGBTQ+ population it’s also a warm and encouraging book which enables us to look positively at the process of growing older success By Eric Page • 1 min read
