FEATURE: Spotlight on Queer stories on BBC TV
Brian Butler cruises BBC iplayer and finds Queer stories galore
Reviews
REVIEW: Golden Girls – A Musical @ Curzon Bar
Brian Butler says thank you for being a friend to 5 drag legends
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
FILM REVIEW: The Male Gaze- Three’s Company
Brian Butler finds a lot to disturb him in threesomes
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.
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
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