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Getting a Grasp of Teenage Dick – Meet gay disabled actor Daniel Monks
We meet gay disabled actor Daniel Monks to talk industry, representation and tackling an adolescent Richard III in Teenage Dick at the Donmar. Sitting in the comfort of his dressing room, his prep...
View ArticleLes Parapluies de Cherbourg review – ‘intoxicating French film in song’
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg review ★★★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn When it comes to cinema, beauty is all too often dismissed as superficial. Placing style over substance is seen as appealing to people on a...
View ArticleDon’t Drag Out 2019 – New Years Eve at The LaLit, London
Yes, Gawd! Boutique hotel The LaLiT London hosts star-studded New Year’s Eve ball. Asky anyone and they’ll tell you that this year has really dragged. It’s also the year, coincidentally, that drag hit...
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Above The Stag Theatre – What’s Coming Up in 2020
Oh, don’t you just LOVE a bit of theatre?! Here’s what’s coming up at the UK’s only LGBTQ+ theatre in 2020: Four Play From 15th January A humourous look at sex and relationship in the modern age....
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Queer Rewind – A look back at 2019
Here’s your end-of-year round up of the past twelve months’ biggest headlines, but gay. Dinah Washington famously sang what a difference a day makes. Three hundred and sixty-five of them? HONEY. Let’s...
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The Big Gay List of New Year’s Resolutions
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Like a phoenix from the ashes, it’s time to emerge from the rubble of your booze-guzzling, fag-puffing 2019 self and become a better queer. It’s time to baptise...
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QX meets… Peppermint
By Jason Reid Having followed Peppermint’s career closely for the past few years from RuPaul’s Drag Race to Pose via Broadway, I’ve been repeatedly awestruck by her artistry and strength. There are...
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10 queer movies to look forward to in 2020
You better get into your queer movies in 2020. This is your year to nestle into a red velvet cinema chair and let the gay wash over you. There have been so many rumours swirling around about upcoming...
View ArticleNan Goldin: Sirens review – ‘gritty, gaudy and queer’
Nan Goldin: Sirens review ★★★★☆ by Ifan Llewelyn The work of American photographer Nan Goldin has erupted in popularity in recent years. Many London-dwellers discovered her this past year through her...
View ArticleAnother London gay pub faces threat of closure
The closure of LGBTQ+ venues in London is an epidemic. In the past few years, London has lost a large number of its queer venues, and we could be about to lose another. Under threat this time is gay...
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“Pickle Surprise!” Tom Rubnitz’s iconic short films land in London
Downtown New York. ’80s. Underground. The video work of Tom Rubnitz captured a time when creativity was erupting on the club scene. Grasping at the hedonism of the time, he featured some of the...
View ArticleTwo Brewers’ Australia Fire Fundraiser
One of the greatest things about being part of a large but close-knit community like London’s LGBT scene, is when everyone comes together to help people. That’s what Clapham venue Two Brewers is doing...
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5 Years of Glory – the East London drag mecca celebrates half a decade
By Ifan Llewelyn “Last Wednesday will go down in our history as the day The Glory opened in Haggerston. Recently re-christened ‘Faggerston’, for those that have yet to catch up.” It’s wild to think...
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Flexing into 2020 with SWEATBOX
Thinking of getting in shape this year? QX recommends Soho gym Sweatbox. Sweatbox is one of London’s most iconic saunas – it’s owned and run by people who care about their community and their...
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How to Survive January
Your guide to staying sane during the year’s most miserable month. JANUARY. Ugh. What a squib of a month – possibly the worst month? Just starts with a hangover and gets steadily more bleak. London in...
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The QX TV Guide
We watch TV so you don’t have to! Your guide to this year’s telly. SAS – Who Dares Wins Channel 4, Sundays 9pm We’ve never seen this show before but the latest season started earlier this week and it’s...
View ArticleGetting to Know… Ruby Violet
Cabaret correspondent Jason Reid gets into it with this dazzling and delightful queen. Well HELLO 2020! A new decade is here and it looks like it’s going to be a fascinating one for cabaret and drag....
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Steamy club night TROUGH London celebrates three years next Saturday
This month marks three years since Trough first landed in London from sunny antipodean shores. It caused quite the stir on the scene, brimming with frenetic, fun, fizzy life. All of their events and...
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Burnt Roti editor Sharan Dhaliwal talks coming out, stigma, fetishisation and...
The world needs more people like Sharan Dhaliwal. While many of us sit on social media and wax lyrical about how things should be better, she’s thrown on a pair of trainers and a statement necklace,...
View ArticleMore Than Just A Pretty Face – ‘short films, alt drag and anarchy’
Launching this year’s London Short Film Festival, an evening of alternative drag took over the theatre of the ICA. Pairing up with the Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest, this was set to be an evening...
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