Nora: A Doll’s House review –‘brave reimagining that bites off more than it...
Nora: A Doll’s House at Young Vic review ★★★☆☆ by Ifan Llewelyn Perhaps one of the widest-read pieces of theatre ever put to the page, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is a classic. It’s passed through...
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QX meets…Coco Peru
We love Coco Peru! She can dig out a cut-price panetonne at Walmart, all while maintaining a flawless, immovable bob! She can negotiate steaming suburban summer traffic while sipping a frothy...
View ArticleLegends supporting legends – The Cocoa Butter Club arrives at The RVT
Celebrated cabaret collective The Cocoa Butter Club to launch dazzling residency at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern. There’s nothing quite like an evening basking in the excellence of a Cocoa Butter Club...
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Masculinities at the Barbican Centre review –‘manhood dissected and laid bare’
Masculinities, Barbican Centre review ★★★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn A strutting John Wayne once philosophised that “A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.” In the past few years...
View Article#CassandraSays – East London drag creature Cassandra gives us the lowdown on...
Oh, my! Partying and hedonism are never-ending stories now I’ve taken over Julia’s column and she has inducted me into her Diyonisian underworld! Oh the night is my world, city lights, painted girl……....
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The People Who Shaped Me: Ivy Paige
We all have those special people in our lives who have been there at just the right time to positively impact our journey, almost as though the universe has made those encounters happen. This week,...
View ArticleA gay pool party’s happening in Covent Garden next week
“Jump in boys, the water’s mighty fine!” The sexed-up lads of JamieHP are throwing Pool Party. It might be bitterly cold outside, but it’s sweltering inside this sauna! Taking over the always-popular...
View ArticleGet Fit With Reece Fitness
A lot of us force ourselves that beginning-of-year health kick. When it gets to late-February, you’re bound to have fallen off the band waggon. Hard. Keeping motivated becomes very difficult, and you...
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The Rage of Narcissus, The Pleasance review – ‘sex, murder and masterful...
The Rage of Narcissus, The Pleasance review ★★★★★ by Ifan Llewelyn All too often London audiences shuffle into theatres, plonk themselves down on seats and prepare for a few hours of passive viewing....
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Coming Out On Top – the surgery giving trans men a new lease of life
We take a deep dive into the procedure commonly known as “top surgery”. How much do you know about “top surgery”? We take a deep dive into the procedure giving trans men a new lease of life. Despite...
View ArticleThis Week in Edgy Shindigs and Shenanigans – #CASSANDRASAYS
Drag delinquent Cassandra gives us the low-down on this week in edgy events and parties. Friday 28th February Two blonde slags Ms Kevin Le Grand and Stella Meltdown are performing an act of cuckold on...
View ArticlePrEPBOX at SweatBox – the first PrEP outreach programme for young men
Despite Pre-exposure prophylaxis, commonly known as PrEP, being a revolutionary medicine in the fight against HIV, there are many out there who should be on it but just aren’t. Whether it’s their...
View ArticleGetting to Know… Thalia Ostara
Cabaret correspondent Jason Reid meets the violet queen with a heart of gold. We love firsts! And this is surely the first time we’ve featured an artist whose name was inspired by Greek mythology and...
View ArticleBespoke Body Treatments for Men – North London’s Wax & Massage
Get hairless for spring with George’s range of luxury treatments. Dry January is over, Wet February is almost over too, and as the daffodils start to peek from verges, it’s time to start thinking about...
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All of Us Want Something To Get Over at Bread and Roses Theatre review –‘raw...
All of Us Want Something To Get Over, Bread and Roses Theatre review ★★★★☆ by Ifan Llewelyn Love. Intimacy. Sex. Three seemingly simple concepts, but three that most of us rarely go a minute without...
View Article‘Avan a Laugh at the RVT with Ava Vidal
Jason Reid meets the stand up comedian who made it from prison officer to Radio 4 orator. Ava Vidal is a prison officer turned stand-up comedian who has appeared on Mock the Week, Michael McIntryre’s...
View ArticleVital HIV Services Under Threat as Mildmay Hospital Faces Closure
A charity providing NHS services, Mildmay Hospital, is facing funding pressures and could close its doors as soon as April 2020. According to the charity, patients living with HIV are set to lose their...
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Spy Plays, Above The Stag review – ‘gripping queer crime thriller double-bill’
Spy Plays, Above The Stag review ★★★★☆ by Ifan Llewelyn Two real murders. Half a century apart. David Thame’s Spy Plays at Above The Stag Theatre promised to be an intriguing evening of queer...
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Soap star Aaron Sidwell on going from Beale to Barbra
There are very few tinsel-town curiosities as allusive and mysterious as Mz Streisand’s underground mall. The lore surrounding her private, subterranean shopping district is as pervasive as it is...
View Article#CassandraSays – East London drag creature Cassandra gives us the lowdown on...
Out on the Wiley, windy Moors, we’d roll and fall in green.….. the weather is ravenous, chilly and bitter – all the more reason we must huddle like party penguins and create friction with gyration to...
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