Clockwise from top left: Diane Chorley; Trans Scripts; This Much; Ecce Homo; The LipSinkers; Sweet Dreams

Edinburgh Fringe 2015 round-up part two: drag/gender/theatre

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A wide range of shows at this year’s Fringe engaged with trans experience, gender and drag performance in varying ways with varying results

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Clockwise from top left: Penny Arcade – Longing Lasts Longer; E15; Transformer; Dandy Darkly's Trigger Happy!; K'Rd Strip – A Place to Stand; Tales from a Cabaret

Edinburgh Fringe 2015 round-up part one: politics and place

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Reviews of six shows that deal with challenging changes to urban space including Penny Arcade, Jonny Woo, Dandy Darkly, the Creative Martyrs, K’Rd Strip and E15

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RVT Sports Day 1982

Check out these pics from the first ever RVT Sports Day in 1982

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The Royal Vauxhall Tavern charity event – home of the drag relay and handbag throw – dates back more than 30 years. See where it all began…

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RVT Sports Day 2007 (Image Mike Molloy)

“Take your positions for the 50m mince…” Timberlina on the joy of RVT Sports Day

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The annual “uncompetitive competition” is the most vital symbol of the RVT’s longstanding community ties

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Edinburgh Fringe 2014 stars on a poster

How to get five stars for a cabaret show

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Here are five questions to ask about a cabaret show. If they all get a ‘yes’, the show gets five stars.

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#WeAreTheBlackCap protest outside the Black Cap on Camden High St, April 18 2015

Open letter from Black Cap campaigners to owners: let’s talk

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#WeAreTheBlackCap offers to work with iconic LGBTQ pub’s freeholders to resolve deadlock over shuttered venue

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Top tips for the last week of the Edinburgh Fringe 2015

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Some titles to watch out for as this year’s Fringe enters its final stretch

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Image from 1968 documentary about the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

As the George & Dragon closes, the BFI revives the queer past

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Do you care about queer culture and identity? Thoughts on the closure of yet another venue and a night of incredible archive footage

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10 sort-of-cabaret shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2015

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They aren’t in the Cabaret section of the Fringe programme, but these titles should interest those who like a walk on the wild side or eye contact between performer and audience

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24 cabaret shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2015

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Two dozen shows to look out for from across the Cabaret section of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe programme

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