Queen Mary University of London alumni asked me some questions about my work and other queer stuff for their blog.
Dr Duckie online – read the PhD, watch the talk
Now live: online resources from my doctoral research about Duckie and homemade mutant hope machines, including open-access PhD thesis and an hour-long talk.
April 2020 update
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including responses to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Duckie latest and coverage of BFI Flare’s Five Films for Freedom and Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals.
BFI Flare Five Films for Freedom 2020 round-up for Sight & Sound
A review of this year’s shorts selection – co-produced by BFI Flare and the British Council to be viewed online around the world – in the context of the festival’s cancellation because of coronavirus.
Review: Bourgeois & Maurice – Insane Animals at HOME Manchester
A review of the acclaimed cabaret duo’s debut musical, based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. Loosely.
March 2020 update
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including another Dr Duckie talk, articles about queer film and a contribution to an exhibition on reclaiming urban space.
On the ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch for Sight & Sound
On the ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a quiet rebirth that finds hope in the kindness of strangeness.
Edinburgh 2019: Dr Duckie & Scotsman coverage
Links to reviews and feature coverage from this year’s Fringe, where I also delivered my Dr Duckie talk.
Queer Connections at Camden People’s Theatre
A report after hosting a Sunday afternoon cabaret-panel-salon event themed around queer intergenerational connection, with Katy Jalili, Mzz Kimberley and Tom Marshman.
Dr Duckie’s debut
A report on a talk at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern unpacking ideas from my PhD about the queer value of homemade mutant hope machines – plus some inspirational examples from the people who came.
