What a sensational 1987 raid on the RVT reveals about the limits of 1967 reform and the ongoing fight for queer equality. Part one of three.
How the Economist got it wrong on queer venue closures
Blaming dating apps and social change is misleading and dangerous. Time for some myth-busting.
Simon Casson on Duckie’s 21st birthday
A Q&A for Run Riot about middle-aged punters, neurodivergent cool kids and Amy Lamé becoming London’s Night Czar.
Q&A with Marisa Carnesky for Run Riot
The maverick showwoman on the importance of underground education, art as activism and menstrual ritual for Christmas.
Why David Hoyle is the best teacher you never had
A cabaret show I helped create, The Prime of Ms David Hoyle, explores alternative, utopian sources of education
Babies on stage at the Fringe
Victory for Black Cap campaign as developers pull out
EXCLUSIVE: Why Jonny Woo is moving out of London
East London’s ringmaster can’t afford to live there any more. But the show will go on – starting with Woo’s verbatim-theatre history of the Shoreditch scene.
The Black Cap closure (almost) a year on – how you can help
Nearly a year after the Black Cap’s unceremonious closure, its doors remain shut – from one perspective a slap in the face, from another a kind of victory.
Rose Wood in bloom
An in-depth profile of the gender transcender whose extreme acts stem from an extraordinary life – and spark unexpected empathy
