The things LGBTQ people need from our public spaces has changed. But is it even possible for new models to emerge in London in 2016?
Review: Kiki and Herb Seeking Asylum! at Joe’s Pub
The alt-cabaret superstars’ long-awaited return is a joy – and not just because Kiki’s legs wound up wrapped around my face.
Review: RUFF at the Barbican
Control vies fruitfully with vulnerability in Split Britches’ latest show, based on Peggy Shaw’s experiences of a stroke.
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.
Neil Bartlett on Stella – a Q&A for Run Riot
An interview with the formidable queer storyteller about his latest project, a music-hall take on real-life story of Victorian cross-dressing.
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.
Here’s how to reopen the Black Cap
A win/win approach to the shuttered icon: reopen it as an LGBT+ venue whose profits support its leaseholder’s wider plans
10 to watch at BFI Flare 2016
10 titles of interest at this year’s London LGBT Film Festival, from sauna zombies to queer burlesquers
Rose Wood in bloom
An in-depth profile of the gender transcender whose extreme acts stem from an extraordinary life – and spark unexpected empathy
