A review of Mark Cousins’s terrific documentary about Orson Welles’s drawings and paintings.
Tranny Fag review for Sight and Sound
A review of the documentary about trans Brazilian performers Linn da Quebrada and Jup do Bairro.
Article about queer spaces for Urban Pamphleteer
Orson Welles book review for Sight & Sound
A review of a collection of essays on ‘avoided, overlooked, underappreciated, or misunderstood’ aspects of Welles, from political activism to theatre-film hybrids.
Talking drag on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking
Listen in as I join Lavinia Coop, Rhys’s Pieces and host Shahidha Bari at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern to discuss drag history, politics and performance.
120 BPM review for Sight & Sound
Enthralling, devastating, revelatory, galvanising, fragile: on Robin Campillo’s superbly queer feature about ACT UP Paris in the early 1990s.
Christmas cabaret round-up for Evening Standard
A selection of 10 shows (plus glances at more) playing in London over the 2017 festive season.
Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin for Sight & Sound
An interview about how Iannucci’s new film raises the satirical stakes and the challenges of engaging with a new politics that is less about winning an agreed game than defining reality.
New hopes for Black Cap as campaigners and owner reach agreement
Black Cap Foundation and Kicking Horse to work together to find new leaseholder for iconic Camden LGBTQ+ venue, with Night Czar’s support.
Edinburgh Fringe 2017: Scotsman reviews (pt 3)
My final set of cabaret reviews for this year, including Tomás Ford, Carla Lippis, Ben Hart, Elsie Diamond, Sweatshop and Phil Dunning.
