QX Magazine

Poland doesn’t have the best history at dealing with homosexuality. Well, it is a deeply Catholic country. So, filmmaker Malgorzata Szumoska decided to take on both sexuality and religion in her movie In The Name Of, which became a surprise box office hit back home. QX’s Jack Leger met up with her in London...

Let’s get the minor criticisms out of the way from this genuinely good production first: the script is sometimes a little hackneyed, the dialogue slightly clichéd and I did find myself asking why set a play leading up to the 1969 Stonewall riots in a bar around the corner from the Stonewall Bar, and not in the Stonewall Bar itself?

…and walk away with £1,000!

Larry Tee’s Super Electric Party Machine takes over East Bloc every Friday, causing somewhat of a ruckus in the basement club as the sexy, the cute, the colourful and the creative gather for a mash-up of colossal proportions! The club has also just released its self-titled debut album. Meet just a few of the characters that help get the party poppin’…

With nine Top 20 hits and three No.1’s under her belt, Pixie Lott is about to get ‘Nasty’ with the release of her next single. Ahead of her G-A-Y gig this weekend, QX asks her about some of the nastiest, weirdest or strangest experiences she’s had…

Epic is the new event that is hitting town this weekend to bring a slice of New York clubbing to London. QX speaks to promoter Michael Theriault and host Johanna Londinium to find out more. And introducing DJ Serving Ovahness…

From red-faced wardrobe malfunctions to awkward faux pas, it’s not always plain sailing for the queens of our stage out there in cabaret-land. But it’s all just in a night’s work. Ordinarily you just hear about how fabulous a show was, with a gush here and a gush there, but this week Jason Reid finds out from six cabaret stars what’s the most embarrassing situation they’ve ever found themselves in while performing...

Club Tin Tin prides itself on delivering a funked-up crowd gyrating to some seriously sexy beats. This Friday, the club returns taking over the 5th floor of Rise on Leicester Square, featuring stunning views across London, a kickin’ sound system and a new weekly slot. Here’s what some of the hosts had to say about it… and themselves…

03/03/14: Carnival in Heaven! Can you think of a more perfect trip?

01/03/14: After a hard day of lopping big trees into little logs, a lumberjack needs to kick back, pop open a brewski and get down… to XXL to the real business of turning twigs into big branches!

01/03/14: Wow! That was literally the first word that fell out of our mouths as we left behind the cold of Soho Square and entered a much hotter atmosphere in The Edge; and we ain’t just talking central heating.

01/03/14: It had been a long week, and after a heavy Friday, there were few things that could get us out again on the Saturday; but a relaxing hair of the dog at Ku Bar was one of them.

02/03/14: …and the Oscar goes to... Manbar! GENRE, Manbar’s feature film and shorts night rocketed to stardom with the launch of its new Sunday night cinema, GENRE and the Gay London Film Club, on Oscar night, of course!

28/02/14: Boys bolted out of their Bedsits and clammered down to Kazbar for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see Best Song BAFTA gong winner Katherine Ellis share the stage with Bedsit Boys DJs Robb White and Eduardo Herrera.