DRAMA QUEENS: PART 9: 1950s GAY THEATRE
LAST OF THE SENSITIVE YOUTHS
For a time during the period of transition that followed World War II, troubled young men who might or might...
MEET MONICA VELOUR (15)
Kim Cattrall is clearly trying to put Sex And The City’s Samantha behind her with this film, in which she plays a washed-up pornstar...
HENRY OF NAVARRE (15)
The sweeping nature of this German period drama is slightly undercut by apparent budget limitations (most noticeable in the sets), but the story has...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 8: 1940’S GAY THEATRE
ALL MEN TOGETHER
There’s no better example of travel broadening the mind than that of the young British soldiers who were posted abroad during World...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 7: 1930S GAY THEATRE
TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT
Censorship continued to keep anything unseemly off the British stage throughout the 1930s. Noël Coward’s Design For Living (1933)...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 6: GAY THEATRE 1900-1929
THE DRAG TRADE
The conviction of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for the most part shocked British theatre into silence where homosexuality was concerned.Wilde’s plays disappeared...
SEA PURPLE (15)
From Italy, this beautifully shot film tells a true story from 19th century Sicily, as feisty tomboy Angela (Valeria Solarino) falls in love with...
DAVID’S BIRTHDAY (15)
This gritty gay drama from Denmark takes on some extremely fiery topics in its story of a gay guy (the superb Thure Lindhardt) who...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 5: 18TH & 19TH CENTURY GAY THEATRE
David McGillivray’s new history series continues this week...
CUT THAT OUT!
By the 18th century, theatre in England had become so popular that it had to...
DRAMA QUEENS: PART 3: 16TH CENTURY GAY THEATRE
David McGillivray’s new history series continues this week...
SODOMY BEFORE SHAKESPEARE
When we think of cross-dressing and other camping about during this period we think of...
