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Day: 16 July 2017

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Boys in the Buff, Stockwell Playhouse, London

    ★★★★| Boys in the Buff

    REVIEW | Boys in the Buff, Stockwell Playhouse, London

    If you want an entertaining, fun, sexy and scandalous night at the theatre, then Boys in the Buff is the show for you.

    It’s a show that objectifies the male body, and a musical bacchanalia full of fabulous song and dance by a crew who don’t take the show, or themselves, too seriously – they’re having fun and they let the audience in on all the fun as well.

    Natalie Harman as Diana is the hostess with the mostest – our compere for the evening. However, she, unfortunately, tells the boys what they can, and cannot do, and that means she demands that they don’t take their clothes off too soon in the show:(! But before they do the dirty and exciting deed, we are treated to song after song of camp musical numbers in a show that packs a lot into its 90 minutes runtime.

    Energetic and handsome William Frazer as Dan belts it out in the cute number “I Can Fly,” while the gang of men gets physical in “The Gym.” Shaun Riddick as Richard practically brings the house down in “My Foreskin and Me” and the hot and sexy and muscly Adam O’Shea gets to strut his stuff (along with his buff body) throughout the show which will have you screaming for more. And finally, there’s Phil (Julian Quijano), who soon finds the confidence to strip off for the audience.

    It’s all done in a style that creates a cosy Chicago-style like cabaret show in a venue that’s perfect for its content – the Stockwell Playhouse (AKA Lost Theatre). Boys in the Buff is a musical revue with lots of skin on show that’s The Full Monty but with lots of laughs and thankfully some Monty.

    Boys in the Buff is playing at the Lost Theatre until July 29th

  • Apprentice star just got engaged to his boyfriend

    Congrats! Apprentice star Sanjay Sood-Smith just got engaged to his boyfriend

    Sanjay Sood-Smith went on holiday with a boyfriend but came back with a husband to be!

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWmnVsnFqSH/?taken-by=sanjaysoodsmith

    The question was popped whilst the pair were on holiday in Santorini, an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) south-east of Greece‘s mainland.

    Sanjay, who starred in season 10 of the BBC’s Apprentice in 2014, took to social media to say that he felt like he was the “happiest boy in the world”.

     

     

  • Liam Hemsworth tiny shorts, Zachary’s chest and a fake tanned Orlando Bloom

    It’s been an exciting week on Instagram…

    Here’s what some of the hotties of Instagram were doing this week.

    Zachary Quinto had some time off and sunned himself

    Marcus Collins was channeling some major blueness

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWVhyKwA4-y/?taken-by=marcuscollinsuk

    One of the Hemsworth brothers showed off some teenie tiny shorts

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWWqfSklAkJ/?taken-by=liamhemsworth

    Cristano Ronaldo held his jewels in place

    Orlando Bloom got a tan, complete with tan lines

    Aaron Frew got soapy

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BTzW55LAcSS/?taken-by=aaronfrew

    Pierre Fitch reminds us he has a bubble butt

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWad5ACAV78/?taken-by=pierrefitch

    Derrick Gordon was nipple ring-less

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWf-_TKFyv1/

    Kit Williamson was SPECtacular

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWkvS7kFrPJ/?taken-by=kitwilliamson

     

    Olly Murs got pumped

     

  • 6 things we learned this week: Landlords, gender neutrality and Thomas Dekker coming out as gay

    From the cost of running a gay bar in London to gender neutral tube announcements, we’ve learned quite a lot this week.

    TV Star Thomas Dekker came out gay… Welcome to the family!

    Many of us were shocked to learn that Jeremy Joseph, owner of the G-A-Y venues is having his rent upped to nearly three-quarters of a million a year for G-A-Y Late. Could huge rent increases be the reason for London’s declining LGBT+ spaces?

    Peter Tatchell asked if homophobia was holding back Pride in London?

    A gay man who has been battling cancer got the shock of his life at pride when friends and family took over the video screens to send their love and support

    Adam Rickitt proved he still has the perkiest butt in the business.

    The news that Transport for London is going to get rid of “Ladies and Gentlemen” in its public announcements was met with mixed response and it has to be said, it was mainly negative.

     

  • TRAVEL | As a gay man where should I stopover on the way to Australia?

    TRAVEL | As a gay man where should I stopover on the way to Australia?

    This week a reader is looking to book a ticket to Australia but wants to ensure that the layover is in a gay-friendly destination.

    Dear Travel Team

    I’m in the process of booking a flight to Australia and I wanted to know where I should stop over. Many airlines offer a stop over in Abu Dhabi or Qatar or other Arab nations and I realise that homosexuality is legal in many of these countries. I was wondering which airlines offer the safest places to stop over for LGBT+ people

    John,

    Where is safe for gay people to stopover on a flight to Australia

    Hello John,

    Travelling to Australia is a long process and requires at least one layover on the way. There are two ways in which airlines traverse the planet to get to Australia – either westwards over North America, which involves a stopover in Los Angeles in the US or Vancouver in Canada. The other way is eastwards where there are many more layover options. However in many of these countries, as an openly gay man, you may face legal issues.

    Homosexuality is still illegal in many destinations in the Middle East, including Abu Dabi, Dubai and Qatar, which are all incredibly popular pit stops for the airlines. Some airlines also use Singapore or Malaysia where homosexuality is also illegal.

    So we would recommend looking at a stopover destination which is gay-friendly or where at least homosexuality isn’t illegal. Luckily there are loads of choices in the USA, Philippines, Japan, Canada and China. As an extra benefit, many of these countries have airlines operating the UK/Australia route which has the least expensive flights.

    Here are some of the places in which airlines stop where homosexuality is illegal:

    Air France stops in Abu Dhabi.

    Alitalia stops in Abu Dhabi.

    British Airways stops in Singapore.

    Emirates stops in Dubai.

    Etihad Airways stops in Abu Dhabi.

    Malaysia Airlines stops in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

    Qatar Airlines stops in Hamad Intl. Doha.

    Qantas stops in Dubai.

    Singapore Airlines stops in Singapore.

    Virgin Austrailia stops in Abu Dhabi.

    Virgin Atlantic stops in Singapore.

    Airlines which fly to Austraila using stopovers in countries which are gay-friendly or where it is not legal to be gay.

    Air China stops in Capital Intl in China.

    All Nippon Airways stops in Haneda Japan.

    Air Canada stops in Canada (Vancouver).

    American Airlines stops in Los Angeles, USA.

    Asiana Airlines stops in Seoul in South Korea.

    Cathay Pacific stops in Hong Kong.

    China Eastern Airlines stops in Shanghai, China.

    China Southern Airlines stops in Baiyun Intl in China.

    KLM stops in Guangzhou, China.

    Lufthansa stops in Los Angeles, USA.

    Thai Airways International stops in Suvarnabhumi Intl, Thailand.

    Philippines Airlines stops in Manila, Philippines.