FILM REVIEW | Irrational Man
Irrational Man | ★★★ Woody Allen’s 47th film, ‘Irrational Man’, sticks to several themes he’s already explored in a few of his previous films, and is not one of his […]
THEATRE REVIEW | Casa Valentina – The best show in London about Transvestites
There’s a house in the Catskill mountains in upstate New York where several men go to dress up in women’s clothing. It’s also a new play by Harvey Fierstein called […]
THEATRE REVIEW | The White Feather
A New British Musical written by Ross Clark and directed by Andrew Keates ★★★★★ Union Theatre is a poky, spit-and-sawdust kinda playhouse. Once you’ve walked through the patio, you’ll be […]
THEATRE REVIEW | Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre, London
★★★ | Kinky Boots, London It’s a huge hit on Broadway and it’s now finally opened in London. ‘Kinky Boots’ is in the house! If the name rings a bell, it’s […]
RESTAURANT REVIEW | Rugby Burgers @ West 12 Bar & Grill
Last night, I had the pleasure of dining at West 12 Bar & Grill, at Birmingham Marriott Hotel, just in time for the opening of the Rugby World Cup. For […]
THEATRE REVIEW | McQueen, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
Crass yob or fashion god? Both, actually. All bile, venom and spunk, Alexander McQueen was a mutant oik messiah, a sartorial serial-killer maniacally slashing mediocrity into mouth-watering magnificence. ★★★★ But […]
FILM REVIEW: Everest: Breathtaking Epic Adventure
In 1996, dozens of people tried to get to the top of Mount Everest. Some succeeded, and some died trying. The gripping and realistic ‘Everest’ recounts, in dramatic fashion, this […]
FILM REVIEW: Faults
A down on his luck cult expert is hired by a couple to deprogram their daughter in the new online film Faults.
Transformer: A Night With Lou Reed At Soho Theatre, Polymorphous Perversity
Does gay culture have Alzheimer’s or rather, collective amnesia? Sure, for straight, non-artistic philistines Jonny Woo seems ground-breaking, but truthfully, he’s one rich link in a historically brilliant chain. ★★★★ […]
THEATRE REVIEW | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Sheffield Lyceum & National Tour
Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy, discovers that his neighbour’s dog, Wellington, has been killed by someone (the poor dog having been stabbed with a garden fork), and sets off to […]
THEATRE REVIEW | The Sum Of Us
A father who loves and accepts his gay son is the theme of the new play ‘The Sum of Us.’ ★★★★ In 1994, a young Russell Crowe played the gay […]