by Franco Milazzo | Jun 27, 2012 | Features
Transgressive New York show Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! pioneered a whole scene of gender-defying queer performance 20 years ago. Franco Milazzo interviews creator Penny Arcade on the different attitudes across the pond. The Village Voice called you a “sex...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 26, 2012 | Features, Interview
For the last few years, The Ruby Dolls have been the quintessential Weimarian close harmony troupe with a repertoire of Brechtian songs that are intimate and streaked with social commentary, humour and history. The Dolls will be taking a new version of their Rubies In...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 20, 2012 | Reviews
Cabaret: it’s not all about the tassels, the fire-breathing, the aerialism or the filthy humour, you know. The Ismena Collective are a soulful trio who wallow in relatively mellow musical mellifluence. We caught up with them at a recent show in the West...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 18, 2012 | Drag, Interview
It’s not unusual for drag performers to rise from relative obscurity to appearing on TV. Lily Savage hosted Blankety Blank, Ru Paul has her Drag Race and then there’s Mary Portas (what’s that? oh.). For Drags Aloud, their journey to fame began with a...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 14, 2012 | Features
How long can you sing for? The length of a shower? Or the car ride to work? How about for two whole months? Sounding like something someone living the Dice Life would do, performance artist Greg McLaren decided to sing for over eight weeks. Although this was...
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