Theatre :: Review 31 Oct 2008
Gareth K Vile: I question whether Tennessee Williams is always best served by southern American accents. Apart from the cast’s habit of losing the drawl, it detracts from the urgency of the language, covering the passion and degradation with a faded glamour and...
Theatre :: Feature 15 Oct 2008
Gareth K Vile: Perhaps the most exciting parts of the Tennessee Williams’ festival will be the new works fluttering around the margins, as modern writers and performers take on the swamp ghost of the southern master. While the classics retain their old charm a...
Film :: Feature 10 Oct 2008
Lindsay West: When selecting your slice of Tennessee Williams cinematic majesty this Glasgay!, do Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, indulge in The Glass Menagerie, and drink in Streetcar; but how about talking a chance on Boom!? Going down in history as one of the best failed...
Film :: Feature :: Preview 26 Sep 2008
Djuna Bee: In one of her strips, American cartoonist and out lesbian Alison Bechel claimed she had a rule about whether she’d watch a film or not. The film must: 1. Feature at least two women 2. Who talk to each other 3. About something other than men It...
Deviance :: Film :: Theatre :: Art :: Clubs :: Preview 23 Sep 2008
Margaret Kirk: There is plenty of queer work these days that tickles mainstream tastes: like a larger than life character on Big Brother, or a token edgy story-line on your favourite daytime soap, sexuality is a useful signifier of exoticism that can actually work to...
