FACET artists celebrate contemporary queer art and culture
Image credit: Rocio Boliver, courtesy of the artist
This October, VSSL Studio at Deptford’s thriving Enclave building on Resolution Way presents the third offering as part of FACET, the series of exhibitions dedicated to the exploration and celebration of contemporary queer art and culture.
‘What it means to be a homosexual’: Merle Miller’s essay gets stage adaptation
Image: Photo of James Corley, playwright, What it Means
In 1969, after yet another targeted raid at the Stonewall Inn by the New York City Police the gay village collectively fought back. Police quickly lost control of the revolt and the subsequent Stonewall Riots are widely recognised as a definging moment for the gay rights movement.
Review: A Strange Loop at the Barbican
Full of joyous, laugh-out-loud moments, A Strange Loop by Michael R Jackson is an absolute delight from start to finish. This meta production (of a black queer writer writing a play about a black queer writer, writing a play about a black queer writer), tows the line between hysterically camp, painfully introspective, and genuinely tender in a beautiful way.
Interview: Poet Dr Cherry Smyth on the sensuality of wild water
Dr Cherry Smyth is an Irish poet and writer, born in Ballymoney, County Antrim and raised in Portstewart. Here she talks to Ralph Barker about her latest work, If the River is Hidden, which was co-written with Craig Jordan-Baker.
Interview: Artist David Shearing on New Beginning with the guardians of tomorrow's world
How far can art impact our behaviour towards the climate crisis? Can being reminded of the beauty of nature inspire action to help us hold onto it all? Using new technologies to create immersive experiences, multi-award winning artist David Shearing hopes to make us understand the natural world anew. Environmental sustainability is a priority in his work that aims to inspire both connection and change.
Interview: The Ghetto Fabulous Catwalk Extravaganza hits Ensemble Festival
Image: Ghetto Fabulous in action
Ghetto Fabulous is a dance and visual arts company that aims are to excite, entertain and have fun with the projects it embarks on, inspired by fashion, music, film, photography and the ever-changing world. Not afraid to explore the political and the personal, The Ghetto Collection is a unique voice in the UK arts landscape.