LA actor, director and writer Alan Palmer is set to hit the Edinburgh Fringe this August in an irony laced Prima-lounge show The Final, Final, Farewell Tour of Delores and Dick DelRubio. Palmer, best known for playing Corus on the Fox hit, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is returning to Edinburgh after a […]
Alice wants to come out as a lesbian. Her girlfriend wants to start living as a man. It’s New Year in Rotterdam and Alice has finally plucked up the courage to email her parents and tell them she’s gay. But before she can hit send, her girlfriend reveals that he […]
We’re a little bit in love with an Irish boy called XNTHONY. Last year, on a whistle-stop visit to Dublin during the Tiger Dublin Fringe, our very own BCW found himself with a spare 2 hours on a rainy Thursday night. Scanning the programme of events, a cheeky wee show caught […]
Barry Church-Woods I use the word kismet far too much for someone who is only a little bit Arabic in the face. I guess beshert would be a better fit for my cultural sensibilities, though again, I’ve never been to temple. Either way; you catch my drift. I live in […]
Dating is hard enough. But try making it work with an emotionally crippled closeted artist. Barry Church-Woods tackles his demons Have you ever been ined? In-ing is a strange phenomenon where people around you would prefer that you’re not a gay. It comes in particularly useful to those who find homosexuality […]
My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… […]
Yesterday was National Coming Out Day and it caused quite a bit of chatter on social media. Today, we revisit a piece by Josef Church-Woods that helped launch LGBTicons. “I’m not sure I would go as far as to say that gay celebrities have a social or moral duty to be […]
When I was 14, my dad was in Edinburgh and his Ford Cortina broke down. Needing to use the toilet, he popped into a small unassuming bar next to the Playhouse while my Granda continued to ‘footer about’ with the engine. My dad and Granda were both pretty gangster in […]
Jo Clifford is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.
SPECULATION about the sexual orientation of iconic English seaman Matthew Flinders rose like a colourful maritime flag over a decade ago when previously unknown letters surfaced, including emotionally charged passages written by Flinders to fellow explorer George Bass. In his 2007 Meanjin article “Exploring love: did they or didn’t they?” […]
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