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Review: The Rising of the Ashes
The Rising of the Ashesby Tahar Ben Jellountranslation by Cullen GoldblattPublished by City Lights Reviewed by Colin HerdTahar Ben Jelloun’s The Rising of the Ashes, out this year from City Lights,...
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Theatre Review: Road Movie
Road MovieWritten by Godfrey Hamilton and performed by Mark PinkoshStarving ArtistsLibrary Theatre Company, until 22 May 2010Reviewed by Paul KaneThe words you remember are 'I want a cure and I want my...
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Review: The Silver Hearted by David McConnell
The Silver HeartedDavid McConnell Published by Alyson Reviewed by Richard CanningFirst, an admission: I know and like David McConnell, and his previous writings. I’m hoping you won’t feel that...
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Theatre Review: MUST – The Inside Story
MUST – The Inside StoryBy Suzy Willson and Peggy ShawPerformed by Peggy ShawFuelLibrary Theatre Company, until 26 May 2010Reviewed by Paul KaneShaw’s mesmerizing performance flowed from beginning to...
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Poetry Reviews by Gregory Woods: Mute and Handmade Love
MuteBy Raymond LuczakHandmade LoveBy Julie R. EnszerPublished by A Midsummer Night’s PressA Midsummer Night’s Press has published several poetry collections in this diminutive but handsome format...
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Theatre Review: The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being EarnestBy Oscar Wilde Directed by Chris HonerLibrary Theatre, Manchester: Saturday 5 June - Saturday 3 July 2010Review by Paul Kane Russell Dixon (Lady Bracknell), Photo by...
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Review: Love Speaks Its Name
Love Speaks Its NameGay and Lesbian Love PoemsEdited by J. D. McClatchyPublished by Everyman’s LibraryReviewed by Paul KaneJust under 150 poems are contained in this compact volume, arranged in various...
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Art Review: Primitive by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Phantoms of Nabuaby Apichatpong WeerasethakulBFI Southbank until July 3Chroma Launch event July 2It’s not every issue of Chroma that has an image by a Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker on the cover. Maybe...
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Film Shorts Review: Boys on Film 2
Directors: Till Kleinert, Håkon Liu, Mathieu Salmon, Soman Chainani, Julián Hernández, Craig Boreham, Trevor Anderson, Arthur Halpern, Tim HunterPeccadillo Pictures DVDReviewed by Max FincherBoys on...
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Poetry Review: Tiresias’s Confession by András Gerevich
Tiresias’s ConfessionAndrás GerevichPublished by Corvina BooksReviewed by Colin Herd'Tiresias's Confession', published by Corvina, provides the first full-length opportunity for an Anglophone...
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Star Trek: What’s LGBTTQQI2 Got To Do With It?
In conjunction with the new Utopia issue of Chroma, here is a special feature about the queerness of Star Trek by May Lui.There has always been a sprinkling of queer presence in the Star Trek...
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Review: Subtle Bodies by Peter Dubé
Subtle BodiesPeter DubéPublished by Lethe PressReview by Colin HerdThe work of Montreal-based writer Peter Dubé has consistently tapped into the fruitful vines that intertwine the political and...
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Theatre Review: Desire - the new gay musical
Desire: the new gay musicalHomo Promos Theatre Co.Music by Peter MurphyBook and lyrics by Peter Scott-PreslandBased on “States of Desire” by Edmund WhiteThe Albany, Deptford, June 30-July 2Review by...
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Review: Collected Plays of Mart Crowley
The Collected Plays of Mart CrowleyPublished by Alyson BooksReviewed by Giuseppe AlbanoUnlike many contemporary writers who just happen to have written for the stage, nobody could accuse Mart Crowley...
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Review: The Last Bohemians: the two Roberts – Colquhoun and MacBride
The Last Bohemians: the two Roberts – Colquhoun and MacBrideby Roger BristowPublished by Sansom and CompanyReviewed by Richard CanningThis book is both a celebration of the works of two Scottish...
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Theatre Review: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at the Shaw Theatre
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queensby Bill Russell and Janet HoodShaw Theatre, London, 10-28 August 2010directed by John-Jackson Almondmusical director Michael RoulstonReviewed by Richard...
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Women on the Move: Three New Films Reviewed by Sophie Mayer
Perestroikadirected by Sarah TurnerThe Headless Woman directed by Lucrecia MartelVilla Amalia directed by Benoit Jacquot Reviewed by Sophie MayerIn Lesbian Visibility, film theorist Amy Villarejo...
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The Green Carnation Prize Longlist 2010 Announced
The Green Carnation Prize is a new UK award given to works of fiction or memoir by gay men. The judges have debated long and hard to come up with the following longlist:Generation A by Douglas Coupland...
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Review: Frostbitten by Mark Walton
FrostbittenMark WaltonPublished by Epic Rites PressReviewed by Colin HerdThe first chapbook from epic rites press in their ‘Workers in Blood’ series, Frostbitten is the debut collection from 2008...
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Review: The King of Carnaby Street: the Life of John Stephen
The King of Carnaby Street: the Life of John StephenJeremy ReedPublished by Haus PublishingReviewed by Richard CanningJohn Stephen’s name may have faded from general consciousness today just as clearly...
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