March 2020 update

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Info about my recent and upcoming activity including another Dr Duckie talk, articles about queer film and a contribution to an exhibition on reclaiming urban space.

On the ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch for Sight & Sound

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On the ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a quiet rebirth that finds hope in the kindness of strangeness.

From Not Television's top 10 posts 2014

Not Television’s top 10 posts of 2014

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A round-up of 10 favourite blog posts from Not Television’s first year, 2014, on subjects including Mat Fraser, Alternative Miss World, Leake St graffiti tunnel and the threat of luxury redevelopment

Neil Patrick Harris interview for the Guardian

Guardian articles on Neil Patrick Harris and The Imitation Game

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 Sorry for being quiet on here lately – been a busy boy lately with my PhD starting, trips to Sitges with Duckie and Lisbon for Queer Lisboa film festival, and various other things going on. But here are details on a couple of recent pieces for the Guardian. The first was an interview with Neil […]

Neil Patrick Harris in a selfie he tweeted from his Hedwig dressing room

Neil Patrick Harris loves him some immersive theatre

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 Neil Patrick Harris is a very interesting figure: a child star turned adult award-winner whose openness about being gay hasn’t hurt his mainstream success; in fact, he just played that ultimate outsider Hedwig on Broadway and Joe and Joan Six-Pack seem to love him all the more for it.   In addition to his well-established love of musical theatre – which […]

Mattachine flyers by Paul Dawson

John Cameron Mitchell on Mattachine, Hedwig and the ‘dangerous gay agenda’

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An interview with the writer, director and performer John Cameron Mitchell, of Shortbus and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, about the London debut of his club night Mattachine and more

 
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