by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 10, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Mental health, Review
One in four people have mental illness. Four in four people have mental health. In Mental, Dave Chawner recounts a time someone told him: ‘I’ve never had any mental health,’ and inspects the kind of language we use to speak about mental illness. ...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 6, 2019 | Comedy, Fringe, Mental health, Review, Spoken word
‘I’m not funny enough to be a comic. I’m not serious enough to be a poet.’ Labels are troubling Dan Webber. Spoken word artist / comedian / poet. Queer / LGBTQ+. Top / bottom / twink / bear. It’s stifling. He doesn’t fit into a box,...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 4, 2019 | Fringe, Mental health, Review, Theatre
‘What would you tell your younger self?’ ask producers of the unnamed drag-themed reality TV show Anthony is auditioning for. This question, quoted verbatim from that one real-life drag-themed reality TV show, is a tactic designed solely to mine contestants’...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 4, 2019 | Fringe, Review, Theatre
It’s understandable that a show called The Last King of Porn would have a touch of the male gaze about it. The women, around whom the show whirls, are at varying levels of scantily clad, depending on their Madonna/whore status. The titular male porn star, who...
by Kirstyn Smith | Mar 13, 2019 | Books, Review
It’s a sharp New Year’s Eve aboard the Astarte, on a night that bubbles with unknown possibilities. On the boat, the employees of an upscale London bank embark on a late-night river cruise to ring in the new year. As is tradition, the oldest member of the team,...
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