Coming up to its fifth season, Her Upstair’s Not Another Drag Competition is always a highlight. So this year, Loverboy decided to sponsor it! Loverboy’s very own drag queen John Brock aka Taylor Trash spoke with NADC’s HBIC, Meth. Her Upstairs has been open over a year. Who’s idea was it? It was mine and George’s […]

It was a cold and slightly damp affair on the Tuesday night streets of London. Down a rather residential looking street on the corner stands proud Central Station – a gay bar with a reputation, and it seems change is in the air. For at the very back of the venue as I approach I see a […]

What does it mean to ‘be a man’? Oh god, right? Such a loaded and controversial question and one we, in our queer world, have been debating or unpicking or dismissing or whatever for an age now. With masc vs sissy, ideas of ‘born this way’ vs social construction and trans* experience getting more and […]

Theatre should provoke. And if it makes an audience uncomfortable then it’s doing its job. A very Brechtian approach, of course, and only one type of theatre but a type nonetheless. When it’s about right wing LGBTQI people then it really should shock and disturb. But I also suspect that Scottee’s directorial debut at The […]

Alexander Geist is something of a grand phenomena. The alter ego of queer performance artist La John Joseph, Geist is what we really need: a very queer, very pop star. But they are fictional. And that’s the glory and the shame of it. I say shame because whenever I see Geist perform or watch one […]

Performance artist Scottee has long been wowing audiences with his high-camp, challenging and exhilarating shows exploring queerness and identity. Now, he’s stepped from centre stage into the role of director with this debut work, Putting Words in Your Mouth, featuring three exciting young performers Lasana Shabazz, Jamal Gerald, and Travis Alabanza. Pre-Brexit, Scottee travelled the […]

A queer night celebrating everything country, honkytonk, cowgirl camp and Dolly Parton, you say? Uh, yeah, Loverboy’s Fallon Gold is most definitely in. We spoke with co-organizer Emily about YEE HAW: A Night of Glamour and Country Divas. Tell us what we can expect at YEE HAW. At YEE HAW you can expect high hair, […]

We’ve known Mark aka Cybil War for many years so The Emancipation of Cybil has been a joy to behold. From blossoming in New York to coming home and bringing her talent back to the London scene, this is just the beginning… Did you used to perform before you did drag? As a kid most […]

HEY GIRL, HEY!!!! Comin‘ atcha from the streets of New York City is SUSSI. This club kid is becoming an online icon having just been featured in Vanity Fair along side other kids of the night for the Barney’s New York ‘Our Town’ campaign Sussi serves extreme looks and outlandish outfits that can only be […]