Here at Loverboy we’re big, big fans of camp, catfights and costumes that use every colour on the palette – surprising to hear, we know. 😉 We adore the original 80s soaps like Dynasty, Dallas, The Colbys, Falcon Crest etc. When we heard a couple of years ago that Dynasty was being rebooted we crossed […]
Fallon Gold looks beyond the comedy, glitz and tutti frutti hats to reveal why we’ve chosen uber-camp icon Carmen Miranda as July’s Tragic Diva. Most know Carmen Miranda as the over-the-top Latin movie star with a pile of fruit on her head. However, she was no South American caricature, there was a whole 3D […]
What happens when an enbee from the capital city moves to a small coastal English town? Where’s the queer scene in Cleethorpes? Loverboy’s Fallon Gold threw on a ton of biodegradable glitter and found out. I’d had enough of the Big Smoke. Sure, there’s some things I’d miss but I was moving to the seaside! […]
In Loverboy’s new series Tragic Divas, Fallon Gold tells us why opera singer Maria Callas is a diva in every sense of the word. Despite being one of the most famous opera singers there has ever been, in her time Maria Callas was then (and still is?) probably more well known for being a scandalous […]
Ryan Murphy is the gift that keeps on giving. Gaga’s Studio 54 vampire in American Horror Story. Bette and Joan’s bitchy Feud. Darren Criss in tighty whities and now… Pose. Pose is set in the world of the 80s drag ball. After a decade of Rupaul’s Drag Race, the language and visuals of drag balls […]
Jolie Ruin is a queer artist, zinester and zine archivist, collecting and selling classic Riot grrrl zines and new work. Loverboy’s Fallon Gold spoke with her about feminism, creative community and, of course, Mariah Carey. A great deal of your work is about Riot grrrl. When did rg first enter your life and what does […]
Taabe Guggenheim-Kennedy, The Most Powerful Lady in Finland, has wowed the world with her Hollywood video series. Now she ventures into the world of sci-fi. Loverboy have been given a sneak peak of the forthcoming Full Time Lady and can share the trailer with our readers. Ahead of the release of the film, Fallon […]
Last year two performances from Nando Messias brought us the character of The Sissy: a feminine queer character who walks through life experiencing aggression and violence. In The Sissy’s Progress, the audience were led from the theatre to the street to parade with The Sissy, culminating in an artistic re-enactment of an actual act of […]
Peter Clements and Oliver Dawe have birthed a glorious monster diva in Frau Welt. Patrons of London’s Hackney Showrooms have had the pleasure of seeing her gestation and growth over the past couple of years and next month can experience a full length, one woman show exploring the world of this fictional legend. Fallon Gold […]
