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| November 2006 |
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A Federation of Homotopian Society (Federation @ Society)
Saturday, 18 November 2006
As Homotopia drew to a close, super-club Federation took over to show a whole new cultural society!
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WIMFEST (Carling Academy)
Friday, 10 November 2006
Ahh..WIMFEST. A lesbian music festival as part of Homotopia, with three great acts. Unfortunately, not many people turned up....
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Friday Fun (masquerade)
Friday, 10 November 2006
Some things don't change and that's a good thing - particularly when you are guaranteed a fun night out at the Masquerade!
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| December 2005 |
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New Year Masquerade (masquerade)
Saturday, 31 December 2005
The Masquerade Bar has to be one of the best places to see in the New Year. With free entry and a really friendly atmosphere it’s always full to bursting.
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| November 2005 |
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World Peace? (masquerade/Patrick's Bar/The Poste House)
Saturday, 26 November 2005
I was looking forward to Patrick's Alternative Miss World competition last Saturday night. I even changed my jeans twice and got my hair cut... But it seems I arrived too late!
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The League Of Gentlemen Are Behind You (Southport Theatre and Floral hall, Blackpool)
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
The grotesque carnival of horrors that is The League of Gentlemen’s Pantomime drags its rotting carcass into Southport’s rather splendid art deco Floral Hall and Theatre, and what a phantasmagorical m
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Float your boat (Navy Bar)
Saturday, 12 November 2005
It was good to be back at the Navy Bar after such a long time away - and it's good to know that all the cute and friendly people still go there!
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Homotopia Closing Party (Homotopia @ Carling Academy)
Saturday, 12 November 2005
After a blistering success this year, Homotopia, Liverpool's queer arts and culture festival, drew to a close with a stunning line-up of vocal and musical talent before a good old dance downstair
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Bona Cornucopia (Homotopia @ Unity Theatre)
Wednesday, 9 November 2005
David Benson, well known for his legendary performances that bring Kenneth Williams back to life, presents an evening of anecdotal asides and clips on the big screen.
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Call My Pouf (Homotopia @ Unity Theatre)
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Homotopia managed to do the impossible and pull something special out of the bag in almost no time at all! Tonight's Call my Pouf (an obvious pastiche on the perennial favourite Call my Bluff) wa
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Alternative Sunday School - David Hoyle (Homotopia @ The Egg Space Cafe)
Sunday, 6 November 2005
David Hoyle is an artist. His medium is often himself, so he has had many faces. Most of us will always remember him as The Divine David, some of us have seen his paintings and collages and some of us
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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Homotopia @ Philharmonic Hall)
Friday, 4 November 2005
Whatever Happend to Baby Jane has a strange place in the history of Camp cinema. You can either view it as a glorious grotesque, as shrill and hysterical as any Hammer Horror, or a dark and sinister s
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A wet Wednesday in Liverpool (Superstar Boudoir/masquerade)
Wednesday, 2 November 2005
What to do on a Wednesday night? There's nothing on the telly, the rain is beating down and - well - you just have to get out of the house. We set off to see who else would be brave enough to ven
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Cruz Vestido - Colin Holme (Homotopia @ Polished T Gallery)
Wednesday, 2 to Saturday, 12 November 2005
Colin Holme (or Colin Void for those of us with longer memories) has been popping up every now and then to thrill us with his fantastical camp creations for a few years now.
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Trademark© Retrospective (Homotopia @ Polished T Gallery)
Wednesday, 2 to Saturday, 12 November 2005
This is Trademark©’s first proper retrospective and apparently the first time he has been back to Liverpool for some years. If you lived ‘down South’ through the '80s you will be all too fam
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| October 2005 |
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Homotopia Opening Party (Homotopia @ Alma De Cuba)
Monday, 31 October 2005
Homotopia has quickly established itself as one of the most important dates of Liverpool's cultural calendar. REALLiverpool brings you the opening party at the fabulous new must-see venue: Alma d
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Sarah Lucas Retrospective (Tate)
Friday, 28 October 2005 to Sunday, 15 January 2006
"So 90s" would have been a fairly good name for this show. Now that I’ve been back and had a proper look about, I’m afraid that sinking feeling I had first time around has returned with a ve
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The Brakes (concorde 2)
Thursday, 27 October 2005
I’m loath to tar The Brakes with the ‘supergroup’ label; I mean they’re hardly Crosby, Stills and Nash. Or Young - though they’d probably love to be the latter...
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| June 2005 |
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Baby cried the day the circus came to town (KoOkoO @ Addiction)
Saturday, 25 June 2005
'coz she didn't like parades just passing by her. So she painted on a smile and took up with a clown, and danced without a net up on the wire...
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| May 2005 |
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It's Trippy Man! (Tate)
Thursday, 26 May 2005
800,000 fellow Liverpudlians might have chosen to crush into the streets around St Georges Hall chasing a bus covered in flags, but a few hundred of us brave souls made it to the Tate to the opening o
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HAL (Liverpool)
Monday, 23 May 2005
Their first proper headline tour, after supporting a veritable roll-call of the great and good, including Brendan Benson, Grandaddy, Doves and St Etienne - and acting as body doubles to the (wonderful
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All Rise! Royalty in the House! (Addiction)
Sunday, 22 May 2005
It's a measure of an event’s success when, every time I go, I have trouble getting a table. As usual, it was standing room only at this month's Octopus. It was pretty clear the crowd were we
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Hornpipes (Navy Bar)
Saturday, 21 May 2005
Ahhh... Navy Bar, Navy Bar, Navy Bar... A fairly quietish Saturday night, but Navy Bar still managed to charm the the punters off the street with their funky music and 'good time people only'
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Garlands Made Me Do It...Honest! (Garlands)
Saturday, 21 May 2005
Garlands - legendary clubbing... and I can see why! Lots of cavernous rooms, corridors, nooks and crannies, plenty of music belting out and staged entertainment, it was great fun!
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A night of Gaydar? (Addiction)
Saturday, 21 May 2005
The posters promised us a night of Gaydar, with the Gaydar boys. They forgot to tell us that it's all virtual... even the Gaydar boys themselves!
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Ssshhhh, it's a secret! (Academy)
Thursday, 19 May 2005
The Coral finished off their UK tour with a secret gig in the smallest room at the Academy - a bit like a little club show, the size of which I doubt they have played in the years since they were a Be
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The Futureheads (Academy)
Wednesday, 18 May 2005
Re-packaged, re-issued and re-scheduled, the mighty Futureheads grace the BIG stage at the end of their uber-succesful UK tour.
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| April 2005 |
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Octopus (Addiction)
Sunday, 24 April 2005
This was the second helping of Octopus, Liverpool's new cabaret night with a hint of pink which we thoroughly recommend, and the Masquerade is a great pre-show drinkies spot.
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Join the Navy & Feel A Man (Navy Bar)
Saturday, 23 April 2005
Navy Bar is a favourite Liverpool hangout - great music, great atmosphere and a party crowd. What better way to get you into the swing of things in readiness for a big Saturday night out.
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Stormy Weekend, Baby? (Babystorm)
Saturday, 23 to Sunday, 24 April 2005
Well, if you really want to party properly, the girls can show you how. Being Babystorm Virgins (sounds like an 18+ movie), we thought we'd pop along to see what all the fuss was about.
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