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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Thursday 5 Glasgow ■ Hello Sailor! The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. Until Sun 29 Nov. 10am–4pm. £3 (£2). Exhibition looking at gay life on board passenger ships and cargo vessels from the 1950s to 1980s. Glasgay! ■ Hair I Am CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Helen Cuinn looks at life through the prism of her ginger locks. Glasgay! ■ The Maw Broon Monologues Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). See Theatre. Glasgay!
■ Jesus Queen of Heaven Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Theatre. Glasgay! Edinburgh FREE Guy Fawkes LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–9pm. Get warmed up with hot chocolate then head up Calton Hill to get a good view of the fireworks. FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. Underground disco for freaks and lovers with your hosts Jetlad and Honey Sweetcheeks.
Friday 6 Glasgow ■ The Maw Broon Monologues Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). See Thu 5.
ROUND-UP LGBT DVDS Allan Radcliffe delves into the latest crop of gay-themed films for the small screen
As winter edges ever closer, the temptation to batten down the hatches and spend the night camped out in front of the box takes hold. As luck would have it there’s a batch of welcome re-releases and special editions of classic features and documentaries to keep you company as the nights lengthen. It’s 17 years since Tom Kalin’s Swoon (Palisades Tartan ●●●●●) took the Berlin and Sundance festivals by storm. The deftly executed, highly stylised, black and white study, based on the story of Leopold and Loeb, the wealthy aesthetes who murdered a 14-year-old boy for kicks, was a landmark in the New Queer Cinema, and still has the power to provoke. Released for the first time on DVD in the UK, this edition includes a feature-length audio commentary from the director.
Another landmark film currently enjoying a long overdue re-release is Before Stonewall (Peccadillo Pictures ●●●●●), Greta Schiller’s compelling 1984 historical documentary created from a rich collage of interviews and archive footage. What emerges is a fascinating insight into pre-Civil Rights movement era America, seamlessly weaving the personal with the political with just the right balance of humour and seriousness.
Changing gear, Bruce LaBruce’s Hustler White (Peccadillo Pictures ●●●●●) is
perhaps the independent filmmaker’s most mainstream film, though it still exhibits his characteristic fusion of grungy indie, 70s trash and gay porn. The simple story casts LaBruce himself as writer Jürgen Anger, who, beguiled by Tony Ward’s (pictured, above) renegade hustler, pursues him through seedy Santa Monica Boulevard. It’s hilarious, titillating and shocking in equal measure. And there are plenty of brand new releases abroad too, among them Greek
Pete (Peccadillo Pictures ●●●●●), Andrew Haigh’s enjoyable blurring of documentary and feature, which follows gay youths working in the sex industry. Antarctica (Peccadillo Pictures ●●●●●) is rather a trite, self-consciously cool ensemble piece about the lives and loves of a group of gay characters in Tel Aviv. Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau’s Born in ’68 (Peccadillo Pictures ●●●●●) is an ambitious trawl through France’s tumultuous political history over 40 years, which ultimately overstays its welcome by a good hour, while Dream Boy (Peccadillo Pictures ●●●●●) is a sweet, if rather listless, account of the relationship between two schoolboys in America’s rural Deep South. (Allan Radcliffe)
60 THE LIST 5–19 Nov 2009
■ Jesus Queen of Heaven Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Thu 5. ■ Terry Neason: Torch Songs of Pleasure’n’Passion Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 10pm. £14.50 (£10.50). See Theatre. Glasgay! Edinburgh ■ Pink Links Deep Blue, below the Blue Moon, 1 Barony Street, 556 2788. 7pm. £5. Women-only speed dating fun on the first Friday of every month. See www.pinklinks.biz for more info or to book tickets. ■ Poptastic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 10pm–3am. £4 (£3). Indie/electro from Phil Bakstad in room one and retro pop/trash from Paul McAvoy in room two. FREE ELECTROsexual CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Lucky Luciano mixes up dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro. Special appearance from X Factor’s Laura White singing her new single, ‘You Should Have Known’.
Saturday 7
Glasgow ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. A general knowledge quiz that takes place every Saturday. ■ The Maw Broon Monologues Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). See Thu 5. ■ Jesus Queen of Heaven Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Thu 5. ■ Craig Hill Makes Your Whole Week Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 10pm. £14.50 (£10.50). Captain camp presents comedy with a week- long guarantee. Glasgay! Edinburgh ■ Luvely Faith, 207 Cowgate, 225 5583. 10.30pm–3am. £12 (£10). A saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music with residents Tommy Kay, Dean Newton, Grum Stone and Jon Edwards.
Sunday 8 Glasgow ■ The Maw Broon Monologues Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). See Thu 5.
Monday 9
Edinburgh FREE My Safety! Get Off My Stuff LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–7.30pm. Lothian & Borders Police offer home security advice and the chance to get your valuables tagged.
Tuesday 10
Edinburgh FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. New weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton.
Wednesday 11 Glasgow ■ Menergy The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 11pm–3am. £4. Club diva Lady Munter pulls another one out the bag: a gay dance party with DJs Kid Zipper & Gerard Black Leather spinning the disco, Italo and NRG. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students two-for-one). Cheesy pop sounds from DJ Darren and the guys behind Passionality.
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Thursday 12
Glasgow ■ Hello Sailor! The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. 10am–4pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 5. ■ Will Young SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 6.30pm. £35. The Pop Idol graduate looks back at his seven-year career with the release of a greatest hits album, imaginatively called The Hits. Edinburgh FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. See Thu 5.
Friday 13
Edinburgh FREE Lesbian Film Night LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–9pm. A women-only night at the pictures held in association with book group Word. ■ Furburger GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). DJs Dejaybird, Funki Diva, Boy Toy and Debi T provide aural stimulation for gay women and their closest friends.
Saturday 14
Glasgow ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. See Sat 7. Edinburgh FREE Suds CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Good clean (!) fun with DJ Blondie on the decks for chart, pop and dance and a foam-covered dancefloor.
Monday 16
Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 9. Edinburgh FREE My Safety! Dealing with Fire LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–7.30pm. Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue try to stop you perishing in an inferno.
Tuesday 17
Edinburgh FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. See Tue 10.
Wednesday 18 Glasgow ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students two-for-one). See Wed 11.
Thursday 19
Glasgow FREE Transgender Day of Remembrance Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 1pm & 6pm. Join Jo Clifford of The Scottish Transgender Alliance for performances and recitals created from a series of workshops to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance. Edinburgh ■ Circus Skills Course The Big Red Door, 10 Lady Lawson Street, 523 1100. 6.30–8.30pm. £15–£55. A more practical option than running away with the circus, learn circus skills in a weekly class. FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. See Thu 5.