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Larry Tee Attack MACHINE Attack akest over East Bloc every Attack Larry Tee’s Super Electric Party Machine Friday, causing somewhat of a ruckus in the basement club as the sexy, the cute, the colourful and the creative gather for a mash-up of colossal proportions! The club has also just released its self-titled debut album. Meet just a few of the characters that help get the party poppin’…

Michael Stephens Larry Tee I spent my first few years in London I have never had more fun than here in working at legendary British style bible Michael London. I just released my new album, i-D Magazine, which consequently named after my Friday party at East opened many doors to the eccentric East Stephens Bloc, ‘Super Electric Party Machine’, End club scene. I’m now based in Central which has tons of local stars like London at a renowned department store Portia Ferrari (Versace model and ES where I manage the Graphic Design mag cover star), co-producer/DJ star department and creative projects, but AttackAttackAttack, rappers Lady at the weekend I’m still found at SEPM, Cartel and Nwando as well as Americans loving the fashion-forward crowd and like Princess Superstar, Mike Q, rapper eclectic mix of fun positive electronic Portia Cunty Savage, and boy band MDPC. All dance vibes! in all, London lets me do everything I love doing and there is so much creative Joel Jay P inspiration here. I am a lucky man, I’m a model/dancer and an editor for BITCHES BITCHES BITCHES! Noctis magazine. My love for the SEPM style of music started back from when AttackAttackAttack I lived in the Midlands where grime, When I first met Larry Tee we totally garage bassline and house originated. hit it off. He’s been a massive inspiration SEPM is renowned for its big bassy to me on both a personal and career music, which keeps me dancing and level, not to mention a constant source buzzing all night long. My favourite track Joel Jay P of hilarity. Together we started Super is Super Electric Party Machine ft Portia Electric Party Machine and our record Ferrari, ‘Body Talk’. label Carnage Music, which is home to a host of new London and international Will Bond talents, as well as our Super Electric I grew up in north London, but when my Party Machine album. Having co- family moved to Shrewsbury I’d sneak to produced the album, I have a fondness Birmingham every weekend and it wasn’t for so many of the tracks, but the next long before I was DJing at my favourite single ‘Body Talk’ featuring London’s clubs. Now I’m lucky to spend most of Portia Ferrari is my personal favourite, my time in East London working as the video is with the CGI team as we DJ and Label Manager at Carnage Music, speak and was shot by the amazing up- Will Bond the record label to Super Electric Party and-coming video genius, Ashley Joiner. Machine. You’ll find me at SEPM every Friday. I’m either on the door, dancing Portia to Larry Tee’s later sets or (if I’m lucky) I grew up all over the world but always behind the decks myself. After working knew I wanted to live in London. When on the release of the SEPM album, each I first moved here I met Joseph Icaro and track is special to me. I’ve remixed Portia we were introduced to the East London Ferrai’s ‘Body Talk’ and I love playing this scene together, meeting most of our out because it has a throbbing bouncy friends at Larry’s night SEPM! I spend bassline, but I couldn’t forget to mention most of my time networking as a make- ‘Disco Me Disco’ featuring Russian up artist, hairstylist, model, dancer, a experimentalist artist Andrey Bartenev. I singer AND a student! love his Russian accent on the vocals and Super Electric Party Machine is at Larry and I started working on the track the progressive build-ups will have your (East Bloc, 217-219 City Road, EC1V 1JN) ‘Body Talk’ late last year! I’m also working hands high in the air! every Friday, 10pm-6am. on some hip-hop and R’n’B tracks with a UK rapper, so watch this space! The album is out now and available from iTunes and all decent outlets.

…chat-up line? I’ve had people ask for my hand in marriage. I always say yes!

…present you’ve received? There was this one really weird letter I had where this guy sent me a fuzzy little chick with a hat that he’d made himself. He said he was going to send me a hat every month. But then he never sent me another one again! I wonder what happened to him?

…song to hear on the danceﬂoor? I would say the Proclaimers song ‘500 Miles’ by Peter Kay really annoys me.

…time you’ve ever been drunk? Well, they’ve never been bad experiences, really, they’ve always been good ones! But the ﬁrst time I’ve ever been sick from alcohol was when I was younger and me and my friends went to a Chinese restaurant, Nasty that was very ‘lenient’ with serving alcohol - that’s why we went there because we could get served. We were mixing alcohol and drank everything. I remember my dad coming to pick us up and I was sick all over Pixie the car park. I felt horrendous the next day. …thing you’ve ever read about you in the media? One time there was an article in the paper With nine Top 20 hits and three No.1’s under that I was a real diva with my rider and her belt, Pixie Lott is about to get ‘Nasty’ I only wanted red M&Ms, and I always with the release of her next single. Ahead demanded to have a globe in my dressing room and psychology books. I don’t know of her G-A-Y gig this weekend, QX asks where they got that from. her about some of the nastiest, weirdest or strangest experiences she’s had… …date? Going to McDonalds and sitting in the car park eating a McFlurry.

…job before she got famous? I’ve been performing for years and got signed when I was 15, so I’ve never had a regular job. But in the beginning I’ve done two or three shows as Mika’s lollipop girl where I’d dress up in pink dresses and blonde wig and jump up and down on stage for £50.

…gig? There was one time when I was ﬁrst starting out and it was really late at night, and I got on stage, the sound system was really bad and the music kept going back to the start. We had to keep starting over, and then it just cut out. So I was stuck on stage with no music and had to ﬁll the time just telling some jokes and it was really awkward. It happens!

…outﬁt? When I was younger I did a lot of random shows and musical theatre and I was pretty much put in every outﬁt. Once I had to dress up as a chicken! Don’t ask! Pixie Lott is at Heaven (Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 6NG) on Saturday 8th March, 10.30pm-5am.

Both people of ethnicity and LGBT citizens are ostensibly within the ‘margins’ of mainstream society. But does this mean a solidarity between the two groups, or a passing on of oppression through the oppressed? ERROR IN THE Patrick Cash looks into the subject. Ben MARGINS? Macklemore

RuPaul was asked in an interview recently if he thought, as However, when I spoke to London-based artist Jacob V a black man, that homophobia was more prevalent within the black Joyce recently about how the black community in the UK community. In his answer, he said: “People who have been oppressed treats race, he said: “Black culture is a huge, huge thing. take on the characteristics of their oppressor, and that is unfortunate… The black community in London from what I can see You would think that natural allies would be black folks, gay folks, doesn’t have that much more homophobia than the white because the plight is really the same. But that’s not the case because of community… In my own experience I’ve experienced lots that oppression storyline.” of homophobia from white people and black people, but I When Frank Ocean revealed on a Tumblr note in 2011 that he had think you might just hear it a bit louder from a community once been in love with a man, it was heralded by the global media as that doesn’t have much of a voice in other places.” a brave, pioneering action. Here was a representative not only of the What really ignited the race-sexuality debate in musical genre R’n’B/rap, atypically associated with a proud, straight recent weeks was the Macklemore ‘Same Love’ furore, masculinity, but also of the black community declaring his deeply felt sweeping up at the Grammys. Straight, white rapper Ben emotional ‘transgression’ of sexuality. Haggerty’s ode to marriage equality for LGBT citizens But it was only so brave and pioneering because the black community has come under fire for lines such as “if I was gay, I would is traditionally perceived to be less accepting of homosexuality than think hip-hop hates me”. These soundbites are said to most aspects of Western society in general. Perhaps these perceptions perpetuate myths of homophobia in black music genres are wrong. But the flippant use of homosexual-based slurs in raps, and and, by extension, the wider black community, with many statistical facts such as that 70% of Californian black families supported of the most outspoken critics stemming from voices of the same-sex marriage ban, appear to back up the idea in America. the black LGBT community. Joyce thinks it’s a deeper, and more systemic, problem behind the mistrust directed towards Macklemore. “It’s annoying in 2014 to see there are so many amazing black rappers like LE1F, Cakes Da Killa, Mykki Blanco, Angel Haze, talking about Jacob Joyce their struggle of being black and gay/queer and it not really getting that much media attention. But then a middle class white person comes along and says, “Hey, it’s okay to be gay’ and he wins all the awards. It reminds me too much of Elvis when there were all these oppressed black people literally singing songs about oppression and then he took those songs and sung them in a cheerful way and he’s King of Pop.” One of the most powerful and important speeches about oppression in our era went viral across the internet recently, courtesy of Irish drag queen Panti Bliss. She spoke of checking herself for her sexuality, ‘what gives the gay away’, at road crossings. “That feels oppressive,” she says. Imply this neuroses of insecurity into a marginalised community and it takes a lot of innate strength to not try for an easy ego boost by superficially strengthening the ego against others, as RuPaul himself goes on to say in his interview. Whether you are oppressed by way of your race or your sexuality, or even both, it will take a collective strengthening of resolve to shrug off the secondhand characteristics of oppression.

To read the full interview with Jacob V Joyce go to: www.qxmagazine.com/blog-event/in-conversation-with-jacob-joyce

People who have been oppressed take on the characteristics of their oppressor, and that is unfortunate” Frank Ocean

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NOT THE APPS, BUT THE APPETITE By Patrick Cash Recently there seems to be an increasing trend to blame apps like Grindr for various problems that INÆQK\\PMOIa[KMVM*]\IZM_MR][\\ZaQVO\WJTQVL W]Z[MT^M[\W_PMZM\PM[MXZWJTMU[\Z]TaWZQOQVI\M'

ome time ago I was it seems deliberate tunnel vision. asked to read through There is a dragon out there purring in a submitted article some areas of the gay scene. Many of us to QX and give a dance with it at the weekends: it smarts second opinion as to in the sting of mephedrone, in the shot its publication. It was of G, coils in crystal meth and shoots by a man in his thirties from slamming needles. But if you dance Soutlining how drugs, chill-outs and sex with the dragon for too long, you are parties slowly took over his life until going to get burnt. And the dragon is not he lost his job and contracted HIV. The Vauxhall, the dragon is not the clubs, it’s article found its eventual culmination in a not the apps, it’s not even just the drugs. line stating: “Now I’d realised the reason It’s an appetite that lives and feeds inside. for everything that was going wrong in Where does the appetite come from? my life: Manhunt.” We as gay men are renowned for being It seemed that the writer had managed obsessed with our outside appearance, to identify demons in his own person, from the clothes we wear or our There is a but then immediately sought another perfect hair to the phenomenal success outlet on which to lay the blame. Let’s be of airbrushed photos. Perhaps we lay dragon out clear, here: in my opinion Manhunt had such importance on the outside veneer there purring very little to do with the reason why this that we present to the world, because man’s life went off the rails. Manhunt was we’re still not completely happy with in some areas of a facilitator, a go-between, a means to an what’s inside. end, but it could not singularly be held Sexual Health expert and drugs the gay scene. accountable as a reason why. counsellor David Stuart of 56 Dean Recently I’ve noticed a similar trend Street has some very interesting theories Many of us to at least partially lay the blame upon on this subject to do with us as gay dance with it at apps like Grindr for the current chemsex men’s relationship with sex, shame and problems afﬂicting some sections of the intimacy. These issues can be resolved the weekends: gay London community. Jon Snow asked successfully, but it’ll involve an intricate the DJ Fat Tony on Channel 4 news communication of truth and addressing it smarts in whether crystal meth could be accessed what’s going on inside. The apps are the sting of through an app, and Tony replies with his simply sometimes dark mirrors reﬂecting anecdote that he was offered chems 147 at a slant what’s going on within areas of mephedrone, times over 3 days on Grindr. Whether the gay community. intentionally or not, this contextually Of course, the message of safe sex, of in the shot gives an impression that Grindr may be a being able to tackle problematic drug source of the problem. use through clinics like CODE, can never of G, coils in But of course, Grindr and its brother be said enough and perhaps this could crystal meth apps are simply bridges. The quick be incorporated at a wider level into communication they offer may make facilitators. But, as a young writer we and shoots building a chemsex party or getting have here at QX named Anthony Gilét access to drugs easier, but the apps are recently said, the time to actually listen from slamming only the sums of their users. It is the to these messages will only come when needles. same pattern of thinking as attributing you yourself feel ready to stop. drug culture solely to clubs in Vauxhall. From those who stand external to that scene you may understand how the To read the full ‘In Conversation With’ misguided impression has arisen, but interview with David Stuart, visit: when it stems from the beating hearts www.qxmagazine.com/blog-event/in- caught up in the centre of the centrifuge, conversation-with-david-stuart

Changing attitudes in Poland

Poland doesn’t have the best history at dealing with homosexuality. Well, it is a deeply Catholic country. So, filmmaker Malgorzata Szumoska decided to take on both sexuality and religion in her movie In The Name Of, which I can’t recall seeing a Polish film address gay became a surprise issues, and now we have two in one year: In box office hit back The Name Of and Floating Skyscrapers… home. QX’s Jack Few filmmakers are willing to deal with these issues. Leger met up with Tomasz Wasilewski, who made Floating Skyscrapers, her in London... and I are friends, so I found it interesting that he was brave enough to make that film. I used to be a Catholic, and it stayed in my mind when I quit the church. I’d met so many priests that I had to say something. I knew that this would be the first film in my country about a homosexual priest, so I wanted to make a movie that never judged him. People in Poland are still homophobic and judgmental, especially outside the big cities. Is this why you set the story in a small village? Yes. If I put it in a big city it would be a completely different thing. Poland is not a multi-cultural country; it’s a closed society, so it’s changing far too slowly. In the big city we are more open, and there is no divide between gay and straight people. But people in the provinces are afraid to even talk about these issues. And the church treats homosexuality as a sickness, so the priest is caught in the middle. It’s like a classic tragedy in that sense. Are things changing? Yes, but far too slowly. People clearly have a desire for this kind of movie, and some think my film isn’t radical enough! But it’s important to have more of these subjects addressed in movies. Although after making films on the history of prostitution and a homosexual priest, I think my next movie will be a little less intense.

In The Name Of is available on Peccadillo DVD/VOD. “ The church treats homosexuality as a sickness.”

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INFORMERTHE WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN OF GAY LONDON…

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PROWLER PORN AWARDS Manbar, 79 Charing Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE Friday 14th March, 9pm-late. www.prowler.co.uk The ﬁrst Prowler Gay Porn Awards event will take place on the 14th March, assembling the biggest concentration of gay porn stars ever in the West End! Leading stars including Paddy Darius Ferdynand O’Brian, Isaac Jones, Paul Stag, Scott Hunter, Dean Monroe, JP Dubois, Sam Barclay, Adam Dacre, Darius Ferdynand, Luke Luke Desmond Desmond, Reece Bentley and Justin King. Millivres Prowler Group have teamed up with Manchester based producer and online business Twisted XXX Media (TXXXM) to organise and bring about the awards.

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HAVOC IN HEAVEN Heaven, under the Arches, Villiers Street, Friday 14th March, 7pm. £20. www.havocinheaven.orgs London’s sexiest gay rugby team the King’s

Photos: Mark Storey Cross Steelers present ‘Havoc in Heaven’, the sequel to 2013’s record-breaking ‘One Night in Heaven’. Promising you a Friday night entertainment extravaganza at one of the world’s most famous gay clubs, the acts this year are going to be huge with even more daring vocal and dance performances, as well as plenty of rugby player ﬂesh! Acts will include Lonnie Gordon, Hilary O’Neil, La Voix, Divalicious and many, many more!

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12 MARCUS REEVES’ RUSSIAN ROULETTE www.reevescorner.co.uk Writer and performer Marcus Reeves’ performance career spans work as an actor, stand-up comic, singer songwriter and performance poet, and with all eyes on Russia, he has now recorded his reaction to those events, ‘Russian Roulette’. Inspired by Sochi, the ‘Noble Call’ speech by Irish drag queen Panti Bliss and storylines from ABC’s top hit TV show ‘Nashville’, the song gives voice to the thoughts that often trouble LGBT people trying to ﬁnd tenderness in an uncaring world.

MENTAL HEALTH HELP Hillingdon Mind, Aston House, Redford Way, Uxbridge, UB8 1SZ www.hillingdonmind.org.uk Hillingdon Mind has recently employed a dedicated LGBT project coordinator whose sole role is to develop a support service for LGBT adults with mental health problems in the borough of Hillingdon. Support services that are to launch in early November will consist of a social group meeting once a week, trips and other enriching activities decided by members on a quarterly basis. There will also be a mentoring and buddying system that will aim to support those most in need.

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CANNED CLARY: AN INTIMATE SOIRÉE WITH JULIAN St James Theatre, 12 Palace Street, SW1E 5JA Every Thursday and Friday in March, 8pm. £20, £17.50 or £12.50 (standing). www.julianclary.co.uk

Canned, condensed and Photo: Slava Mogutin completely organic, Julian Clary is set to bring you music, ART & CENSORSHIP ﬁlth and star guests TALK in this intimate, Gio Black Peter queerish show where Ron Todd House, 33-37 Moreland Street, EC1 the public will be Tuesday 11th March, 7pm. Free entry. partying up-close- www.gioblackpeter.com and-personal with Gio Black Peter is a New York based performance artist as the man himself. well as an ardent visual artist. He examines text and subject, Not content with truth and fakery, rebellion and authority and his subversive tormenting the work has earned him a name in the downtown scene of New public with his York’s young emerging artists. Whilst he’s in Europe, he has sharp-witted jibes been secured by Anton Johnson of UNITE London & Eastern each weekend, Region LGBT Committee to speak about his art work and Julian will be issues of censorship. A not to be missed event. joined by the most entertaining names on his celebrity speed dial, who will be popping in for a cosy chat and a thorough grilling! Audiences can expect intimate revelations, gorgeous costumes and a rafﬂe.

RAISE A GLASS FOR OLDER LGBT LONDONERS MEDICAL STUDY The New Bloomsbury Set, 76 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AG – OVER 50s Sunday 9th March, 6pm. IMPERIAL COLLEGE www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk [email protected] Opening Doors London, the leading organisation for older Tel: 020 3312 1466 Lesian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Londoners is launching its Imperial College London is running a study looking at brain health ‘Raise a Glass’ campaign with live music, celebrity guests in people who are over 50, and are looking for those living with and fantastic cocktails! ODL, which supports nearly 900 HIV and on retroviral therapy or who are HIV negative and happy older LGBT people across London, is losing a signiﬁcant to have a test. Contact the team in conﬁdence for more information proportion of its funding in April 2014. The ‘Raise a Glass’ on the POPPY St Mary’s MRI sub-study and your time and travel for campaign asks people to support the project by setting up attending study visits will be reimbursed. a monthly direct debit of £5, the price of a drink in many West End bars. The New Bloomsbury Set have also created a specially mixed ‘ODL’ cocktail, the proceeds of which will be donated to Opening Doors London.

For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 46-51 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com

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07/03/14: Club Tin Tin Tin Tin has hit the big time and is going central… and weekly! The new venue is Rise, at Leicester Square, which enjoys XL¾SSVTERSVEQMG views of London. They’ve got some amazing hosts including Ollywood and Johnny Yihi and the sizzlin’ tunes come from David Oh, Eduardo Herrera, Robb White and Kurt Potter. Expect hotties from every corner of London.

Rise, 1 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA. 10pm-3am. £6 before 1am/£8 after.

07/03/14: EPIC Hang on to your tiaras, bitches, because there’s a new club night in town and it’s about to be Epic! Straight from the sprawling concrete jungle of hot Manhattan itself, Twitch Productions is presenting a genuine New York House situation with DJs Serving Ovahness and Razor & Gudio giving it to you large, joined by UK talent Dmitry Strigun. Taking over the London super club Pulse, this is set to be an epic on an odyssey scale of all-night entertainment.

Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF. Dmitry Strigun Razor & Gudio 11pm-late.

07/03/14: Pecker A Man To Pet Little peckers, big peckers, woody peckers, we all love a pecker – and the biggest and best Pecker launches at Dalston Superstore this Friday. The Duchess of Pork is joined by Dirtbox’s Gibson and Blu Peter for a bird bath in the basement. Upstairs, John Sizzle and A Man To Pet blast out the beats.

Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB. 10pm-3am. £3 before 11/£5 after

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Pulse, No 1 Invicta Plaza, Southbank, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am. Members £8, guests £15.

10/03/14: Popcorn ‘Pandora’ Heaven’s famous Monday nighter is going all Pandora on us this week – will we FI½RHMRKETVSZIVFMEPFS\ to open and releasing all kinds of chaos! DJs on the QEMR¾SSV[MPPFINeroli, Tony English and Jamie Hammond, whilst Lil Nerolli Rob, DMS and Tasty Tim get us rocking around the club! Forget work on Tuesday, Pandora’s got a surprise for you.

Heaven, under the Arches, Villier Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 6NG. 11pm-5.30am. Tasty Tim Discount wristbands from G-A-Y Bar. Jamie Hammond

10/03/14: Beartrap ‘Lonnie Gordon Launch’ To celebrate the release of Lonnie Gordon’s brand new single ‘Horny’, Beartrap are having a launch party! For nearly two decades Lonnie has graced the dance charts with worldwide hits, and at Beartrap there will be giveaways, hot bear visuals, a free coat check, the sexiest bears in town and the legendary Miss Lonnie Gordon herself. Hosted by Kurt Hoffman and DJ Gretta Gargola with drink specials at 4 blow jobs for £10 and house spirit + mixers at £1.90 and £2.80 for pints of Fosters and Strongbow before 11pm.

Manbar, 79 Charing Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE. 9pm-3.30am. Free before 11pm, £3 after.

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1. 'Ruso´s Theme' - Rayko 08/03/14: Debbie ‘Cher Night’ Advancing my forthcoming LP East End artist Sina Sparrow and Bitchcakes will be joined by special guest DJs Trinny and Susannah as well @ Nang Recordings here you as performers Shy-Charles Alderwick and Kev Clarke have this sexy Nu-disco tune. to delight you with female-fronted rock, pop and disco! Debbie has been giving the East End boys the big wigs, hippy chick, half- 2. 'Which Way to Go' breed, disco diva, burlesque, gypsy/tramp/thief and leather lace – Rubberlips ’n’ lingerie for quite some time now and that’s just the dress Amazing Cosmic Balearic track GSHI+IX]SYVWIPJHS[RXLIVIJSVEKVIEXEXQSWTLIVIERHE night dedicated to the one and only Cher for this party. with crazy vocals by Brandon Bennet. Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser Street, Bethnal Green, E2 9RF. 10pm-late. £3 entry. 3. 'Teleskope' - Kim & Buran Loving the slow Italo remix by Ilya Santana. 4. 'Nelue' - John & Mary Nelue delivers a Balearic Cosmic uber cool tune. Tell us in one tasty 5. Midnight Riot vol.6 sentence who DJ Rayko is… Rayko is a crazy Spanish guy who – Various Artists loves to play and produce disco You could play a cool disco vibes. What have been your best house 2 hour long DJ set using club career moments so only this compilation. far? 6. 'Zsa Zsa' To name a few, I always remember nights like the one I spent playing – Blamma Blamma in Cairo in a boat in the Nile The Psychemagik remix of river, or a warehouse in LA, or in Womb club in Tokyo… XLMWMWNYWXEWPS[HERGI¾SSV You’re playing at Dalston stomper. Superstore’s new night, “Battered Sausage”. Tell 7. 'The Feeling' IT’S BACK! WIN £1,000 us about your chorizo and – Julian Sanza feat. what makes Spanish disco Future Feelings G-A-Y PORN IDOL so sexy… what do you bring Part 1: Thursday 13th March to the sound? Cool nu-disco spacey track. Judges Tanya Hyde, Michael Mitchell and Baga Chipz Well, I guess it´s all about 8. 'Strobin' will sit with their backs to the audience so they cant see the sunshine… I always loved to listen contestants, but go by audience reaction to decide whether to to positive and joyful music, so I – Fingerman turn. Judges then mentor the contestant they turn for, or the try to import that feelings to my (ERGI¾SSVQSZIVF]1V+VIKK contestant chooses their judge if more than one turns. DJ sets. The judges will then have 2 days to choreograph a two-minute Holmes. WXVMTGLSSWMRKXLIMVQYWMGSYX½XERHIZIV]XLMRKXLEXMWRIIHIH 9. 'Running to Your Love' to help the contestant win £1,000. – Ilya Santana Part 2: Saturday 15th March The Sportloto remix is such an £1,000 to be won! Which judge’s contestant will win it? amazing work.

To be a Contestant text 07789 553 868 or email [email protected] 10. 'Keep on Running' DJ Rayko will be playing at ‘Battered - ABSOLUTELY ANYONE CAN ENTER! – D Pulse Sausage’ at the Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland Road, E8 2PB, on Heaven, Villiers Street, Charing Cross WC2H 6NG. Thursday: Again, this Russian guy delivers Saturday 8th March, 9pm-3am. Free 11pm-4am. Saturday: 10pm-5am. a super cool disco tune. before 10pm, £5 after.

19 THE EDGE 01/03/14 11 Soho Square, WORDS BY W1D 3QE ANTHONY GILÉT PHOTOS BY JOEL RYDER

WOW! THAT WAS literally the ﬁrst word that fell out of our mouths as we left behind the cold of Soho Square and entered a much hotter atmosphere in The Edge; and we ain’t just talking central heating. The clientele that had turned out to help owner Andy and Chad and the crew of cute bar staff were tastier than birthday cake icing. And if the pretty patrons and barmen weren’t enough to have us salivating (they totally were), there were even topless totty strolling around and posing for photos; what a stressful life that must be… Chad then took place on the podium, sandwiched between a handful of hunks - aww, poor you - and was presented with a cake bursting with ﬁreworks. To be fair it’s not exactly the spark we were hoping for that night. But that didn’t stop us from enjoying the commercial pop they had pumping until the early hours of Sunday. Cheers to many more birthdays (and many more nights husband-cruising at The Edge).

XXL LUMBERJACK 01/03/14 WORDS BY Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, TOM REDKID Southwark, SE1 9UF PHOTOS BY MARK STOREY

AFTER A HARD DAY of lopping big trees into little logs, a lumberjack needs to kick back, pop open a brewski and get down… to XXL to the real business of turning twigs into big branches! Mark Ames and crew had the whole gosh dang lumber camp dancin round the maypole as resident DJs Christian M, Joe Egg, Alex and Stu Stiles shaved the bark off the old oak and shook our acorns loose. We heaved and hoed amongst the bristly beards and checked shirts exposing more than a few leather harnesses clearly worn for health and safety purposes when scaling those sequoias. Ambient tunes soothed a week-weary crowd leading to harder bass as the night got darker and the men got burlier. Bears, beers, brawn and bass brewing a whole lotta hot trouble. Bears crawled outta hibernation and followed a trail of packed lunches from Blackfriars across the dance floor to the chill out room manned by the humpiest of barmen, Andrew, a genuine heartbreaker serving suds with a wicked wink and a dirty grin. Lubber lads, plaid players and chubby choppers all put down their axes and picked up – each other. Big bears also proved they have big hearts as Mark Ames put out the call for volunteers to assist a benefit for Kaleidoscope, a charity dedicated to helping gays afflicted by human rights abuses in Africa. “It’s just me and anyone else trying to make a difference and support those affected by this ignorance and persecution. I hope other venues join in, too.” He’s ringing that triangle fellas. So climb down off your trees and get busy!

POPCORN: CARNIVAL 03/03/14 WORDS BY Heaven, under the TOM REDKID Arches, Villiers Street, PHOTOS BY Charing Cross, CHRIS JEPSON WC2N 6NG

CARNIVAL IN HEAVEN! Can you think of a more perfect trip? Popcorn at Heaven lived up to its name as Selby, Ben and over 20 go-go boys, day-glo dancers, samba queens, batteria drummers and capoeira fighters threw the party of the year so far with the event they were born to lead—Carnival, the beautiful bacchanalian Brazilian gift – and smacked us right on the lips with a dazzling display of Latin funk, twerkin’ RnB and an absolute somersault of sound and colour that swept the ‘pipoca’ off their feet with 4 explosive shows that shook the conga line shimmying out the club up Charing Cross Road all the way to Rio, baby! Resident DJ Paulo Moreno, guest DJs Ale Amaral and Ariel captained the main stage beneath a streaming psychedelic vortex as DMS, Little Rob and Zach Burns took no prisoners in their niche camps and marched us off in an army of lovers; strangers only until the first kiss on this sexiest day of the year. “I want to bring a little bit of Carnaval in Rio with me here tonight,” Brazilian import DJ Amaral smiled humbly, his gorgeous cheeky grin knowing he has done way more than that tonight. Highlights included a UV mash-up with Selby and the Heaven dancers including newcomer, Chris Groom, his first day on the job as a Popcorn popper. “The absolute time of my life!” he gushed, the understatement of the week as balloons and confetti cascaded all around us. Welcome to Heaven!

3: Smiley Vyrus Wanna dance withClub Tin Tin somebody?prides itself on Tell us about yourself… delivering a funked-up crowd Smiley Vyrus is that girl who Hit gyrating to some seriously forgot her dress and wears a sexy beats. This Friday, the 1: Kingsley cheap, fabulous, ratty wig. club returns taking over the Tell us about you… Describe a night at Club 5th floor of Rise on Leicester Kingsley, 29, Cancerian, who Tin Tin. Square, featuring stunning likes a long walk along the Well, obviously it’s the most views across London, a kickin’ beach and Care Bears. Full fabulous night in all the land! sound system and a new time hair stylist and part time Have you picked out an Tin weekly slot. Here’s what some DJ/host. I’ve been working outfit? of the hosts had to say about on the scene now for 10 No outfit yet but, slutty it… and themselves… years. What turns me on? heroin chic… Really slutty. Music. I love me some good disco, soul and Janet Jackson! 4: Ollywood Tin What will your look be Tell us about you… on the night? I’m a 14 year old emo girl I seem to be dressing more trapped in the tattooed body and more like Lisa Stansfield of a 25 year old man. on her first album cover, Have you picked out an so I’m guessing something outfit for the night? loosely tailored and acid Well unfortunately, my washed with a few crucifixes! Dior Couture is at the dry Tell us something cleaners, so I guess i’ll have to scandalous about one of wear my usual vest and cap. ;) your co-hosts… Tell us something Paul can drop and stitch a scandalous about one weave like a motherfucker. of your co-hosts at the 1 2 He can also twerk upside club… down! Jonny Yihi – too gay to What’s the best chat-up function. Smiley Virus – made line someone’s ever given out with a hot dog. Kingsley you? – fugly slut. I can tell you the worst was some leech of a creep coming up to me and going, 5: Johnny Yihi “Hey, nice height”. Seriously Tell us who you are, 3 he was like a total Igor with what you do, what turns weak fashion sense and you on… thirsty lines! Kind, funny, friendly. Love dancing, hip-hop, DJing, 2: Paul Marcus fashion, parties and all of Who are you, what do you them to share with GOOD do and what turns you on? friends. I’m a club promoter and Tin Tin has been going host. And hairy hunks with from strength-to- tatts! strength. What have Why are Friday nights a been some of your good idea? favourite moments at the Good way to kickstart the club? weekend. For me, I have met really What are you looking good people there, who you forward to at the new can trust, and all of them in venue? the London nightlife where, To smash the dance floor of in my opinion, it’s really hard course! LOL to find it. Why is the move to a Friday night a good idea? 4 Weekends always involve 5 more people, and this time it’s moving to Soho area, one of the most popular places in London, so I’m sure it’s gonna be amazing. I can’t wait to be in there, seriously.

Club Tin Tin is weekly at Rise (1 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA) from Friday 7th March, 10pm-3am.

“After one bite, you’re hooked. My advice, it’s best served hot!”

Epic is the new event that is hitting town this weekend to It’s bring a slice of New York clubbing to London. QX speaks to promoter Michael Theriault and host Johanna Londinium getting to ﬁnd out more. And introducing DJ Serving Ovahness…

Michael Theriault is a new nameEPIC on the London Give us the overview of the Ovahness… scene. What’s his clubland experience back in NYC? I am a DJ and Producer born and raised in New York City. I JOHANNA: Michael’s NYC club experience comes from consider myself a messenger of house music and I love being living and breathing the ‘Party Monster’ movie for real. able to share my sound and message through music. London An original NYC club kid, when Michael decided to start has been one of the cities I have dreamed of playing for years throwing his own parties he wanted to re-create that and I can’t even begin to share how excited I am to ﬁnally be colourful, hedonistic, no holds barred environment where coming to you. people from all walks of life and sexual persuasions could Describe your sound to us London boys? Photo: SebastianPhoto: Stetkiewicz show up and express themselves however they wanted, then My sounds is percussive house blended with vocals. Whether lose themselves on the dance ﬂoor to the beats of old school progressive, deep, or classic, I love to give a repertoire of music NYC house music. He’s most known for his Sunday evening that is past, present, and future. That may include old school tea dance ‘The Underground’. house, disco, funk, R&B and remakes of classics all packaged in Epic is all about bringing a taste of New York’s gay my “signature” way. club scene to London. What does the New York club Ok, so the name. It’s like soooo NYC. How did it come scene taste like? about? MICHAEL: It’s like a really good dessert. Nice and rich with My name was actually given to me by one of my closest different layers of taste that make every bite of this sexy friends. He would always say, when you play music you always rollercoaster of an adventure. After one bite, you’re hooked. “serve us ovahness”. I started out using DJ Brian D, that My advice, it’s best served hot! name didn’t go too well with my friends and everyone started

Who is involved in this event? Serving Ovahness telling me “No your name is DJ Serving Ovahness”. The rest JOHANNA: Flying in from NYC we have DJs Serving is history. The name has less to do with me but more to do Ovahness and Razor & Guido. Club hostess Erica Gabriel with the music. I’m just Brian and I’m here to serve my will be there to shake things up. From London DJ Dmitry crowd with a great time. Strigun is providing the tunes. I will be hosting along with What have been your best gigs to date? La Pequena, Taylor Scott, Le Menor and HRH Minty. Shaun Getting to headline in Tel-Aviv for FFF was one of my Capewell will be looking after his super sexy team of biggest gigs to date. The crowd was unbelievable, performers and gogos. and it felt amazing to be able to go to the other The event is at Pulse, which is a big space and famous side of the world and have a crowd that knew the for XXL. How will you transform it for Epic? music, the vocals, and gave so much life to the MICHAEL: You are not lying! When I saw the space for dancefloor. The other was for Black Party weekend the first time I was like, “Oh shit!!” But I’m not one to just in NYC when I did a party at the Underground with throw a DJ behind a set of turntables and call it a party. You’ll Junior Vasquez. I opened that night for him, and have to come a see what we do at Epic. It will be good fun. when Junior arrived after listening to my set, he invited me to spin alongside him for the rest of the evening. That night I spun with my idol. How do you think London will Epic is at Pulse take to a NYC sound? (No 1 Invicta Plaza, Southbank, SE1 9UF) I think London will take on the on Friday 7th March, 11pm-late. NYC sound very well, because the music scene in London has always had a major presence in the underground house music scene. I think London will recognize a lot of the influences that have come into NYC house and vice versa.

How to win

…and walk away with £1,000!

Are you more butch than bitch? Get ready to ditch the skimpy Abercrombie & Fitch shaved look, bust out the beard and maybe even sling a harness on as it is almost time for Mr Eagle 2014. If you think you’ve got what it takes to rufﬂe a few feathers and impress a crowd of eager men and scene judges, then you could win a whopping £1,000 and be the lust of all men for the coming year. Roy Inc presents his top seven tips for winning the coveted title and a generous stash of cash… AND contestants get a chance to represent Eagle London at International Mister Leather (May) or International Mister Rubber

(November) in Chicago! Not bad at all. Roy photographed by Lee 4th Child 4th Lee by photographed Roy

1 Choose your outﬁt well, think what makes you feel conﬁdent Cub, rubber pig, sugar daddy, leather top, sport boy, business city lad in a tight suit? Bulging crotch, porn star in the making or just landed in London and whoring for your green card?

2 Always have good eye contact with the host on stage Even though you might not have any idea what the fuck he’s talking about just nod and smile.

3 Pick the perfect prop The Eagle audience are a great crowd, so be a people pleaser and have a little trick up your sleeve; like wearing a jock strap if you’re willing to show!

4 No comprende? If English isn’t your ﬁrst language bring along a hot interpreter, who will do all your “oral” translation for you.

5 Show off your best ass-ets Send an email to [email protected] with your name, A way to convince the judges you should be telephone number, a recent photo and a short sentence or two crowned Mr Eagle is to drop something, turn as to why YOU should be Mr Eagle 2014! around and pick it up, bum up in the air. A tight ass always brings in the points.

6 Bring your own clap-o-meter Another way for points stealing is to bring your own crowd of mates ready to cheer you on towards getting that cash cow...

7 Variety is the spice of life All are welcome to step on stage at The Eagle, including all ages! (Well, you must be over 18, of Mr Eagle 2014 is at Eagle London course. It’s Mr Eagle, not a Butlins Holiday Camp (349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY) talent search contest!) But remember... bring on Saturday 15th May. your ‘A’ Game!

BAR THE QUEBEC 12 Old Quebec Street, W1H 7AF City of Quebec is one of the most lauded gay pubs in central London, OF THE bringing a diverse range of men in through its doors near to the famous WEEK Marble Arch. With exceptionally friendly service and a streamlined running to the whole shindig, you could do worse than a swift one in the Quebec! And with stunning cabaret artistes laying on the entertainment at the weekends you’d be advised to make the night of it there if you haven’t already. This Sunday 9th March is the turn of Miss Jason to get your mouths a-laughing and your feet a-gidding.

MANBAR 79 Charing Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE Manbar boasts one of the most eclectic range of offerings for nights out over the scene with its clubbier, sexy late nights that go on until 3am not detracting from the quality of its earlier bar events too. On a Sunday you’ll find their highly enjoyable London gay film club Genre which screens different films each week, and this Sunday 9th March being the turn of the much acclaimed ‘Behind the Candelabra’, Miss Jason starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. Monday 10th is the free gay sexual health clinic service where the lovely people from 56 Dean Street will be on the first floor offering you confidential advice and testing. And Tuesday 11th is of course their phenomenally successful Spotlight talent contest where the search continues, KU SOHO courtesy of main man Duncan Day, for 25 Frith Street, Soho, WC2H 7BA the best talent that Soho and London have Ku Bar in Soho has had an awesome makeover! And it’s to offer! gone gold, golder than you can possibly imagine, so you’d better get yourself there to see it for yourself in the flesh, sparkling like Ali Baba’s cave meets Tutenkhamen’s palace with, of course, a lavish dash of all-round contemporary Ku sexiness. It’s all down to master interior designer to the stars Leopold Lawrence (the mastermind Duncan Day behind the gorgeous mothership Ku at Lisle Street, off Leicester Square), who has opened up the first floor with chandeliers and golden furniture to make it the perfect space to relax and watch Old Compton Street go by. Plus, of course there is the usual bevy of gorgeous Ku boys behind the bar, so you won’t know HALFWAY 2 HEAVEN whether to keep your eyes on them or the décor! 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF Halfway is one of the most popular destinations in all of gay London for some top-notch cabaret entertainment at the weekends and with a schedule like this one RUPERT STREET we’re not at all surprised! Friday 7th March 50 Rupert Street, Soho, W1D 6DR sees ‘Friday Night Live!’, hosted by Rupert Street is that sexy spot of Soho one of the finest acerbic wits of the scene that gives you a bit of dancefloor bang Miss Myra Dubois, and featuring special for your party buck, with DJs all over guest Martha D’Arthur. Saturday 8th the big weekend days and one on sees Myra back again from 4pm, filling in Rich B Thursday too! This Thursday 6th for Rose Garden whilst she’s in Australia, March, warm up for the weekend and Saturday night is the sexy with the sounds of Rich B from ‘Bears Downstairs’ 9pm, then hot stuff Brent Nicholls hosted by Justin Swift. takes over on Friday 7th from 9pm And why not finish off again and on Saturday reach the apex the weekend on Sunday of your weekend with the spinning 9th with Mrs Moore fingers of Sharon O Love taking you from 8pm?! higher (from 9pm)! Plus happy hour is every day from 12-8pm with bottles of house champagane at £19 and 2-4-£10 cocktails. Myra Dubois

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BEDSIT BOYS 28/02/14 KAZBAR, 50 CLAPHAM HIGH STREET, SW4 7UL WORDS BY TOM REDKID PHOTOS BY CHRIS JEPSON

BOYS BOLTED OUT of their Bedsits and clammered down to Kazbar for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see Best Song BAFTA gong winner Katherine Ellis share the stage with Bedsit Boys DJs Robb White and Eduardo Herrera. Singer/writer/mama/diva Katherine’s soul-searing vocals, uptempo RnB funk and catchy phrasing made for a perfect marriage with White and Herrera’s nu-disco deep house grooves. She laid out all her hits to the lucky ones who got in and the swarming masses outside. Highlights of the show included an impromptu accapella duet between Ms. Katherine and Kazbar’s Mr. Maritza with Katherine calling out to him up in the mezzanine and he, arms out-stretched over the railing, responding note for note a la West Side Story’s Tony and Maria. The audience lapped it up like cats n cream and shouted the house down for more until Ms. Ellis closed the show with everyone’s favourite Freemasons remix of ‘Tears’. “She’s just fabuluus!” preened Brazilian duo ElectroMagnetico’s Christian Peterson and Alessandre Dias who had just arrived to see the show and were queuing in the cluster of fans trying to get backstage. Exhausted but delighted, Katherine had no plans for slowing down just yet. “I spent 2013 touring, so now I’m spending 2014 recording.” She’s written 5 of the 6 tracks she’s recorded on the forthcoming Bimbo Jones album ‘Go Naked’ due for digital download in March. Then touring behind that. We can’t wait!

34 BAR NEWS ´ 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross WC2N. 020 7484 0736

Thursdays & Mondays KEVIN WALSH BACKING THE STARS @ 8pm

Friday 7th March Friday Night LIVE! With MYRA DUBOIS with special guest MARTHA D-ARTHUR from 9pm (open 'til 3am)

Saturday 8th March THE AUNTIE MYRA'S FUN SHOW @ 4pm followed by BEARS DOWNSTAIRS with JUSTIN SWIFT Playing 'til 3am

FRIDAY 7TH MARCH SATURDAY 8TH MARCH Sunday 9th March CK6 - CK GOES TO HOLLYWOOD @ 4pm followed by AN EVENING WITH MRS MOORE & TANYA HYDE ( open 'til 11pm)

Tuesday 11th March BETTE RINSE EVERY TUESDAY (Bette’s only weekly residency in London) from 9pm

Wednesday 12 March COME MIME WITH ME with BRENT NICHOLLS DJSHARON PAUL OHERON LOVE

MITZI MACINTOSH from 9pm. HAPPY HOUR 12PM TILL 8PM DAILY – CLASSIC COCKTAILS 2 FOR £10 – ALL CHAMPAGNE DISCOUNTED – HOUSE CHAMPAGNE £19 www.facebook.com/HalfwaytoHeaven 50 Rupert Street, Soho, London, W1D 6DR. Tel: 020 7494 3059. www.halfway2heaven.net www.rupert-street.com @rupertstreetbar rupertstreetbar MANBAR 02/03/14 79 CHARING CROSS ROAD, SOHO, WC2H 0NE WORDS BY TOM REDKID PHOTOS BY MARK STOREY

…AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... Manbar! GENRE, Manbar’s feature film and shorts night rocketed to stardom with the launch of its new Sunday night cinema, GENRE and the Gay London Film Club, on Oscar night, of course! Hosted by incomparable pair Chrissy Darling and Tom Whelehan, Hollywood went Hollyweird as they presented a jam-packed pre-show of off-the-wall trivia contests, songs, prizes, surprises and the feature film, the Oscar- winning Gravity. Manbar’s main man, Chris Amos has branched out to create an exciting new night that will turn any movie into a fun-filled event. Shown on a main floor silver screen and big screen TVs upstairs in your own cosy leather sofas, feature films are just a part of a more important offering: Gay London Film Club. “GLFC will showcase short films by gay independent filmmakers and provide a forum for filmmakers and film lovers to meet and network,” Amos said proudly peering out at the packed house of film goers of all genders and “genres”. Chrissy and Tom kept the laughs going and the prizes flowing as audience members were treated to a barrage of jokes, bits and soundtrack songs by powerhouse vocalist, Justine Mead before, during and after the show. If that weren’t enough, Amos, Mr. Manbar himself, generously handed out free year-long GENRE memberships to lucky winners, Toby Cisneros and Chris Musangi. “Next week is Behind The Candelabra. It’s going to be a great time!—and FREE Popcorn too!” See you at the movies!

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KU SOHO 01/03/14 25 FRITH STREET, SOHO, WC1D 5LB WORDS BY ANTHONY GILÉT PHOTOS BY JOEL RYDER

IT HAD BEEN A long week, and after a heavy Friday, there were few things that could get us out again on the Saturday; but a relaxing hair of the dog at Ku Bar was one of them. We ventured to the newly renovated venue on Frith Street for a quiet drink. With an opulent and luxurious new interior - just in time for awards season - it was clear to see that Ku had the decorators hard at work while they were closed. Giant chandeliers dangled like the earrings of Brixton bitches and the gold decor set the perfect mood for some cocktails and cocktalk. Downstairs, something was different. We later found out that the seats were lined with happy lesbian couples because it has been turned into new venue, She. And it wasn’t long before our “quiet drink” turned into Tequila shots and beer goggles. Standard. We look forward to reclining here on cold nights to come.

38 CABARET ´ OLD SHIP 17 Barnes St, Limehouse E14 7NW 2 mins from Limehouse DLR Tel: 0207 791 1301 www.oldship.net

Sunday 9th March

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Quiz night every Wednesday with Saucy Sophie @ 9.30 Open until Midnight. FREE Honey,what a boo-boo... FROM RED-FACED wardrobe malfunctions to awkward faux pas, it’s not always plain sailing for the queens of our stage out there in cabaret-land. But it’s all just in a night’s work. Ordinarily you just hear about how fabulous a show was, with a gush here and a gush there, but this week Jason Reid ﬁnds out from six cabaret stars what’s the most embarrassing situation by Jason Reid they’ve ever found themselves in while performing...

Mitzi Macintosh Tiffaney During a pratfall in a show Wells I put my hand down before Back in the my bum hit the floor, only to day I was realise five minutes later that performing my wrist was more than a at a pub in little sprained. I thought it the East would save time and might End of get me rushed through by a London, “friendly” nurse if I stayed in and in the drag. I sat in the A&E of one middle of Sydney’s busiest hospitals at 2am with aggressive of singing drunks all around me, a gang shooting to my right, a ‘New York, New York’ I went to kick my leg up disgusted mother with a sick three year old opposite, (in a very dainty way, of course); unfortunately Lady La Rue and me looking like a gay clown with no male the back of my stiletto got stuck in the back of In the early days of my nurses to help. The embarrassment was drawn out my blue sequin dress. It took me five looooooong cabaret career I was still until 9am when the first theatre became available and minutes to prize it free, so I had to stand there pretty ‘green’ and during they could reset my wrist and insert two metal pins. on one foot singing for the duration. As they say: one show I had a girl from “The show must go on.” the audience, probably early thirties, up on stage who I’d been bantering Meth with throughout. The rest During a particularly of the audience and her energetic rendition of my friends were lapping it up. ‘Bat Out of Hell’ spot, on Anyway, I glanced down All Hallows’ Eve no less, to the top of her dress my usual flailing around and noticed a piece of loo became somewhat more paper hanging out of the frantic after I took a slip top of her bra. in a puddle - caused by “Look at this girls!” I a leaky smoke machine exclaimed, “She’s been (rumour has it someone padding her tits out, just had urinated in the La Voix like me!” machine leading to a Not that long ago, I was booked to do a surprise It was at this point that series of unfortunate show singing at a gay wedding at the Royal the dear girl whispered malfunctions). To add Academy of Arts. I pulled up in full drag, on a discretely in my ear to insult to injury, Miss Cairo and Bourgeoisie were rickshaw that was blaring techno music, leaped tell me she’d recently had in the audience, and, of course, began to howl with out, burst into the wedding and shouted “Hello a double mastectomy. laughter. Once I’d recovered and finished the number darlings” only to be met with looks of complete To say I was mortified I remedied the situation by admitting my failings and horror and silence. The rickshaw driver had was putting it mildly. reminding everyone watching that should news get mistakenly dropped me at the Royal SOCIETY Fortunately, she was most out I would utterly destroy them by tearing their of Arts - a completely different venue - which gracious about the whole souls out through their mouths and making a soup happened to have a straight wedding reception thing and realised my from the tears of their grieving loved ones. The same in full swing. I made a swift and cringey exit, innocent mistake, laughing goes for anyone reading this. screaming “Stooooooop” down the street to the it off. I learned more that rickshaw driver. The poor bride will surely never night than I have in any forget her big day now. other.

Jeff Kristian As part of my big ﬁnale, in a show back in the early 80s, I had to come down a small staircase through the live band to a narrow stage. However, on one occasion an over-zealous roadie was a little too heavy on the smoke machine. I completely missed the top step, in a tight costume, and plummeted, knocking the mic stand into the audience. Costume and lip split. Everyone laughed, no bastard helped!

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But is it ‘WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS’ sweetie? Stag’s BY PATRICK CASH Showbusiness

THEATRE A HARD RAIN Above the Stag Theatre, Arch 17, Miles Street, Vauxhall, SW8 1SF Running until Sunday 30th March. Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Sun 6pm. £18. www.abovethestag.com

LET’S GET THE minor is a thoroughly involving story and, run bar are equally brought to the mob, James El-Sharawy as criticisms out of the way from I might go so far as to say, some live by a talented, lively cast who the vulnerable teenage rentboy this genuinely good production of the most fantastic acting to be are highly enjoyable to watch trying to play with the big boys, first: the script is sometimes a witnessed the Vauxhall side of spark and pinball off one another. Stephanie Willson as the single little hackneyed, the dialogue the West End. Michael Edwards Perhaps in lesser hands these mother looking after the gays, Rhys slightly clichéd and I did find myself as ‘Ruby’, the dishonourably characters might have come across Jennings as the cop who falls for her asking why set a play leading up discharged Vietnam soldier who as two-dimensional. It’s hardly and Oliver Lynes as the Wall Street to the 1969 Stonewall riots in a becomes an alcoholic drag queen in a strike for feminism that the trader caught between Ruby and his bar around the corner from the the lower East Side of New York, one female character has ‘always high-pressured job, were all hard to Stonewall Bar, and not in the lights up the stage with his charisma dreamed of working in the hat fault. At times you forget that you Stonewall Bar itself? and cadence of presence. department of Macy’s’. are watching people playing out a But these niggling details aside, The other disparate characters However, Nigel Barber as the story, which is surely what the best what you do have before you here who populate this dimly lit mafia- angry bar owner in league with of theatre is about.

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THE GRAND 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE BUDAPEST wasn’t screened in time to HOTEL (15) review, but do we care whether Wes Anderson movies it’s any good? Trailers are a are always fun (see riot of near-naked men in tiny Moonrise Kingdom), skirts battling in the sea. Rise but this raucous indeed! Think of it as a prequel European adventure is to Stranger By The Lake. BY JACK LEGER in another league: a hilarious romp that manages to get under the skin as well. Ralph Fiennes gives his best-ever performance as a fiercely efficient concierge (who knew he was so good at comedy?), and costars include THRILLS & LAUGHS IN THE WORKS Tilda Swinton, Jude Law, Saoirse Ronan and villainous duo Adrien Brody and Willem Dafoe. Don’t miss it. Liam Hemsworth’s main Hot rising-star Brit Jack job in corny techno-thriller O’Connell (300: Rise Of PARANOIA is to take his An Empire) will star in a DVD OF THE WEEK shirt off every 10 minutes. film about the founding of We’re not complaining. -)s!NDRUMOURHASIT COMING OUT Gary Oldman and Harrison that hot young Irish actor (15) &ORDPROVIDEGRAVITASs Jack Reynor (soon in Set in Montreal, this Meanwhile, action-comedy Transformers 4) has landed a series of 12 short RIDE ALONG is merely key role in Star Wars Episode episodes follows four a vehicle for Kevin Hart’s VII. gay men through fast-talking banter. Only various highs and occasionally lows. It’s soapy funny. and a bit serious, as it deals with big issues like Aids, drugs, homophobia and closeted married men. But the men are sexy, and star Mathieu Blanchard (who also created the show) is very watchable. If they make a second series, some Looking-style earthy humour wouldn’t go amiss. (TLA)

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T H E A LT E R N This weekend Ollywood, Ray Noir, A Ma Butcher T we get all Cathal and Q Boy. I V busy down at Hang out with hosts E the George La Pequena and E & Dragon Alexander Han, L

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E turn of Ma Butcher’s ‘Personal Hannah Holland and Jim Warboy, with A Services’. Ma Butcher is a local legend with a pig special guests Finnebassen from Norway and LI U nose and part of the Gay Bingo troupe. Anyway, Filterheadz headlining. There’s so many rooms J S she’ll be all dressed up and ready to go on here you’ll be spoilt for choice! S Thursday 6th March from 8pm-12am. The month of March reveals some exciting E

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HAERTS – ‘HEMIPLEGIA’

HEMIPLEGIA OPENS is a paralysis of the arm, leg HAERTS were formed in with an oscillating, orange- and trunk on the same side Brooklyn, New York, but golden synth line that swings of the body, which can induce boast members hailing from and eddies as Nini Fabi’s pure difficulty with gait and balance. Germany and the UK as cut-glass vocals croon over As this epic, layered music well as the US. As they say the top: ‘Slow, slow, slow / cleverly coasts and cruises on their website ‘there is Wade through water…’ An through the ear, one begins to something decidedly mystical atmospheric start to a track understand an instance of what about HAERTS’ story and ALL THE that instigates the exciting Fabi sings. ‘Gold for gold, burns it’s reflected in their sound.’ SWINGINGS & tingle of anticipation, and sure our ocean,’ she purrs, before This is not a mysticism that SINGINGS OF enough when the drums kick she reaches the epic crescendo is wreathed in esoteric in, the listener is swept along where she cries: ‘now you can’t opaqueness though, but rather YOUTUBE AND with the build. ‘I cannot fight move up with your eyes down.’ a warm, inviting mystique BEYOND the sleep is droning / Into the For me, this indicates how the that coils and embraces. motion, into the night / Is it the world around them, as HAERTS They released their first EP glow that keeps you moving / see it, is in a stranglehold ‘Hemiplegia’ last year and, Hemiplegia holds you tight.’ of money, forgetting their although there are no current Hemiplegia, for all those like emotional truth in a hemiplegia plans to visit the UK, we can me who didn’t previously know, of purchase homogeny. but hope it will happen soon!

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One and The Duchess of Pork joined by the legendary resident of Soho’s best loved traditional by Blu Peter and Grizzle get papper! gay pubs, always busy and Nancy’s rocking on the top Ted’s TV/TS Night at Ted’s always friendly and always fun. deck. Place, 305a North End Road. Two Brewers, 114 Clapham Fitladz at Barcode, 69 Albert 7pm-2am. £5. The night High Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 for fellas in frocks and their 4pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 7TP. 10pm-8am. £8 members, admirers. after. Popular South London Eduardo Herrera £10 guests. The club session G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, cabaret/club spot. TONIGHT: for horny lads with hot grooves off Charing Cross Road, WC2. Cabaret from Topsie Redfern. Therapy at The Shadow from the DJs and an extended 11pm-3am. Hot pop sounds Gossip at West 5, Pope’s Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, cruise space. get played out across the club, Lane, South Ealing, W5 4NB. W1F 0RF. 11.30pm-3am. The Fun at Vogue Fabrics, 66 Stoke drink specials, cute guys and an Open from 8pm. FREE. Ealing’s ultimate team of gay scene DJs Newington Road, Dalston, N16 almost unrivalled highly electric hugely popular club, bar and rotates every Friday for your 7XB. 10pm-3am. £7. Let your atmosphere. Open 7 days. cabaret spot with Sandra. listening and dancing pleasure. hair down with Disco Smack Vibe at Barcode, 69 Albert Molly Moggs at 2 Old Spunk at Manbar, 79 Charing and David Motta for a night of Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 Compton Street, Soho, W1D Cross Road, Soho, WC2H dirty, nasty fun at the poppin’ 7TP. 11pm-4am. Weekly 4TA. 8.30pm. FREE. Big laughs 0NE. 5pm-3.30am. FREE basement club. night of urban sounds from and song from Jeff Kristian. before 11pm/£3 after. DJs play DJs Nastee and Robski, with commercial dance for a crowd BARS & CABARET PopVibe in the bar and the FRIDAY 7TH MARCH of upferit blokes and butch boys Rupert Street at 50 Rupert upstairs SexVibe cruise room. ‘til late. Resident DJs Amos, Street, Soho, W1D 6DR. Soho’s Fagz at Vogue Fabrics, 66 CLUBS & EVENTS Little Rob and Brent Nicholls. sexy bar is ready to shine Stoke Newington Road, N16 Epic at Pulse, Invicta Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street again with weekly DJ sets to 7XB. 8pm-12am. A night of Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF. at 30 Lisle Street, Leicester get you in the weekend mood! live music and DJs Matthew 11pm-late. Bringing a New York Square, WC2. 10pm-3am. TONIGHT: DJ Ian James from Stradling and Dr Kemp playing flava to London as promoter FREE b4 11pm, £5 after. Pop 9pm. punk rock, electro and hard- Michael Theriault jets in DJs perfection and hot floor fillers Sauna Bar at 29 Endell Street, edged tunes. Live music from Serving Ovahness and Razor & as Ku’s hot 3 spin the tunes in Covent Garden, WC2H 9BA. Les K-Tines. Guido with UK resident Dmitry its downstairs basement club 11.30am-2am. £16. £5 off Strigun for a colossal takeover spot. entry with QX advert. The only BARS & CABARET of venue Pulse. Tonker at Eagle London, 349 licensed gay sauna in the West VS at Circa, 62 Frith Street, Super Electric Party Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, End, open ‘til super late every Soho, W1. 4pm-1am. Munroe Machine at East Bloc, 217- SE11 5QY. 9pm-3am. FREE b4 weekend. Bergdorf and Adam Turner 219 City Road, EC1V 1JN. 10pm, £6 after. Big bear bar Club Delicious at West 5,

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South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, W5 The Duke of Wellington at Battered Sausage at Dalston Official Beyond pre-party. 4NB. 9pm-late. Crazy fun times 77 Wardour Street, Soho, W1D Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Vogue Fabrics ‘87 at Vogue at West 5 with DJs and special 6QA. Open till 12am. Free entry. St, E8 2PB. 9pm-3am. Free 4 Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington acts on stage, come join in Get ready for another great 10pm, £5 after. Spanish disco Road, Dalston, N16 7XB. the non-stop party! TONIGHT: weekend by kicking things off edit specialist DJ Rayko joins 10pm-3am. £3 b4 12/£5 Cabaret from Vanity Von Glow in at the venerable Duke with DJ from Madrid for a brand new after. Free if born in 1987. The the piano lounge. Gordon John. night at Dalston’s delicious basement club goes bonkers Dee-liscious at The Black Comptons of Soho at 51-53 dance joint. Joining him are for ’87 with DJs Neil Prince and Cap, 171 Camden High Street, Old Compton Street, Soho, Severino, Dave Kendrick and David Oh taking you on a trip NW1 7JY. 10pm-3am. £5. W1D 6HN. 12pm-2am. The Nic Fischer. Can you handle back in time. Party rocking Camden pub grand dame of Soho. DJ Dave this much meat? Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street delivers premier cabaret and Young from 9pm. Dish at East Bloc, 217 City at 30 Lisle Street, Leicester entertainment. TONIGHT: Heidi The Victoria at 186 Hoe Road, Shoreditch, EC1V Square, WC2. 10pm-3am. Liscious and Dani Dee and their Street, Walthamstow, E17. Open 1JN. 10.30pm-6am. £7 b4 FREE b4 11pm, £5 after. £3 dancing boys. ‘til 3am. Lively East End pub 12am/£10 after. Hot ass Dish with wristband/membership. The Two Brewers at 114 features karaoke every Friday! boys get sweaty and sexy in the The party continues in Ku’s Clapham High Street, SW4 Discipline at Circa, 62 Frith ‘Bloc for another mega mash- basement club with hot pop and 7UJ. 5pm-4am. £5 after 10pm. Street, Soho, W1D 3JN. up of beats and boys. DJs Tom floor fillers from the DJs. London’s legendary cabaret 4pm-1am. Soho’s intimate Stephan, Borja Pena, Ollywood, G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, and club bar. TONIGHT: Cabaret but packed-out bar/club spot Ray Noir, Cathal and QBoy off Charing Cross Road, WC2. from Titti la Camp. watches Munroe Bergdorf and shake out three rooms. 11pm-3am. Hot pop sounds, Central Station at 37 friends werq the floor! drink specials, cute guys and a Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, Retox at The Bridge Bar at 8 pop perfect atmosphere. N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am. FREE Voltaire Road, Clapham, SW4 Inferno at The Shadow Lounge, entry. Cabaret and DJs ‘til late. 6DH. 5pm-2am. Clapham’s 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1F 0RF. TONIGHT: Entertainment from latest addition invites you into 10pm-3am. Everything goes on Aaron Alexander. its party hostel with DJs Kurt Saturday nights when Andrew Friday Night Live with Myra and Pete Spirko. Elmore spins the greatest hits of Dubois at Halfway 2 Heaven, BJ’s White Swan at 556 the week and the hosts are at their 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Commercial Road, Limehouse, cheekiest. Dancers, shot boys Cross, WC2N 4JF. 9pm-3am. E14 7JD. 9pm-4am. FREE and hot boys all around, a 5 hour The central London cabaret entry before 10.30pm/£5 after. non-stop party! hot spot. TONIGHT: Myra is Popular East London pub. Sweatbox Foam Party at 1-2 joined by special guest Martha TONIGHT: Cabaret from Lady Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F D’Arthur. Imelda. 7LN. 24 hours. £16. Unwind The LipSinkers at RVT, 372 and release some tension after Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SATURDAY 8TH MARCH a stressy week with the all the SE11 5HY. Doors 9pm, show fun of the foam at Sweatbox’s 10pm. £8/6. The meg-mad CLUBS & EVENTS original weekly party. lip-synching, high-kicking, G-A-Y present Pixie Lott Duckie at RVT, 372 Kennington prosecco drinking, gender at Heaven, Villiers Street, Borja Pena Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. bending fun of The Lipsinkers WC2N 6NG. 10pm-5am. £4 9pm-2am. £6. Authentic London return to the RVT with new skits wristbands available from Debbie at Resistance Gallery, club/entertainment nighter. and classic hits from Rhyannon G-A-Y Bar. The palace of pop 265 Poyser Street, Bethnal Hosted by Amy Lamé, record Styles, Richardette, Lisa Lee and quite possibly the world’s Green, E2 9RF. 10pm-late. £3. players Readers Wifes. and Blanche Du Bois. most famous gay club packs Sina Sparrow and Bitchcakes Beyond (after-hours) at Area, Camp As Hits at The City out this cavernous venue. are joined by special guest Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, of Quebec, 12 Old Quebec TONIGHT: Pixie Lott brings her DJs Trinny & Susannah and SE1 7TP. 3am (Sunday Street, Marble Arch, W1H pop to Heaven’s stage. performers Shy-Charles morning)–midday. Mammoth 7AF. 10pm-3am. Venerable XXL - Construction at Alderwick and Kev Clarke for mash-up explodes across Area institution of the gay scene Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, South some hot ass female fronted with big main floor upfront rocks out some pop classics for Bank, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am. rock, pop and disco, from house and edgier sounds in the an evening of fun. £8 members, £15 guests. £5 Blondie to Beyonce. Tonight is Chapel Bar. The Edge at 11 Soho Square, after 4am. 4 huge arenas, a a Cher special! Soho, W1D 3QE. 12noon-3am. mega cruise space and chill Trannyshack & Stunners at BARS & CABARET FREE b4 10.30pm. Four floors space. Plus, big tunes from Eagle London, 349 Kennington Salt 3 at The Black Cap, 171 of fun! Top tunes from the DJs resident DJs Christian M, Alex Lane, SE11 5QY. 9pm-4am. Camden High Street, NW1 7JY. spinning top 40, pop, funky Logan, Joe Egg and Mark FREE b4 10pm, £6/8 after. 10pm-3am. £5 b4 midnight/£7 house and more. Ames. TONIGHT: Hard hats at The fun of Trannyshack meets after. Salt 3 take over the Ku Bar Frith Street, 25 Frith the ready for the heavy tunes the cruisey nature of naughty legendary Camden pub/club Street, WC1D 5LB. Open ‘til dropping on the dancefloor! Get Stunners for another night in association with performers 3am. Ku Bar’s little brother a drilling in the cruise room. of stockings, shockings and from the Dream Boys and stretches across two floors for Fever at Barcode, 69 Albert dancefloor rockin’ at the Clonezone. that perfect Soho warm-up Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 fantastic Eagle London. Central Station at 37 drinking session and a little 7TP. 10pm-super-late. £6 b4 Hombre at Manbar, 79 Charing Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, dance with downstairs DJs. midnight/£8 after. Hot house Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE. N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am. FREE The Yard at 57 Rupert Street, fever hit Barcode as the club 5pm-3.30am. FREE before before 10pm. Cabaret then DJs Soho, W1D 7PL. Open till 12am. welcomes DJs The Sharp 11pm/£3 after. Manbar DJs ‘til late. TONIGHT: Cabaret from FREE. Renowned as one of Boys alongside Steven Geller play commercial dance for a Lola Lasagne. Soho’s most unique and popular and Stevie B. Plus, tunes from crowd of upferit blokes and The Victoria at 186 Hoe destination venues, with a huge Jason Prince, DJ Carl and butch boys ‘til late. With guest Street, Walthamstow, E17. Open outdoor terrace. Michael Mileti. DJs plus pole dancing beauties. ‘til 3am. Free b4 9.30pm, £5

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after. Lively East End pub that London’s Limehouse. Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 8pm-4am. turns extra flamboyant on the Saunabar at 29 Endell Street, £6. The HMD gymkhana weekends! TONIGHT: Cabaret Covent Garden, WC2H 9BA. continues to shake Vauxhall from Saucy Sophie. 11.30am-2am. £16. £5 off entry down every week. Residents Circa at 62 Frith Street, Soho, with QX advert. Unwind after spin super-disco sounds with W1D 3JN. 4pm-1am. Soho’s a night of clubbing at the only weekly guests. intimate but packed-out bar/ licensed gay sauna in the West Pure Disco Foundation at club spot with the most End. Kazbar, 50 Clapham High amazing DJ booth in town! The Yard at 57 Rupert Street, Street, SW4 7UL. 5pm-9pm. The Edge at 11 Soho Square, Soho, W1D 7PL. Open till 12am. Clapham gets dancing every Soho, W1D 3QE. 12noon- FREE. Renowned as one of Sunday with this new weekly 3am. FREE b4 10.30pm. Open Soho’s most unique and popular session hosted by UK soul super-late with DJs spinning destination venues, with terrific house diva Angie Brown. upfront vocal house, with hot outdoor space. Featuring DJ Edu Gantous. gogo dancers gyrating away Ku Bar Frith Street, 25 Frith as Felicia Van Cartier exudes Street, WC1D 5LB. Open ‘til BARS & CABARET fabulousness. 3am. Ku Bar’s little brother Opening Doors at The New Ku Bar at Ku Bar Lisle Street, stretches across three floors Bloomsbury Set, 76 Marchmont Chinatown, WC2H 7BA. for that perfect Soho warmup Street, WC1N 1AG. From 6pm-3am. One of London’s drinking session and a cheeky 6pm. Opening Doors, the hottest gay bars and clubs, with dance with downstairs DJs. leading organisation for older the hottest boys both behind the Klub Klimax at West 5, South LGBT Londoners launches its bar and in front of it, stretching Ealing, Pope’s Lane, W5 4NB. Raise A Glass campaign with over three floors. The popular West London live music, celeb guests and The Big Saturday Night club, bar and cabaret spot, cocktails. As they are set to Out at Duke of Wellington, 77 with added Piano Lounge fun. lose a portion of their funding Wardour Street, Soho, W1D TONIGHT: Cabaret from Mary from April, they are asking 6QA. Open till 12am. Free. DJs Mac and Dan Cox in the piano supporters to help with a simple on rotation each Saturday keep lounge. £5 monthly direct debit. this happening pub fresh and Kazbar at 50 Clapham High StudiO at Circa, 62 Frith Street, party-central! Street, SW4 7UL. 4pm-3am. Soho, W1D 3JN. 4pm-1am. The Two Brewers at 114 Free entry. Funky Clapham bar Dusty O brings you the campest Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. with stylish swish. TONIGHT: DJ Sunday nighter on the block, 5pm-4am. FREE b4 10pm, Mark Norton on the decks and a little sparkle to the heart of £7 after. Cabaret and clubbing host Glendora on the floor. Soho! ‘til late at the famous venue. Rupert Street at 50 Rupert Genre: Gay London Film TONIGHT: Cabaret from Cookie Street, Soho, W1D 6DR. Kick Club at Manbar, 79 Charing Monstar. Saturday night off with sounds Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE. Auntie Myra’s Fun Show + from the hottest DJs at this Start time: 6pm. Free. Forget Bears Downstairs at Halfway lively Soho bar. the maddening party scene 2 Heaven, 7 Duncannon St, Pick N Mix at The City of and indulge in free weekly WC2N 4JF. Open ‘til 3am. Myra Quebec, 12 Old Quebec Street, screenings of the best movies, DuBois hosts from 4pm. Bears Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. Top plus an opportunity to meet go down with the gruff guys and tunes and late night fun at the like-minded guys. TONIGHT: Justin Swift from 9pm. legendary gay boozer near Behind The Candelabra. Comptons of Soho at 51-53 Marble Arch. West 5 at Pope’s Lane, South Old Compton Street, Soho, Ealing, W5 4NB. Open from W1D 6HN. 12pm-2am. The SUNDAY 9TH MARCH 8pm. FREE. Disco with Aaron grand dame of Soho pulling from 10.30pm. Happy hour in a more blokey crowd. DJ CLUBS & EVENTS all night. TONIGHT: Cookie’s Jo Publik from 9pm. PLUS: Popbox at Barcode, 69 Albert Karaoke! Screening the Six Nations Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 The Edge at 11 Soho rugby. 7TP. 10pm-4am. A new Square, Soho, W1D 3QE. G-A-Y Bar at 30 Old Compton dedicated pop and commercial 3pm-11.30pm. Soho’s multi- Street, Soho, W1D 4UR. music night from Jason Prince floored gay wonder, which every Midday-Midnight. FREE. Soho’s and Matt Unique with special gay man of London needs to palace of pop with the hottest guests spinning all things 80s, visit at least once! videos screened out across the 90s, 00s, now and up to date The City of Quebec at 12 venue, great drinks deals and remixes. Old Quebec Street, Marble discount entry wrist bands for Sundays at the RVT at RVT, Arch, W1H 7AF. Legendary G-A-Y @ Heaven. 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 gay boozer near Marble Arch Retox at The Bridge Bar at 8 5HY. 2pm-midnight. £8, £5 features weekly cabaret. Voltaire Road, Clapham, SW4 after 7.30pm. The afternoon/ TONIGHT: Cabaret from Miss 6DH. 5pm-2am. Clapham’s evening clubbing session slot Jason (9pm). latest addition invites you into playing huge dance anthems The Old Ship at 17 Barnes its party hostel with DJs Kurt and commercial house. Plus, Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW. and Pete Spirko. multi-media entertainment from 8pm-midnight. Free. Local The Old Ship at 17 Barnes Charlie Hides TV at 5.30pm. gay bar in East London’s Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW. Horse Meat Disco at Eagle Limehouse. TONIGHT: Cabaret 9pm-late. Local gay bar in East London, 349 Kennington Lane, from Sandra.

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FREE towel. entry) Hard cruzing for The Underground Followed by COME TO NIGHT CRUISE (7pm-1am. Cruise all day and night horny guyz. Club at Central Station, DADDY (10pm-2am). £7). Free drink, cloakroom with plenty of rooms to Sportswear Cruise 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings SexVibe at Barcode, and re-entry. Horny cruise play. Licensed bar. at Ted’s Place, 305a Cross, N1. DIRTY HEELS 69 Albert Embankment, spot minute’s from the The Underground North End Rd, W14. (3-10pm) The night for Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. West End. Club at Central Station, 7pm-midnight. £3. Football guys who like to wear 10pm-late. £5. Cruise The Backstreet at MA1 37 Wharfdale Road, shorts freaks, Speedo stilettos, lingerie, stockings session, dark room and Backstreet, Wentworth Kings Cross, N1. PANTS lovers, basketball tops (and and more. HARD CRUZ horny house beats while Mews, Mile End, E3 4UA. (1-6pm, £4) Best undies bottoms), rugby buggers (10pm-1am). Vibe and PopVibe spin 10pm-3am. FREE in tall for the boys. 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Horny End, E3 4UA. 6pm-10pm. naked time (except Wentworth Mews, Mile rude. Strictly naked, except lads, hot grooves, plus £8 members/£9 guests footwear). End, E3 4UA. 7pm-11pm. footwear. extended cruise space. (free drink/coat check). Pleasuredrome at £8 members/£9 guests Eagle London Cruise The Underground Horny, naked cruise party. Arch 124 Cornwall Road, (free drink/coat check). at 349 Kennington Lane, Club at Central Station, Stay on for after-party ‘til Waterloo SE1 8XE. Open Horny, naked cruise party. Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 37 Wharfdale Road, late - arrive before 9.30pm! 24/7. £15, £12 under 25 Heated outdoor ‘naked’ 9pm-2am. Members FREE, Kings Cross, N1. PANTS (Closed 1st Sunday of the with ID. FREE towel. smokers terrace. guests FREE b4 10pm, £3 (1-6pm, £4 entry) month for Lycra night Cruise day and night with N.B.N. at The Hoist, after. Men-only cruise bar Undies only! 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Hi Dr Alex, I’ve got married and we’re very happy, but my husband is older than me. We enjoy sex together but he did have a heart attack a few years ago before we met; I worry now that sex may not be such a good idea. He takes pills and also with me likes to take Viagra. I tell him to be careful but he says not to talk about it and that I shouldn’t worry. Can you help me? JJ, Waterloo

Thanks for writing in. I can imagine that you are worried and can understand that he feels uncomfortable talking about it. Many people do worry whether it’s safe to have sex after heart problems or worry that it may cause another heart attack. So I hope I can reassure you. Sex is not very stressful on the heart. In fact the physical demand of sex (that’s just standard penetrative sex, not marathon style sex!) is about the same as just climbing two flights of stairs. As your partner is older with past heart problems the effort, of course, is greater, but the greatest increase in heart rate and blood pressure occurs for only 10–15 seconds during orgasm, after which they quickly return to baseline. So, it is not a great strain on the heart. The risk of having a heart attack during sex is very small. In fact, PRESS RELEASES INTERNET DESIGN less than 1% of all heart attacks occur during sex. As long as your [email protected] If6was9design.com husband does not have any symptoms of heart disease such as EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER angina (that’s chest pain that feels like a dull, heavy or tight pain in CLIFF JOANNOU CHRIS JEPSON the chest that can sometimes spread to the left arm, neck, jaw or 020 7379 7887 ext 3 [email protected] CLASSIFIEDS back) then the risk is very unlikely. Also, remember 020 7379 8040 that having sex regularly actually lowers the risk ASSISTANT EDITOR classifi[email protected] PATRICK CASH because it’s a good form of exercise! 020 7379 7887 ext 9 ESCORTS PLEASE CALL I do, however, worry about his use of Viagra [email protected] RUSSEL OR MICHAEL: 020 7379 8040 type medicines. These are safe in people who have SALES AND MARKETING had heart attacks but not if he uses any medicines MANAGER DISTRIBUTION CHRIS COLMAN M.R.DISTRIBUTION for angina or medicines that contain 020 7379 8600 nitrates. If Viagra and nitrate PRINTERS [email protected] medicines are taken together, ACORN SALES EXECUTIVE the effects are greater than when JAMES EGAN PUBLISHED BY either one is used alone. This 020 7379 7887 ext 2 FIRSTSTAR LTD. [email protected] 2nd FLOOR, can cause a great drop in blood 23 DENMARK ST pressure that can decrease the flow DESIGNERS LONDON WC2H 8NH JANNE ÖIJER of blood to the heart and can then SUREN GUNPATH COVER possibly cause a heart attack. [email protected] EDDIE BLAGBOROUGH In summary if he can do exercise without EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS experiencing angina symptoms and does not ANTHONY GILÉT DARREN PALFREY take medicines for angina then I think you ‘QX Magazine’ @QXMagazine can enjoy a normal sex life. Of course if www.qxmagazine.com he ever develops problems whilst having sex then simply stop and get some medical advice. Your sex life together is TO SUBSCRIBE TO QX CALL important for your relationship. If you 020 7379 8040 are not feeling reassured then try to talk £45 FOR 6 MONTHS // £80 FOR 12 MONTHS about your worries with your husband. WITHIN UK ONLY Communication is vital in sexual issues. But I’m sure you can resolve this and so have a © Copyright in the UK and worldwide, of the publishers Firststar Limited, Qx (ISSN 1356-6903). happy and long marriage. QX is published every Wednesday. Deadline for editorial and display advertisement inclusion is Thursday, six days before the relevant issue cover date. Sorry, but we cannot be held responsible for any unsolicited manuscripts , illustrations or photographs.

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