DIVA caught up with co-creator and drag king, Riss Obolensky, ahead of the upcoming run GEORGIA DIMDORE-MILES, IMAGE BY CHELSEA CLIFF The drag-clown one-man show, Healing King Herod, is brought to [….]
New play The A Word premieres at King’s Head Theatre
Published on :Debut play by bestselling author and filmmaker Jade Winters BY KRYSTA MCKENZIE, IMAGE BY HAZEL YOUNG As queer people we spend a good portion of our life defending our identities [….]
An interview with the talented Jade Winters ahead of her debut play The A Word
Published on :The production will address domestic abuse in LGBTQIA relationships BY DIVA STAFF, IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM (@JADEWINTERS) Jade Winters is widely known as a bestselling lesbian fiction author, and she is [….]
DIVA talks to non-binary lead actor Isobel Thom about trans rep and being authentically
themself in I, Joan
Published on : “For my first job to be one that celebrates queerness so boldly and so unapologetically feels like a huge relief” VIDEO BY FAY BARRETT, ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE BY SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE [….]
PANEL: Join DIVA to discuss Queer Women on TV and Stage at Everyman Liverpool, supported by Homotopia
Published on :The event will take place on Friday, 7 October BY DIVA STAFF, IMAGES BY EVERYMAN LIVERPOOL/HOMOTOPIA Calling all LGBTQIA culture heads! This Friday, DIVA is chairing a panel discussion on [….]
I, Joan is a rallying call to the beautiful, marginalised gender diverse
Published on :“People think I’m a girl(…)but I’m not.” BY FAY BARRETT “Trans people are sacred. (…) Queerness is magic. We are beautiful, and powerful and for that we are killed.” So [….]
Shakespeare’s Globe tells the story of non-binary Joan of Arc in new production, I, Joan
Published on :AC Callahan writes about how the play’s use of they/them pronouns is a great move forwards for representation Choosing to reframe Joan of Arc as a non-binary character might seem [….]