Chris Selman

1 week ago | gaytimes.com | Chris Selman

It’s been quite a season for the London Gay Men’s Chorus, who are taking their new show London Legends from one royal palace to another. Hot on the heels of a headline performance at Windsor Castle, where the Chorus sang for His Majesty King Charles III at a special celebration of community music, the UK’s biggest male chorus now heads from one palace to another: Alexandra Palace, to be precise. This time, it’s not about royal receptions – it’s about a full-blown pop spectacle.

2 weeks ago | gaytimes.com | Chris Selman

At the weekend we made our way down to the Southbank to check out new LGBTQ+ feature film Departures at the BFI Flare film festival. It’s the debut full-length feature film from directing duo Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and follows the success of their short film S.A.M. at last year’s BFI Flare. Departures features Eyre-Morgan in the lead role and also stars David Tag (Hollyoaks), Liam Boyle (Coronation Street), Kerry Howard (Him & Her) and Lorraine Stanley (EastEnders). So what’s it all about?

3 weeks ago | gaytimes.com | Chris Selman

We’ll answer your first question right away: ‘sabrage’ is the term for the ceremonial opening of a bottle of champagne using a sabre. And if your next question was going to be ‘do they do this in the show?’ then the answer to that is… well, of course they do. With that out of the way – what is the show Sabrage all about? Well, it’s a semi-immersive experience, which is part cabaret night, part circus show. Expect an evening of singing, comedy, dance and a whole host of acrobatic skills on display.

1 month ago | gaytimes.com | Chris Selman

We assumed that Titanique was going to be the stupidest show opening in London this year, but it now has stiff competition. Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors has debuted this week at the intimate Menier Chocolate Factory and it’s a delightfully daft re-imagining of Bram Stoker’s classic Gothic horror novel. We’re fairly sure the original text didn’t feature a muscular pansexual protagonist but we’re willing to go with it.

1 month ago | gaytimes.com | Chris Selman

It’s always a pleasure to chat with drag icon Divina de Campo, who graced our screens back in 2019 as part of the Season 1 cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. She’s gone on to have success in the music charts, with The Frock Destroyers scoring a UK Top 40 single ‘Break Up (Bye Bye)’ and she’s appeared in many a musical and pantomime over the years since the show aired. GAY TIMES recently caught up with Divina as she prepares to tour her new show, I Do Think.