Robert McGrath, Author at Star Observer

Railed promises a rollicking good time

Robert McGrath — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:12:13 +0000

How many set-ups with teasingly homoerotic overtones can one circus show sustain? Plenty … when Head First Acrobats’ Railed places four frisky, highly physicalised bandits alone in a (very) Wild West. ...

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How the ‘gay, Indigenous, resistant’ Guatemalan film José came together

Robert McGrath — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:56:51 +0000

"Realities are made harsher by being poor, non-white, and gay... and having few opportunities. Finding a love relationship amongst all that, can be an impossible dream."

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Belfast Pride held against backdrop of ongoing division in Northern Ireland

Robert McGrath — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:06:18 +0000

Belfast Pride brought people of all sides together and presented a conflict free zone, offering the hope of how a normalised society could look and feel.

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Adelaide Fringe and how queer performance is changing post-marriage equality

Robert McGrath — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:16:41 +0000

We rank LGBTI informed shows, from the unapologetically queer to the 'straight acting' yet still subversive.

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