A Black and Queer Fever Dream
Bootycandy, showing at the Gate Theatre, is a riotous and subversive exploration of growing up black and gay in America.
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Hazel Tsoi-Wiles is a former editor of Londonist, a Live Art Development Agency writer in training, a repeat attendee of the Royal Court Young People’s Theatre and later, the Royal Court Young Writer’s Programme, and a Royal Court Theatre BEA writing group alumna. She was also one of the inaugural Almasi league writers.
Bootycandy, showing at the Gate Theatre, is a riotous and subversive exploration of growing up black and gay in America.
The world of care – from workers to organisers to those receiving it – was thrown into the spotlight by Covid. A new series of films reflects on their experiences, their challenges, and what care could be like.
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