School Gays

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Spoken Word (lgbt, solo show)

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Gays everywhere! Since Spring Awakening in 1890, the stage and screen has depicted schools as hotbeds of gay romance, passion, sex and joy – but also bullying, blackmail, trauma and tragedy. What is it about boys and schools that have encouraged same-sex attraction (and rejection)? School Gays will look at around 25 plays and films (including some lesser-known shorts) from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, France, Germany and Scandinavia that have explored (or exploited?) these issues. How have sensitive issues about underage sexuality been portrayed? And how have the gays survived – if they survived at all...

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ScotsGay (3/5 stars) 7 days ago

This show is an hour in Geoffrey Brown’s company as he talks about the very many films that have been made covering the young gay male experience. There are a vast number of these, of course, and they vary very greatly in the approach taken to homosexual behaviour. Geoffrey divides...

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