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Billy Twinkle: The campiest title on the Factory Theatre calendar this year
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Billy Twinkle: The campiest title on the Factory Theatre calendar this year

Ronnie Burkett’s marionette magic

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Dance preview: To Be Straight with You
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Dance preview: To Be Straight with You

DV8 Physical Theatre explodes with gay fury

November 18, 2009
Setting things straight
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Setting things straight

DV8 brings angry gay dance to NAC

November 10, 2009
Old-fashioned fag or avant-garde artiste?
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Old-fashioned fag or avant-garde artiste?

Derek McCormack on gay lit, fashion and camp vulgarity

October 20, 2009
Mariko Tamaki praises transgression
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Mariko Tamaki praises transgression

Writer has a soft spot for never-give-uppers and refuse-to-give-inners

October 20, 2009
The creative, transgressive, interconnected life of Michael V Smith
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The creative, transgressive, interconnected life of Michael V Smith

Like all celebrities, Smith has a sex tape

September 29, 2009
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Engaging the elusive other at the NAC
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Engaging the elusive other at the NAC

Walls Krum-ble in French theatre

February 10, 2009
The twinkle in his eye
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The twinkle in his eye

Ronnie Burkett and his puppets splash a little campy sparkle onto Push

January 13, 2009
Bulging beauties
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Bulging beauties

Maurice Vellekoop’s sexy illustrated Pin-ups

November 19, 2008
Ronnie Burkett’s Billy Twinkle is marionette magic
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Ronnie Burkett’s Billy Twinkle is marionette magic

The campiest title on the NAC calendar

November 18, 2008
Nairne Holtz has our tongues waving
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Nairne Holtz has our tongues waving

Everyone’s talking about novelist Nairne Holtz

October 7, 2008
Daniel MacIvor, master & minx
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Daniel MacIvor, master & minx

Wise words from a theatre icon

October 7, 2008
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National Gallery exhibit offers gay themes
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National Gallery exhibit offers gay themes

The 1930s: Making of ‘The New Man’ is chilling

July 14, 2008
Lesbian presidential candidate sparks ‘what if’ romance
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Lesbian presidential candidate sparks ‘what if’ romance

Butch body guard heats up The Candidate’s campaign trail

May 13, 2008
The unbearable plurality of being Mikiki
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The unbearable plurality of being Mikiki

Transgress co-host identifies as trans & genderqueer

September 26, 2007
Transgress headliner Ivan E Coyote rolls into Ottawa
Culture

Transgress headliner Ivan E Coyote rolls into Ottawa

Transgressive writing can open a world of possibility, Coyote says

September 26, 2007
Vancouver writer Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco draws blood
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Vancouver writer Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco draws blood

Author brings alive society’s outcasts

September 26, 2007
TRANSGRESS: Joey Comeau, bad boy of Can Lit
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TRANSGRESS: Joey Comeau, bad boy of Can Lit

Welcome to the world of angry queer youth

September 25, 2007
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