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WAR at Andrew’s Lane Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (with Rory Boyle)
Rory Boyle is the host of Queer Ear, a podcast that shines a light and spills the tea on unexplored queer issues Before he moved to London to study he had a gap year in his home town of Dublin where he got to explore his sexuality safely and dance all night (on the podium, […]
Mr Pussy’s Café De Luxe, Dublin (with Veda)
Mr Pussy’s Cafe De Luxe was a cafe and restaurant dreamt up by Jim Sheridan, Gavin Friday, and Bono and hosted by old-school drag legend Mr Pussy. Opening in 1994, the place quickly established itself as the place to be seen in Dublin, and hosted a number of record launches and after parties. But, just […]
H.A.M. at P.O.D., Dublin (with Declan Buckley / Shirley Temple Bar)
Now, I know that I’ve been using the term ‘icon’ to describe a lot of my guests lately, but, if ever there was an appropriate time to use the word it is now. Shirley Temple Bar burst on to the scene when she won Alternative Miss Ireland in 1997. Since then she has hosted bingo […]
Instinct Bar, Cork, Ireland (with Candy Warhol)
But before she was Candy she was a fresh faced 18 year old who worked herself all the way up from the glass collector to the manager of Instinct Bar, a gay bar in Cork that opened in the naughties. Follow Candy on Instagram. Transcript Candy Warhol 00:00 So many people are new coming up […]
Kiss, Dublin, Ireland (with Phil T. Gorgeous)
But, alas, he’s only the drag persona of Mia Campbell, emcee and genderqueer weirdo (their words, not mine!). So, instead of flirting wildly we sat down to discuss Kiss, a lesbian and bi women only night that ran for about 10 years through the Naughties in various venues (but predominantly the Tivoli on Francis Street) […]