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ONE MAN’S ADVENTURES IN DISPLAY

Now Scala!!! tells all about the World’s Wildest Cinema

Andy Polaris reviews reviews the new film Scala!!! whose full title reads “Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits” I recently attended the last... Continue Reading →

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The Greatest Showman – Kid Creole mounts an unbeatable evening of song-and-dance

Andy Polaris reviews a rare visit to Britain by Kid Creole for one night at the Boisdale, Canary Wharf It had been a long time since I had seen Kid Creole and the Coconuts live in concert and expectations were... Continue Reading →

A Missing Thread – New light on tenacious black pioneers of British fashion

Andy Polaris explores the histories of Black British fashion in a major new exhibition at Somerset House in London, curated by the Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency (BOLD) On the possibly the last night of summer in London I attended... Continue Reading →

Siouxsie live at Troxy burns bright as Morticia in glamour mode

Andy Polaris reviews Siouxsie live at London’s refurbed Troxy, the last date in her brief tour after a ten-year break There was definitely an air of expectation awaiting the return of Siouxsie Sioux live in London last night after a... Continue Reading →

An era defining musical that takes a deep dive into race expectations

Andy Polaris reviews A Strange Loop, newly opened in London and trailing garlands of awards from America This hotly anticipated American musical arrives in the UK laden with prestigious awards including a Pulitzer Prize (only the fourth ever given to... Continue Reading →

Moonage Daydream both dazzles and disorientates

Brett Morgen’s new Bowie documentary takes Andy Polaris on a frenetic and hallucinatory trip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WIKPE2PMi4 The much-anticipated Brett Morgen film Moonage Daydream landed in national cinemas last week and so I took a trip to a London Imax to experience... Continue Reading →

A fantastic feast of afro-art with Lieutenant Uhura at the helm

Andy Polaris reviews In the Black Fantastic at London’s Hayward Gallery... In the Black Fantastic is one of those unmissable exhibitions that unveils a dazzling array of contemporary art from the African diaspora. The themes here are afro-futurism, mythology and... Continue Reading →

A campy mash-up celebrates Gaultier’s inspired life’s work

Andy Polaris reviews a six-week romp at the Roundhouse The last night of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show season at London’s Roundhouse was definitely more entertaining than I anticipated. I say this due to witnessing his impressive fashion retrospective... Continue Reading →

The Great Pretender springs from the vaults

Dear Readers: I can only apologise for the fact that YouTube has taken down this brilliant TV clip from Italian television... Fingers crossed it might reappear. https://youtu.be/U4F18iRQjb8 ANDY POLARIS WRITES... Wow! This sleek and slinky video of my band Animal... Continue Reading →

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