Entertainment
Get a mongrel at Phoenix

Mongrel @ Phoenix Don't forget Mongrel kicks off at Phoenix this Saturday, July 4 - a new monthly club night for all you boofheads, blokes and ratbags. Steve Sonius and Ben Drayton ... Read more
Thu July 2nd, 2009 - No Comments
Farewell Mrs Slocombe

Comedy actress Mollie Sugden has died in hospital following a long illness, aged 86. Skip related content The Yorkshire-born star of popular sitcom Are You Being Served? died in the Royal ... Read more
Thu July 2nd, 2009 - No Comments
Back on the trax

DJ Rob will be back at Bears Den Night Flinders Hotel on Friday, July 3 pumping out his own brand of tunes. The event will start at 9.30pm with DJ ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - 3 Comments
They could get away with murder

With a name like KillaQueenz, one would naturally assume Kween G and Belizean Bombshell to be some sort of murderous drag duo. Alas, the pair are actually rappers — but ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
He will rock you

As tribute acts go, there are few bigger shoes to fill than those of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. But it’s a job Melbourne-born Craig Pesco has taken on, touring the ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Audience with a broadway legend

Thirty-odd years working in the world of theatre have afforded Mandy Patinkin an easy affection for gay folk. When this scribe introduced himself as a writer for a gay and ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
And all that jazz

OK, back to basics. If you’re reading the Star, statistically you’re an unmarried male with a penchant for others like you. Now we’ve established your credentials, let’s talk about men. I ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Sweaty blokey fun

Mongrel, a night inspired by fotballer Matthew Johns and his mates, will bring a new gay twist to the social scene. Starting this Saturday 4 July, the monthly club night ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
An extraordinary life journey

Noel Tovey has had an incredible life, surviving childhood poverty, neglect and sexual and racial abuse. SBS’ Australian Biography series will feature Tovey’s amazing story. His journey started in the slums ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
Get all The Gossip

Post-punk powerhouse The Gossip has three members, although you’d be mistaken for thinking there is only one with the reams of newsprint devoted to frontwoman Beth Ditto. With Ditto making news ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Men in public

Sydney photographer Steven Cavanagh will exhibit his new collection of photos, Masculine Bodies in Space, at the National Art School this month. Cavanagh investigates how men interact and ‘perform’ masculinity ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Launching 202 Broadway

This Saturday, 27 June, 202 Broadway will be officially launched. Described as a ‘huge spectacle’ by the night’s creative director, Eric Nair, the event will feature top DJs including Mandy Rollins, ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
New events head for Mardi Gras

The producer of Sydney’s New Year’s Eve spectaculars and executive producer of the 2002 Sydney Gay Games, Katrina Márton has been appointed head of events for New Mardi Gras. Having worked ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
The rise of the singer DJ

Since his performance at this year’s Fair Day, pop singer Ray Isaac’s career has taken a turn for the best. His two tracks, I Don’t Give A Damn and Such ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Opera House gets spontaneous

If you love the hit television show Thank God You’re Here or anything in the form of theatre sports, you’re going to love the Opera House’s latest show, Spontaneous Broadway. Since ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Chaser boy hits the disco

The Star was lucky to speak to Dominic Knight, The Chaser writer turned novelist, when we did. A day later and Knight would’ve likely gone to ground along with the ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
On-stage comedic collision

Sexuality, multiculturalism and political correctness collide in the latest production from gay playwright and actor Wayne Tunks. Suddenly Someday looks at a slice of time in the lives of a group ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Exposing Hollywood’s closeted side

Think movie stars, a rent boy and homosexuality — The Little Dog Laughed is a play about a successful actor, Mitchell Green (played by James Millar), and his struggle with ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Neighbours says no to homophobia

A Rainbow Network poster advocating diversity in the classroom has been spotted on the walls of Erinsborough High in long-running soap Neighbours. Rainbow Network this month launched a poster to be ... Read more
Tue June 23rd, 2009 - No Comments
Why Lola’s a proud lesbian glamazon

Lola Van Vorst was one of the standouts on this year’s Australia’s Next Top Model. Although she was eliminated from the reality TV show, she’s doing well in the publicity ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - No Comments
Pride Week to liberate and celebrate

Less than a year after the closure of Sydney’s Pride Centre, Pride Week has made an astounding comeback with a new festival packed with over 50 events planned to liberate, ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Lessons from the brazen beautician

Marney McQueen is an accomplished comedic actress and singer with roles in The Wedge, Bogan Pride, and the stage version of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert to her name. But ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - No Comments
Cooking up jokes with Miriam

By Georgia Mason-Cox A satirical show combining comedy, camp and cooking, Miriam and the Monkfish promises to be a sizzling night out. Following sell-out seasons at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - No Comments
Antony loves a little Candy

Antony Ginandjar is in high demand. If he’s not back-up dancing for Jessica Mauboy at the MTV awards, he’s choreographing shows for Sydney’s top drag queens. From 27 June, ... Read more
Tue June 16th, 2009 - No Comments
Musical theatre master comes to town

In certain circles, mention of the name ‘John Bucchino’ is met with an awed reverence. Among musical theatre types and Broadway aficionados, the American composer is music royalty: his timeless, ... Read more
Tue June 9th, 2009 - No Comments
GAMMA
GAMMA, a support group for married men who have sex with men, meets in secure confidential and non-sexual surroundings at the ACON building, 9 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 8pm. There is also a support line, Monday-Friday 6-10 pm, on 9267 4000.
www.gamma.org.auGAY BUSINESS
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Association hosts Lemons With a Twist on the first Friday of each month and Fruits in Suits on the third Thursday of each month, at Slide.
www.sglba.com.auCOME OUT AUSTRALIA
Come Out Australia is a social group for our community, with branches in Canterbury-Bankstown, Epping/ Northern Districts and Penrith. You're invited to "Come Out"; get involved with a branch, event, project, or to start something happening in your area.
www.comeout.org.auQUEERSCREEN
Lovers of gay cinema are encouraged to become a member of Queerscreen, Sydney’s premier gay and lesbian film festival body.
www.queerscreen.com.au
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Hope for lock-out rethink

Oxford St publicans have called on the newly-formed Sydney Liquor Task Force to review the 2am lock-out system and come up with more effective measures for handling alcohol-related violence. The state Government, with the City ... Read more
Oxford now with receiver
Oxford Hotel management insists it will be business as usual despite the pub’s holding ... Read more
Same-sex marriage push
The Greens have made good on a promise to introduce a private member’s bill ... Read more
ACON’s three-year vision
ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has declared a drop in HIV rates as a key ... Read more
Back on the trax
DJ Rob will be back at Bears Den Night Flinders Hotel on Friday, July ... Read more
They could get away with murder
With a name like KillaQueenz, one would naturally assume Kween G and Belizean Bombshell ... Read more





