Gay Camberwell

by Roz

Oh my goodness, what a glorious couple of days Camberwell has had! 

Tuesday was the third night in the Pink November season at the Sun and Doves – Prick Up Your Ears.  I’d failed to persuade the friend who recommended it to come along (to be fair, he does live in Kent, poor soul) and nor had I managed to rustle up any of our other friends to join us.  But frankly, that was just as well since this turned out to be our best attended film yet (standing room only, in fact). It’s a biopic of Joe Orton, directed by Stephen Frears and with a script by Alan Bennett. It was good to see it and it was an interesting film (though maybe feeling a little more like a stage play than a film?)  And the two bags of free popcorn that Layla and I consumed (each) were very pleasant too…

We wandered home, hand in hand, with an entirely unnecessary detour past the Castle, to gaze again at their beautiful blackboard advertising Gay Camberwell’s launch party. And then did a little jig in glee!  





And then, of course, it was the launch party yesterday evening.  With no modesty at all, I have to say that it was a fabulous event.  Free wine and amazing performances, and absolutely full.  But I think the nicest thing was the atmosphere: everyone was just so happy that Gay Camberwell has been set up (and it turns out that people do even read this blog!).  Michael Twaits – our lovely lovely compere, was entertainingly surprised at how many gays there are south of the river.  (And if you missed him – or want to see him again - he’s one of the people performing at Club Wotever at the Sun and Doves on Saturday.) 

Which leads nicely on to reminding you that Gay Camberwell’s launch month is not over!  We have the theatre night at the Oval House tonight, and the Closing Night party on the 28th – as well as the final film in the Pink November season (My Summer of Love – critics choice for the week in the film section of Time Out).  

Oh, this is turning out to be so much fun! 

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