Irish drag superstar Panti Bliss is set to have her own TV show, working in collaboration with international production company Playground. The Queen of Ireland star’s memoir has been flagged by Playground for the subject matter of the program, which is expected to be set in Bliss’ Dublin club Pantibar. The book documents Panti’s rise from […]
Tags: drag, Homophobia, Panti Bliss, Queen, Queen of Ireland, rory o'neill
12 Apr 2017 /
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The Queen of Ireland | Dir: Conor Horgan | Rated: PG | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When filmmaker Conor Horgan started making his crowd-funded documentary about Rory O’Neill and his drag queen alter-ego Panti Bliss five years ago, he could never have predicted that the ‘giant cartoon woman’ would change history. There’s some delightful home footage of a very […]
Tags: big love, captain fantastic, conor horgan, girl asleep, Italian Film Festival, maria sole tognazzi, matt ross, me myself and her, Panti Bliss, Queen of Ireland, queer cinema, queer film, rosemary myers, viggo mortensen
9 Sep 2016 |
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Irish drag star Panti Bliss gained international respect in 2014 when she delivered a heartfelt speech about oppression. The YouTube video was watched by hundreds of thousands of people, the Pet Shop Boys even set it to music. Soon Panti was travelling the world, including an appearance at the 2015 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, but […]
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6 Sep 2016 |
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