This is State of Play, a new column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Every month, Jamie will be jumping, running and diving head-first into the world of sport, movement and fitness.

Given that Sir Ian McKellen is one of the great Shakespearean actors, it’s perhaps surprising that he’s never taken on the role of Falstaff, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved anti-heroes.

Chrishell Stause has opened up about Selling Sunset’s highly anticipated eighth season. Since 2019, the dramatic Netflix series has become a standout hit with reality TV fans around the world.

John Leguizamo opened up about his time filming To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and the co-star he had tension with. In 1995, LGBTQIA+ movie enthusiasts were first introduced ...

For their semi-final challenge, the top four contestants of season 16 – Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Sapphira Cristál and Q – wrote their memoirs, posed for a cover shoot and participated in a ...

The first trailer for Dead Boy Detectives, Netflix’s upcoming supernatural horror detective comedy, has finally been released. Based on the DC Comics characters of the same name from Neil ...

Welcome to Queer By Design, a new monthly column by Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the intersections of style, identity and expression and how these factors inform ...

Ah, Priscilla – a film many of us will have fond memories of, and indeed may well have been a formative moment in many a queer person’s youth. There already exists a stage show, which some ...

The date for the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9 cast announcement has been ru-vealed. According to Sherri Shepherd, the new batch of queens returning to battle it out for a spot in the Drag ...

There’s a boyish eagerness to Fred Roberts. The rising 21-year-old artist wants his music to connect, to resonate, with his audience in the way his favourites – like Troye Sivan – have with him.

For over 15 years, the legendary talent has been a staple within the expansive drag sphere. Derrick first seized the spotlight in 2008, leaving viewers in awe with her uncanny and sickening ...

Richard Gadd is, understandably, quite nervous. This week sees the release of his Netflix series Baby Reindeer, a “comedic psychological thriller” (as he describes it) based on his acclaimed ...