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festival is celebrating its 21st edition, with a programme that highlights cultural exchanges and international collaborations.Among the incredible shows featured in the programme for this year’s International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is Sketches Invented and Drawn, a raw and evocative monologue in which Johan Svensson traces the journey of a life lived in the cracks of history. From Devon to Gothenburg, Naples to London, the play tells the untold story of the gay men who populate our past and present.The opening performance for Sketches Invented and Drawn is taking place on May 13 at 7:30pm at the Outhouse Theatre on Capel Street, Dublin.

Gemma Collins has revealed she was told 'prepare for the worst' after her mum, Joan, was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care.The heartbroken reality TV star, 43, opened up about the terrifying moment her mum stopped breathing as the frantic star called an ambulance. Sharing a video with her 2.2 million followers, she said: "So last week I had the shock of my life when my mum stopped breathing.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Olivia Colman and John Lithgow head the cast of “Jimpa,” a multi-generational family tale involving a nonbinary teenager and her mother who take a trip to see their gay grandfather. The Australia- and Europe-set film is directed by Sophie Hyde, whose most recent film was the breakout “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.” The film is now in its third week of production in Amsterdam and will later shoot in Adelaide, Australia and Helsinki, Finland. Rights to the film are being handled by Protagonist Pictures in much of the world and by CAA Media Finance in North America, with sales kicking off at the Cannes Market next week.

Hate crimes are criminal incidents motivated by prejudice based on the victim’s perceived race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, political opinion, or disability. In 2022, hate crimes based on sexual orientation were the second highest percentage of discriminatory crimes reported, following race.

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” which also served as the evening’s theme.Based on that, one would expect a sea of Disney princesses but the official dress code was even more elusive and was listed as “The Garden of Time,” which was in reference to the 1962 J.G. Ballard short story.In recent years, the entire affair has morphed from a high society charity event to an influencer-heavy costume party for social media, with many attendees choosing literal interpretations of the night’s theme rather than taking inspiration to create a more esoteric sartorial moment.A post shared by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum)This year the garden theme could have been the bane of Miranda Priestley Anna Wintour’s existence with the thought of everyone opting for “groundbreaking” florals down the Met’s hallowed steps.While celebs work hard to not get it wrong or risk being blackballed by the Vogue editrix, rumor is that Wintour actually approves every outfit ahead of time.