Category: It’s A Sin

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Tip Toe: Alan Cumming and David Morrissey to lead Russell T Davies’ new LGBTQ+ drama

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Russel T Davies’ new LGBTQIA+ drama has received a massive update. Earlier this year, it was announced that the It’s a Sin creator was working on a new project with Channel 4 titled Tip Toe. Set in Manchester, the five-part series will explore “the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQIA+ community today, examining the danger as prejudice creeps back into our lives. The synopsis reads: “Leo runs a bar on Canal Street, Clive’s an electrician with two teenage sons. But just as life should be settling down, the world around…

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The 12 best gay sex scenes of the decade (so far), from Fellow Travelers to On Swift Horses

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Blow-jobs! Rimming! Toe-sucking! Sex scenes are back, and they’re hornier than ever. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS The industry’s sanitised, sexless era has finally fizzled out. The 2010s witnessed a sharp decline in erotic mainstream filmmaking as a result of increasing scrutiny from the internet (and sometimes, those within the industry) over whether sex scenes are necessary in driving the plot forward. Although billion dollar franchises didn’t hesitate to gratuitously flaunt actor’s ripped bodies – for example, Chris [insert any last name here, honestly] in [again, insert any superhero film] – general…

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It’s a Sin’s Russell T Davies announces new LGBTQ+ drama Tip Toe for Channel 4

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A new LGBTQIA+ drama from Russell T Davies is on the way. On 13 February, it was announced that the Queer as Folk creator was working on a new project with Channel 4 titled Tip Toe. Set in Manchester, the series will explore “the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community today, examining the danger as prejudice creeps back into our lives. The synopsis reads: “Leo runs a bar on Canal Street, Clive’s an electrician with two teenage sons. But just as life should be settling down, the world around…

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The industry is horny again: The 10 best gay sex scenes of the decade (so far)

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Blow-jobs! Rimming! Toe-sucking! Sex scenes are back, and they’re hornier than ever. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY ANISA CLEAVER The industry’s sanitised, sexless era has finally fizzled out. The 2010s witnessed a sharp decline in erotic mainstream filmmaking as a result of increasing scrutiny from the internet (and sometimes, those within the industry) over whether sex scenes are necessary in driving the plot forward. Although billion dollar franchises didn’t hesitate to gratuitously flaunt actor’s ripped bodies – for example, Chris [insert any last name here, honestly] in [again, insert any…

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It’s A Sin star Nathaniel Hall to debut new show Toxic at Home Manchester – interview

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We’re big fans of Nathaniel Hall here – he was, of course, star of our screens in Russell T Davies’ hit show It’s A Sin, playing the role of boyfriend Donald opposite Olly Alexander’s Richie. We interviewed Nathaniel later in 2021 following the success of that TV show and ahead of the tour of his own play First Time, which we reviewed last year. Later this month, Nathaniel will return with his new play, Toxic, which is scheduled to open at Home Manchester on Wednesday 18th October. When we meet…

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It’s A Sin star Callum Scott Howells joins the West End cast of Cabaret

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It’s A Sin actor Callum Scott Howells will join West End show Cabaret in a resurrection of the classic musical. Scott Howells will take on a new role of Emcee. He will star alongside The Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer, who will play Sally Bowles. You can catch the pair on stage together from 3 October this year – 28 January 2023. The 23-year-old is best known as Colin in BAFTA-nominated series It’s A Sin. He scooped up Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards for the part. Scott Howells…

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It’s A Sin star Nathaniel Hall and Chris Hoyle launch queer community arts fund in Manchester

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We’ve been following Nathaniel Hall’s work since he appeared on our screens last year as part of Russell T Davies’ seminal TV series It’s A Sin, and reviewed his play First Time when it toured a few months ago. Nathaniel and playwright Chris Hoyle are the artistic directors of Dibby Theatre; alongside producer Ross Carey, the trio run this queer Manchester-based theatre company. This Pride month they have launched Dibby’s LGBTQ+ Community Arts Fund, which aims to support LGBTQ+ creatives and communities to thrive across Greater Manchester. “Dibby is led…

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Exclusive: It’s a Sin cast reflect on “brutality and beauty” of creating the HIV/AIDS drama

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The cast of It’s a Sin reunited to discuss the “life-changing” HIV/AIDS drama and the impact it has had in the year since it first aired on Channel 4. The show follows a group of friends in 1980s London who grow up in the shadow of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Upon release, it received praise for its powerful storytelling, incredible cast, and bringing LGBTQ+ history to a mainstream audience in a way that had never been done before. The drama, which coincided with HIV Testing Week, proved to have a remarkable…

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Philip Normal resigns as Labour councillor over racist, transphobic and Islamophobic tweets

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Philip Normal has resigned as the Labour councillor for Oval ward, Lambeth after racist, transphobic and Islamophobic tweets of his resurfaced. A series of posts spanning from 2009 to 2014 expose an array of problematic views from Normal, who is best known for creating the ‘La’ t-shirts inspired by It’s a Sin. These included the repeated use of a derogatory term used to describe transgender people, as well as comparing Muslim women to “penguins”. Some of his tweets even appeared to acknowledge the offensive nature of his words, as in…

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