Rocky Horror and camp

Arts & Ideas

BBC

Society & Culture

4.2 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Premiered to 63 people at the Royal Court back in 1973, the Rocky Horror Show is marking its anniversary with a production touring the UK. New Generation Thinkers Louise Creechan and Joan Passey explore its links with Frankenstein and the Gothic tradition and Paul Baker discusses its place in a history of camp. Shahidha Bari presents.

Camp: The Story of the Attitude that Conquered the World is out now. Paul Baker is a Professor at Lancaster University. Rocky Horror runs at Sadlers Wells Peacock Theatre in Holborn, London until June 10th and then moves on to venues including Crewe, Leeds, Truro, Belfast, Nottingham and Eastbourne. For more details https://rockyhorror.co.uk/tour-dates You can find other conversations about LGBTQ+ culture and history in the Free Thinking collection of episodes called Identity Discussions on the programme website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06jngzt Programmes include The politics of fashion and drag https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zcjch Polari Prize winners from 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nmrl Queer Histories https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f74j New Thinking: Raiding Gay’s the Word & Magnus Hirschfeld https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ff53xv

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0:31.8	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:35.0	Hello, Fishnet Tites, a Gothic castle and an alien transvestite are the basic components
0:40.6	of this episode of the Arts and Ideas podcast.
0:43.6	But did you know that the Rocky Horror Picture Show also starred singer Meatloaf and everyone's
0:48.9	favourite Panto Dame Sir Christopher Biggins?
0:51.7	Join me, Shah Hadabari and my guests to discuss Victorian vampires,
0:56.6	the history of camp and doing the time warp. We'll explain all just after this.
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