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Rocky Horror and camp

Published: May 17, 2023, 11 a.m.

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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.\\nRocky 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\\nYou 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\\nProgrammes include The politics of fashion and drag https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zcjch\\nPolari Prize winners from 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nmrl\\nQueer Histories https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f74j\\nNew Thinking: Raiding Gay\\u2019s the Word & Magnus Hirschfeld https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ff53xv

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