CIRCA-CLUB EVENTS 2026

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LGBTQ History Club - Queer Nostalgia in Musical Films

Dr Gilad Padva explores the tension between utopian nostalgia and devastative melancholia in spectacular cinematic musicals. He also highlights the musicals' tendency to dichotomize the real world and the theatrical or imagined psychical space, a refuge in which gay sensibility can be manifested, tolerated and celebrated. In their fusing of sex and despair, romance and alienation, infatuation and bigotry, these films challenge the musical's formulation as utopian, idyllic, or, at least, softened version of reality. *Dr Gilad Padva is a film and media scholar who focuses on New Queer Cinema, popular culture, visual communications, pop music, philosophy, body politics, sexualities and men's studies. He is also the author of Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture (2014), and he publishes extensively in international academic journals, international collections, and international encyclopaedias. He currently works for Beit Berl College and the Open University of Israel.

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  • 01 Apr – Phillip Schofield (1962–), English TV presenter
  • 02 Apr – Paul Gambaccini (1949–), American-British radio/TV presenter and author in the UK, known as the “Pop Professor” or the “Great Gambo”
  • 03 Apr – David Hyde Pierce (1959–), American actor
  • 04 Apr – Graham Norton (1963–), Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter; five-time BAFTA Award winner for The Graham Norton Show
  • 04 Apr – Robert Bauman (1937–1981), American politician and author, former Republican congressman (Maryland)
  • 04 Apr – Clive Davis (1932–), American record producer and music industry executive
  • 04 Apr – Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), American actor
  • 05 Apr – Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001), British actor
  • 05 Apr – Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982–), German retired soccer player
  • 07 Apr – Harry Hay (1912–2002), American labour advocate, teacher, and LGBT rights activist
  • 07 Apr – Duncan James (1978–), English singer, actor, and TV presenter; member of boy band Blue
  • 08 Apr – Evan Davis (1962–), English economist, journalist, and presenter for the BBC
  • 09 Apr – Marc Jacobs (1963–), American fashion designer
  • 09 Apr – Harris Wofford (1926–2019), American attorney and politician, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania (1991–1995)
  • 10 Apr – Tom Spencer (1948–2023), British politician and former Member of the European Parliament
  • 11 Apr – Glenway Wescott (1901–1987), American writer
  • 13 Apr – Ole von Beust (1955–), German politician and former First Mayor of Hamburg
  • 14 Apr – Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000), English actor
  • 14 Apr – José María Mendiluce (1951–2015), Spanish writer and politician
  • 14 Apr – André Boisclair (1966–), Canadian politician and former leader of the Parti Québécois
  • 15 Apr – Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance polymath
  • 15 Apr – Luke Evans (1979–), Welsh actor and singer
  • 15 Apr – George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), American fashion photographer
  • 16 Apr – Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (1911–1963), British diplomat, Soviet agent, and member of the Cambridge Five spy ring; defected to the Soviet Union in 1951
  • 16 Apr – Raymond Chan Chi-chuen (1972–), Hong Kong politician and radio host
  • 17 Apr – Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American playwright and novelist
  • 19 Apr – Prince Edmond de Polignac (1834–1901), French aristocrat and composer
  • 19 Apr – Dick Sargent (1930–1994), American actor
  • 20 Apr – Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972), French essayist and novelist
  • 20 Apr – Toller Cranston (1949–2015), Canadian figure skater and artist, 1976 Olympic bronze medallist
  • 22 Apr – John Waters (1946–), American director, writer, visual artist, and media personality
  • 23 Apr – Halston (1932–1990), American fashion designer
  • 24 Apr – Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952–), French fashion designer
  • 24 Apr – Brian Paddick, Baron Paddick (1958–), British politician and retired police officer, sitting in the House of Lords as a life peer
  • 25 Apr – Edward II (1267–1327), King of England
  • 26 Apr – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), Austrian philosopher
  • 27 Apr – Russell T Davies (1963–), British television producer and screenwriter
  • 27 Apr – Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976), Yugoslavian (Serbian) royalty
  • 30 Apr – Onir (1969–), Bengali Indian film director, editor, writer, and producer

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