Contact
CJ Rock (Writing, TV & Film)
cj@casarotto.co.uk
The AIDS Plays Project
alastair@theaidsplaysproject.com
cj@casarotto.co.uk
The AIDS Plays Project
alastair@theaidsplaysproject.com
Selected Writing
“The Singular Vision of Peter Hujar”, Frieze, February 24th 2025
“On the Playwrights Restaging Queer History”, Frieze, May 2024 Issue
“The Often Overlooked Fashion Photography of Robert Mapplethorpe”, AnOther, August 1st 2023
“Matthew Leifheit’s Unflinching Celebration of his Exhibitionist Muse”, AnOther, July 26th 2023
“Spyros Rennt Wants to Create Genuinely Sexy Photographs”, AnOther, July 7th 2023
“The Chameleonic Self-Portraits of Juan Pablo Echeverri”, AnOther, June 7th 2023
“The Relevance of Derek Jarman’s Blue Now”, Frieze, May 11th 2023
“A Glenties Man: Brian Friel and his Ireland”, Prospect, May 1st 2023
“The Story Behind Newspaper, Peter Hujar’s Cult Photography Magazine”, AnOther, April 12th 2023
“Masquerade depicts the darkness behind Noel Coward’s frivolity”, The Economist, March 30th 2023 & April 1st Issue
“Travis Alabanza and Debbie Hannan Invite the Club to the Stage”, Frieze, January 19th 2023
“Queer Myth and Magic: Derek Jarman’s Through the Billboard Promised Land”, Prospect, December 30th 2022
“Lillian Hellman reminded Americans of their moral duty”, The Economist, December 19th 2022
“Huw Lemmey and Onyeka Igwe’s Tale of Espionage”, Frieze, November 29th 2022 & March 2023 Issue
“Mathieu Lindon’s Archives of Love and Friendship”, Frieze, September 2022 Issue
“Francis Bacon’s animal instincts”, The Economist, February 11th 2022
“Can Greek tragedy help frontline workers process trauma?”, Frieze, August 17th 2021
“David Wojnarowicz at the Reina Sofia”, The Observer, February 16th 2020
Awards
Shortlisted, The Guardian x The Anthony Burgess Arts Writing Prize 2020