It’s possible that nobody did more to swing the Irish in favour of same-sex marriage than a cross-dressing cabaret comedian called Pandora Panti Bliss. The Queen of Ireland offers a peek inside the Panti, as it were, getting up close and personal with Rory O’Neill, the actor who found himself at the centre of a national scandal after denouncing media homophobia on a Saturday-night talk show. Sixteen months and much public debate later, the Marriage Equality referendum yielded its historic result. While amiable and light as a feather, The Queen of Ireland also subtly reminds us that the establishment we’re handed is often woefully poor at recognizing the desires and beliefs of its citizens (to take the generous view)

Georgia Straight, March 2017