How do we tell our stories when the mainstream has left them out? What possibilities emerge when queer, lesbian, trans and intersex artists take up space on the page, on the stage and in front of a microphone?
Join us for an evening exploring the power of queer performance as a site of creativity, resistance and self-definition. Bringing together writers, performers, playwrights and poets, this event will consider how queer artists have challenged norms and created new ways of imagining ourselves and our futures.
Award-winning poet Joelle Taylor, will reflect on a career that has taken her to stages across the UK and internationally, performing work that centres butch dyke experience; and on the role of performance in giving voice to queer lives and histories.
Playwright and performer Charlie Josephine, whose acclaimed works include I, Joan and Cowbois, will discuss writing for the stage, reimagining historical narratives and creating space for queer and trans stories in contemporary theatre.
Writer and performer Libro Levi Bridgeman, creator of the international hit The Butch Monologues, will reflect on a decade of touring a groundbreaking theatre work centred on butch identity.
Poet and performer Danielle Wilde will share her work and discuss how it evokes a queer geography and hauntology, both on the page and in performance.
Together, these conversations will explore performance as a form of visibility, transformation and collective memory, examining how queer artists have used the stage to tell stories and challenge mainstream erasure.
This event centres lesbian, female, trans and intersex experiences and literatures while engaging with wider queer cultures and creative practices. All are welcome.
Doors: 7pm
Readings and conversation: 7.30-9.30pm
Book signings and bar open: 9.30-late