Introducing La Salonnière, our new queer-friendly variety show.
La salonnière: A woman who hosts a salon.
This is the first edition.
La Salonnière: The Spoken Word and Comedy Edition
Hosted by the fabulous Amy Neilson-Smith, a stalwart of the LGBTQ+ scene. She has hosted nights at Velvet Tongue – Kick Bar Shoreditch & the Poetry Brothel London/featured in London TIMEOUT – Hackney Empire, The Arts Bar/Theatre – West End, Vout-O-Renee’s – private members CRYPT, playing Scarlet Orb Widow.
Our incredible performers include:
- Amy Neilson Smith (spoken word/compère) will be your hostess.
- Kate Martin (comedy) is a stand-up comedienne who was made in the South but born in the North. Kate's experience in mental health gives fuel to her confident, high energy storytelling combined with razor sharp observations of life's quirks through queer eyes. Max Turner Finalist 2021, Comedy Store King Gong Winner 2021 and Blackout Winner 2021.
- Heleana Blackwell (comedy) is a stand up comedienne delivering observational comedy about why lesbians are not good at dating, using social media to spy on your neighbours and what you do when your bank thinks you're more vanilla than you are in real life.
- Sallyann Fellowes (comedy) is Neurodiverse and is puzzled by the world. Her teacher once said 'Are you a comedian?' She is very grateful for that career advice. She is a 2Northdown new comedian competition Finalist 2021.
- Sophia Blackwell (spoken word) is a performance poet with three published collections of poetry and the author of a novel. Her poetry has been anthologised by Bloodaxe, Nine Arches and the Emma Press among others, and for the past year. She has hosted the LGBT+ radio show Out in South London on Resonance FM, showcasing gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans authors, musicians, comedians and other creatives like her. Recent notable gigs include four times at Glastonbury on the Poetry & Words Stage, Women of the World (WOW) Festival at the South Bank Centre and headlining a national tour with Hammer and Tongue. She's a Literary Death Match champion, Spread the Word LGBT Hero and Diversity Role Model.
- Saara M. Scharlin (poetry) is a photographic artist and writer who runs as a type of therapy. Her book “Daily Exercise” (2021) is an intimate journey through queer heartbreak, long-distance, mental health triggers, and physical injury, that illustrates through photographs and poems how embracing our cosmic potential can pull us out from depression and disorder. In times of loss, she invites us to explore daily practices towards raw healing.
We are looking forward to hosting you!
Bisous,
Queen LaLa aka Jo Webber, the producer
Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm
The upstairs Show Room is up a number of stairs, so is unfortunately not accessible.
Seating is available on a first come first served basis.
We require proof of a negative Lateral Flow Test taken within 24 hours of the event for entry to the show.
You can prove this either via the government track and trace site or a time stamped picture on your phone.