Writer Tony Warren, founder of Coronation Street, has died aged 79. To read the Guardian obituary of this remarkable man go here
Tony Warren 08-07-1936 to 01-03-2016
Sep
26
Wed
7:00 pm
WITCiH Presents: The State of Ge...
@ The Barge House
WITCiH Presents: The State of Ge...
@ The Barge House
Sep 26 @ 7:00 pm – Sep 28 @ 11:00 pm
WITCiH – The State of Gender? is a three-night festival at The Barge House, Dalston from 26th-28th September 2018 celebrating Women, Technology & Creativity WITCiH has commissioned four new music based audiovisual works created by four new up & coming artists, which will receive their world premiere at the festival. Topping the bill each will be a star guest performer ...
Oct
4
Thu
8:30 am
Suicide Prevention Awareness Tra...
@ Clifford Chance
Suicide Prevention Awareness Tra...
@ Clifford Chance
Oct 4 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Every 85 minutes, someone dies from suicide in the UK and the risk is elevated for LGBT adolescents. There were 6,188 suicides in 2015 in the UK, compared with 1,730 deaths by traffic accidents. 31 people drowned in the Thames in 2015, which is double the number of cyclist deaths in London. The location and distinctive infrastructure of the City ...
Oct
6
Sat
all-day
QUEER MIGRANT TAKEOVER: DEEPER R...
@ Rich Mix
QUEER MIGRANT TAKEOVER: DEEPER R...
@ Rich Mix
Oct 6 all-day
A one-day festival celebrating co-existence, the historical contributions of migrant and refugee artists and contemporary performance makers that are exploring their migrant and queer identities in their art. Deeper Routes is an artistic intervention, a celebration and a space for co-existence of multi-national queers and their allies who resist today’s ‘hostile’ political environment. The festival dives head-first into nuances of ...
Oct
17
Wed
8:00 pm
SwanSong
@ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
SwanSong
@ Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Oct 17 @ 8:00 pm
A gentleman called Joan lands in a subdued, suburban care home like a colourful, combustible cocktail in a new play written and directed by Nathan Evans, starring the leg-endary Lavinia Co-op, David Meyer and Nathanael Campbell. This bittersweet comedy with an opulent operatic soundtrack is staged site-specifically at the RVT as part of And What? Queer Arts Festival then travels ...
Oct
27
Sat
10:00 am
Albert Kennedy Create Your Futur...
@ Salesforce
Albert Kennedy Create Your Futur...
@ Salesforce
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
The Albert Kennedy Trust invites people aged 16-25 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or gender diverse, queer or part of the amazing rainbow community to a one-day national conference. Bringing together young people from across the United Kingdom, you are invited to a series of amazing panels and workshops looking at how we create the futures we want ...
7:30 pm
SwanSong
@ THE MARLBOROUGH THEATRE
SwanSong
@ THE MARLBOROUGH THEATRE
Oct 27 @ 7:30 pm
A gentleman called Joan lands in a subdued, suburban care home like a colourful, combustible cocktail in a new play written and directed by Nathan Evans, starring leg-endary Lavinia Co-op and produced by 89th Productions as part of And What? Queer Arts Festival. A veteran of Gay Lib, Joan dons battle dress, seeking an ally in the young, gay but ...
Nov
14
Wed
all-day
Foreign Affairs
@ Etcetera Theatre
Foreign Affairs
@ Etcetera Theatre
Nov 14 – Nov 17 all-day
Nathan Evans takes a comic and poetic look at a pair of botched departures from forty-year unions: the UK’s exit from Europe, bien sûr, and Nathan’s British-born, Brittany-residing, Brexit-supporting father’s departure from the state of matrimony. A brand new solo show marrying the personal and political, spoken word and storytelling, music and film. ‘witty, engaging and inquisitive’ Exeunt In 2002, ...
all-day
Foreign Affairs
@ Etcetera Theatre
Foreign Affairs
@ Etcetera Theatre
Nov 14 – Nov 17 all-day
Britain is bowing out of Europe. Nathan’s British-born, Brittany-residing, Brexit-supporting Dad has closed the curtain on his marriage. Well, sort of. A pair of botched departures from forty-year unions. A metaphor waiting to happen. Part of Voila! Festival 2018. ‘witty, engaging and inquisitive’ Exeunt on Flights of Fancy, Soho Theatre 2017 In 2002, Nathan’s Dad sold his semi in Medway, ...