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  • Whats On

    Queer

    Image: Since U Been Gone (c) Bronwen Sharp
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    5 people holding hands in a circle dancing
    Carla Ng presents

    HUG PIECE (WIP)

    Wed 18 March at 6:30pm
    Do you believe in life after hug? Hugging feels both mundane and spiritual, everyday and cosmic. Something happens when we wrap our arms around each other. What is it?
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A person speaks into a microphone while crouching over their laptop and DJ controller
    Amina Aaliya Beg presents

    My Mum Told Me Not To Marry An Atheist (WIP)

    Thurs 19 and Tues 24th Mar at 9pm
    My Mum Told Me Not To Marry An Atheist is a play / DJ set exploring DADI and her granddaughter KAMAL’s relationship about love, marriage & being intergenerational trouble-makers.
    A white non-binary person wearing a pink wig, a black and white sports bra, with some fine-line tattoos on their arm is having their hair plaited. They are looking directly at the camera with a touch of attitude and a touch of boredom.
    Stoness Verda presents

    That Song From Rocky Horror (Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me)

    Fri 20th March at 7:15
    Stoness embraces their experience as a sex worker and together we answer, is sex work care work? A playful, provocative twirl through touch, community building and the commodification of intimacy.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A young girl stands looking in the distance with dark brown tied back hair, small pearl studs wearing a dark denim jacket with a brown hood, and patches all over the jacket.. She holds a bright pink book in front of her front of her body.
    Ray Productions presents

    That’s Ace (WIP)

    Fri 20 March at 9pm and Sat 21 March at 3pm
    Ace tries to figure out if her feelings for her school crush, Sasha, are romantic or platonic. Is it friendship? Is it love? What’s the difference?
    A person in a long white wig and blue tunic against an aqua background, with a dove, rainbow and water splash around him.
    Nathaniel Jones presents

    2 BY 2

    Sat 21 March at 9pm
    Noah's in charge, and you're all animals!! A Noah's Ark character comedy about politics, polyamory, and being singled out by God as the most perfect person to ever exist.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Four Asian figures stand before a red and green background, with traces of Chinese-style watercolour painting
    Mild Peril presents

    Asian Folx Stories (WIP)

    Wed 25 March at 9PM
    A trans reworking of Mulan and bloody hilarious exploration of what it means to be trans and Asian through folklore & drag – the version Disney would never dare make.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A short, white masculine presenting person with short brown hair stands in the light of a street light wearing a white vest and blue jeans spattered with blood. They are holding an axe with blood on the blade and staring vacantly in to the camera.
    Ros Watt presents

    Trans People are Awful [Starting Blocks 26]

    Sat 28th March at 9pm
    Transitioning’s hard, finding the right parts is harder. In a garage in North-East Scotland, a young trans guy invites you to witness his genius in hunting cis-men for body parts.
    A blue gloved hand with a blue jewel in the centre of it, a man's face can be seen behind it with a moustache
    Harem of No One presents

    Swana Night Live

    Fri 10, Sat 11 and Sat 17 of April at 9pm
    Harem of No One Collective teams up once again to bring a spectacular cabaret showcase of SWANA voices.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An image of Aarian on stage holding a microphone.  He is a clean shaven Middle Eastern man with thick black hair.
    Aarian Mehrabani presents

    How's Your Head? (WIP)

    Tues 14 April at 9pm
    Critically acclaimed, multi award-winning Writer and Comedian Aarian Mehrabani, co-writer and actor of the 2023 smash hit play “It’s a MotherF**king Pleasure”, brings his debut hour of stand up to life.
    Harem of No One presents

    Gráinnemir Stand Up

    Sat 18 April at 9pm
    Oh My Holly Hole! Get ready for a fierce, funny, and deeply moving 30-minute journey through comedy, poetry, resistance, and song.
    Three men in their 40s and early 50s, playing a guitar, accordion and violin, are performing in front of pride flags. The accordion player, who is wearing a bwoler hat, is also singing. The other two men are in caps.

    Queer Revolutionary Singalong

    Weds 22 April at 8:30pm
    Join the Black Smock Band for fiery folk tunes and leftie singalong classics, from 'Bread and Roses' to 'Solidarity Forever'. Bring your singing voice (if you want) and your revolutionary fervour!
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A short, white masculine presenting person with short brown hair stands in the light of a street light wearing a white vest and blue jeans spattered with blood. They are holding an axe with blood on the blade and staring vacantly in to the camera.
    Ros Watt presents

    Trans People Are Awful

    Tues 5 May at 9pm
    Transitioning’s hard, finding the right parts is harder. In a garage in North-East Scotland, a young trans guy invites you to witness his genius in hunting cis-men for body parts.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Arden, a light skinned person with blonde hair, is being offered a communion wafer. They are wearing a red hat, and red lipstick, and the background is red. Their mouth is open, ready to accept the wafer. There's an odd sexy sensuality to the image.
    Arden Fitzroy presents

    CVNTCLAVE (WIP)

    Weds 6 May at 9pm
    A one-Cardinal-show exploring power, faith, hypocrisy, and how much tea can go in that cup before it runneth over. Inspired by the hottest film of recent times: Conclave. But queer(er).
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    2 Black women, 1 White non-binary person, in a digitally painted image. The floor is red with a carpet a black woman holds the edges of, whilst a white non-binary person pulls them towards the second woman, who shines a lamp beaming light at the other 2.

    Bad Lesbians (WIP)

    Tues 12 May at 7:15pm
    Bad Lesbians is a messy exploration of intimate partner violence in queer relationships, interrogating our roles as witness, perpetrator and victim.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A pink and purple close-up of a person's face on a glitchy background. They look to the right with surprise/concern. They are wearing a pair of thin-framed glasses on the edge of their nose, which contains a green pair of eyes looking straight forward.
    Vera Majoor presents

    The Undesirable Mx. PLOP (WIP)

    Tues 12 May at 9pm
    Meet PLOP, the digital self you never knew you needed. (Wanted. Asked for.) A peak panic tech-xperiment of gender chaos and reimagination, PLOP is always watching. PLOP will never leave.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A Chinese woman crying while sitting in the driver’s seat of a car.
    Zhōu Níng presents

    This Time is Different (WIP)

    Wed 13 May at 9pm
    This Time Is Different is a one-hour comedy show by Zhou Ning, blending stand-up, live music and storytelling to trace a tender, awkward journey from wanting love to learning how to give it to yourself.
    Frankie is a blonde, dark eyed white femme presenting person against a black background. She has two buns in her hair looking suggestively down the camera as if to say 'I dare you'. She is wearing some interesting faux fur fabrics that drown her.
    Frankie Thompson presents

    Frankie Thompson - Horrible Things (Works in Regress)

    Thurs 14 - Sat 16 May at 9pm
    Not a work in progress. No progress will be made. This is a work in regress. Please do not come if you’re expecting content, plot and/or structure.