EXCITING EVENTS IN HACKNEY FOR 2027
Coming soon for LGBTQ+ History Month in Hackney a staged reading of Son of a Gun (1976).
Originally devised by Sidewalk Theatre company and scripted by John Burrows, Son of a Gun is based on the life-story of working class lesbian Tasha Fairbanks, growing up in the 1950s and 60s. Along with Jill Posener’s Any Woman Can for Gay Sweatshop that same year, it was one of the first out lesbian plays in Britain and won Tash, in the central part of Brenda, a nomination as Best New Actress of 1976 in Plays and Players magazine.
On Friday 12th February 2027 director Melissa Dunne and cast repeat the highly praised staged reading first presented at the FYFFI 2 Symposium ‘Dragging Up and Acting Out’ presented alongside the exhibition Homosexual Acts and Beyond. The reading starts at 6.30 at Hackney Archives, CLR James Library, Dalston Square, London E8 3 BQ. Overground: Dalston Junction. To book go here.
Don’t miss Unfinished Histories latest exploration into Hackney LGBTQ theatre histories following our acclaimed Bloolips readings in 2023 and 2024, and in 2025 John by Adele Salem (Hard Corps, 1984) and Where To Now by Martin Patrick (Oval House, 1987).
John, Where To Now, Son of a Gun and others will be published in the second volume of Radical Rediscoveries ed. Unfinished Histories (Montez Press, 2027)
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Coming next for Women’s History Month at the Rio Cinema, Dalston, a reunion of Theatre of Black Women
Founded in 1982 by Bernardine Evaristo, Patricia St Hilaire and Paulette Randall. Don’t miss this opportunity on Sunday 21st March 2027 1pm to 3pm to hear from Bernardine and Patricia about the experience of breaking new ground as Britain’s first Black women’s theatre company.
Also Tuesday 16th March a Writers’ Workshop for Global Majority Women (Hackney Archives)
Further information and booking links shortly