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SUMMARY:RADICAL ROOTS - Rediscovering Our Lost LGBTQ+ Theatre Histories
DESCRIPTION:Out of the archives and into Hackney Showroom\, Unfinished Histories is thrilled to present a night of rehearsed playreadings by playwrights from Hackney.\nDirected by Lesley Ewen\, it features extracts from: \n\n\n\n\n‘Where To Now’ (1987) by Martin Patrick: The play explores the conflict of a young Black university lecturer forced into confronting his identity in the context of the Brixton uprising of 1981. If you missed the triumphant shows at London Performance Studios in November\, this is your chance to see it again! \n‘John’ (1984) by Adele Salem: An epic\, camp ride through the real life relationship between author John (Radclyffe Hall\, ‘The Well of Loneliness’) and Lady Una Troubridge. History and fabrication combine in this joyful\, heartrending exposé of the lives of the hottest lesbian couple of 1920s England (and their dogs). \n\nTICKETS HERE!
URL:https://unfinishedhistories.com/event/radical-roots-rediscovering-our-lost-lgbtq-theatre-histories/
LOCATION:Hackney Showroom\, 4 Murrain Road\, London\, Hackney\, N4 2BN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:FYFFI2 2025,Play Readings
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SUMMARY:RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: WHERE TO NOW by MARTIN PATRICK - A STAGED READING
DESCRIPTION:RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS and BEYOND presents \nWHERE TO NOW by MARTIN PATRICK\n \nTHURS 13th NOV & FRI 14th NOV at 7.30pm\nLondon Performance Studios\nPenarth Street\nLondon SE15 1TR \nTICKETS HERE \nThis staged reading explores the conflict of a young black university lecturer forced into confronting his identity in the context of the Brixton riots of 1981. Leaving his white lover of ten years and thereby his own submergence in white culture\, he hopes to find fulfilment with a vibrant young black lover. ‘Brave and innovative’ (City Limits) it was among the first plays to bring black British gay male experience to the stage\, originally performed at Oval House Theatre. \nDirected by Lesley Ewen \nCast \nCyril Nri (Lord Danbury in Bridgerton)\nMarcus Amaglo\nDickie Beau\nHarry Omosele\nRebecca Scroggs \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://unfinishedhistories.com/event/where-to-now-by-martin-patrick-a-staged-reading/
LOCATION:London Performance Studios
CATEGORIES:FYFFI,FYFFI2 2025,Play Readings
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SUMMARY:RADICAL REDISCOVERY II :  DRAGGING UP and ACTING OUT - A SYMPOSIUM
DESCRIPTION:RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS and BEYOND presents \nDRAGGING UP AND ACTING OUT: a Symposium \n\nFriday and Saturday 7 and 8 November\, 10.30am till 5.30pm\nLondon Performance Studios\nPenarth Street\nLondon SE1 1TR \nA two day symposium exploring the radical work of lesbian and gay theatre makers in the 1970s – 80s and its resonance for LGBTQ+ artists and the wider culture today.  \nFrom the first Gay Sweatshop plays that toured the country to audiences\, some of whom had never before seen their experience represented on stage\, to radical drag that lampooned narrow definitions of gender and sex roles\, campaigning theatre that rejected outdated laws\, lesbian high camp\, and the first Black lesbian and gay theatre in Britain\, the symposium will challenge narrow perspectives of LGBTQ+ theatre as a recent phenomenon. With panels\, talks\, slideshows\, Q&As and a Long Table\, alongside new work commissioned by early career artists in response to this earlier history\, the Symposium will take a deep dive into this rich and too little-known history\, and explore how it can inspire us today. \nSCHEDULE \nFRI\n10.30 – 11 – Arrival\, Coffee and Tea\n11 – Welcome\n11.30-12.30 – Queering the Archive Alice Parsons (Producer\, Castles in the Sky) and Kane Stonestreet (LADA) in conversation with Dr Susan Croft (Unfinished Histories)\n12.40-1.40 – Black and Asian LGBTQ Theatre Then and Now   Martin Patrick (Playwright ‘Where to Now’\, Novelist) in conversation with Poulomi Desai  (multidisciplinary Artist and Curator) with contribution from Valerie Mason- John (Author\, Playwright). \n1.40-2.30 – LUNCH \n2.30-3.30 – Lesbian Camp Jill Fleming\, Debby Klein and Adele Salem (Harp Corps Theatre Company / Parker and Klein) with contributions from Karen Parker and Sarah McNair\n4.00-5.00 – Son of a Gun Reunited  Members of Sidewalk Theatre reunite to talk about collaboration\, working with autobiography and the making of ‘Son of a Gun’ (1976) \n6.00pm – Rehearsed Reading of ‘Son of a Gun’ (1976) directed by Melissa Dunne. \nSAT\n10.30 – 11 – Arrival\, Coffee and Tea\n11 – 12 – On Railton Road : Brixton Faeries\, Radical Collectives and Beyond Jonathan Blake and Julian Hows in conversation with Rebecca Scroggs.\n12.10 – 1.10 – Rikki Beadle-Blair (director\, writer\, actor\, producer) in conversation with Alexander Gallimore \n1.10- 2.00 – LUNCH \n2.00- 3.3o – Presentations from Microgrant Recipient Artists five artists/collectives share their work in response to the LGBTQ sections of the Unfinished Histories Archives – Meeri Aro\, Angel Beavington\, Zahra Dalilah\, Sama Hunt\, Calima Lunt + Rosa Gatley\n3.45-5.15 – Longtable Where Have We Been And Where Are We Going? The future of LGBTQ work. \n  \n  \nAlice Parsons (Castles in the Sky)\, Kane Stonestreet (LADA) Martin Patrick (Playwright/Novelist) Rikki Beadle-Blair (Actor/Writer/Director/Producer)\, members of Hard Corps theatre company Adele Salem\, Jill Fleming\, Debby Klein\, and more TBA. \nFriday evening (6 pm) will also feature a rehearsed reading of Son of a Gun\, directed by Melissa Dunne\, originally developed by Sidewalk Theatre company in 1976. Based on Tash Fairbanks’ life as a working-class lesbian\, and scripted by John Burrows\, according to The Times reviewer that year\, it ‘...charts the adventures of a mutinous nine-year-old to her emergence as a liberated lesbian squatter…’\,  and was acclaimed by audiences and described by the Morning Star as a ‘…a minor epic…a sensitive\, portrayal of a working-class girl who fights against being second best…funny\, politically exciting\, well observed.’
URL:https://unfinishedhistories.com/event/radical-rediscovery-ii-acting-out-and-dragging-up-a-symposium/
LOCATION:London Performance Studios
CATEGORIES:FYFFI,FYFFI2 2025,Symposiums
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SUMMARY:RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND BEYOND - EXHIBITION
DESCRIPTION:RADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND BEYOND\nAn ambitious new archival exhibition\,  celebrating fifty years of LGBTQ+ alternative theatre in the UK.  \nTHURSDAY 6th NOV – SUN 14th DEC\nOpen Fridays to Sunday 12- 5 \nLondon Performance Studios\nPenarth Street\nLondon SE15 1TR \nThe programme marks 50 years since Homosexual Acts\, the first Gay Theatre Season in Britain that took place at the Almost Free Theatre in 1975. It shares an array of materials from the Unfinished Histories archive alongside other sources\, and is curated by its director and co-founder Dr. Susan Croft.  \nThe exhibition charts the growth of the movement in London and elsewhere\, from street theatre created by activists in the Gay Liberation Front to touring Gay Sweatshop plays that changed the lives of audiences in isolated communities\, and from the radical drag work of Bloolips and the lesbian camp of Hard Corps and Parker and Klein\, to the advent of Black lesbian\, gay and queer work in the late 80s.  \n  \n 
URL:https://unfinishedhistories.com/event/radical-rediscovery-ii-homosexual-acts-and-beyond-exhibition/
LOCATION:London Performance Studios
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,FYFFI,FYFFI2 2025
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