When: 5-7 March 2020
Time: Various
Where: Various
New Queers on the Block saw three days of performance, screenings and cabaret happening in venues across Hastings and St Leonards from 5-7 March 2020.
Thursday 5 March
Reel Queers Screening Event curated by Sue Tilley
7pm, Printworks, Hastings
Artist and queer icon Sue Tilley presented a highly personal selection of film and television clips that have influenced her life and work.
Saturday 7 March
BOUND by Lucy Hutson (captioned performance)
7pm, Masonic Hall, St Leonard’s
Part-live performance and part-film installation BOUND explored the slippery nature of identities – what happens when you finally bare it all and come clean?
GLOOPTOPIA! by Oozing Gloop (BSL interpreted)
8pm, Masonic Hall, St Leonard’s
The world’s only autistic green drag queen returned with a new language of political hope. Our audience members joined them in this hilarious and fantastical wild ride into our psychic landscape
Credits
New Queers on the Block Weekender was produced by Home Live Art and Marlborough Theatre.
The project was developed and delivered in partnership with Bradford’s Theatre in the Mill, Folkestone Quarterhouse, Home Live Art, Left Coast. NQOTB is funded by the Arts Council England, Jerwood Arts, Unlimited & Esmeé Fairban.
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Duet performance by Ray Young reclaiming Dancehall and celebrating queerness amongst the bittersweet scent of oranges.
Sunday 9 June
Join Harold Offeh for a journey through memory, history and objects within and beyond Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.
Saturday 15 June
Sonia Hughes brings her part-protest, part-sculpture, part-ceremony performance to Hastings Town Centre.
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Deadline: 29 September 2023