A handful of brave queer folk take to the mic to re-tell tales from their formative years in the name of nostalgia, solidarity, celebration.
Join us for an evening of earnest journal entries, long-lost love letters, fabulous fan-fiction stories, terrible Tumblr posts (and possibly the odd bit of cringey poetry), all revealed in the name of nostalgia, solidarity, and fun!
At Queer Diary the misfits, goths, punks, emos, nerds, glee-clubbers (and maybe a few former-popular-kids?) come together as grown-ups, to share our younger selves’ innermost thoughts. We can’t promise to reunite you with your first crush, but we do aim to reignite that rush of adrenaline you got when they first noticed you…
“If a Queer Diary event was scheduled on the Moon, the most anti-capitalist queers would be befriending Bezos in hopes of securing a rocket ride.” DIVA Magazine
Supported by Arts Council England.
Got something from your teens to share?
Queer Diary is an open-mic event, where you’ll be very welcome to get up and share ANYTHING you wrote in your youth! Sign up to share on the mic: bit.ly/queerdiary
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Suggested Supportive Price £12: Aimed at people with disposable income. Tickets purchased at this price enable us to continue subsidising free/lower cost tickets, for others who can’t afford it.
Suggested Standard Price £7: Aimed at average-income folks, who want to pay the standard price for this event.
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