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Dugald is a gay New Zealand/British artist working on solo, collaborative and commissioned pieces in both fine arts and performance. His painting exhibits the strong influence of the South Pacific shown through his treatment of light and colour.
Home/Boy includes an eclectic selection of his work curated to portray a utopian ideal of domesticity. The intense colour and composition are constantly undermined by the crude use of object, homo-eroticism in appropriated sports imagery and a sense of frenetic action in small confined spaces using paint, collage, model making and a dose of sexual repression. From vibrant still lives of flowers built with the compromised bodies of sportsmen to a murky lily pond's writhing mass of inhabitants just registering on the surface, all the pieces are invested with a strong sense of movement and energy.
Dugald's approach to painting experiments with deconstruction of shape, use of patterning and bold mark-making in order to create a tension between the illusion of a picture and the technique through which it is produced. With influences including Grecian sexual imagery, David Hockney, rugby, Robert Maplethorpe and the Wizard of Oz - Home/ Boy is a Gay exhibition exploding style, home-life and bunches of flowers.
Sunshine Promotions presents: "Singing with Pride"
Inspiring, versatile, creative and empowering, musician, educator and performer Anthar Kharana (Tribe of Doris, WOMAD) will lead a “Singing with Pride” workshop for us as part of the countdown to the first Norwich Pride. Anthar is a very talented musician whose voice has an exceptional purity and range and he has a wonderful repertoire of beautiful songs from Columbia and South America. He also has a very gentle, inclusive and engaging teaching style. If you are interested in a one-off singing workshop or might like to help form a Norwich Pride Choir, then come along.
Tickets are £5 and include free tea/coffee/soft drinks. For more information email shell@shellytelly.co.uk.
Help make banners, costumes, balloons and bags and let's turn Norwich into a Rainbow!
If you're thinking about coming to Pride and you're not sure who to go with, or have any questions - perhaps you're not out, but still would like to be part of this year's Pride in some way - come and meet us! Matt and Jojo from the Norwch Pride Collective will be in the cafe bar, wearing rainbow ribbons - just turn up or email norwichpride@hotmail.co.uk to let us know you'd like to come. Informal and friendly.
Artists Statement
This children's story was written as a way of healing the grief felt by the loss of my parents and brother who all passed within a short space of time. The main characters are based on them and also my early childhood translated into a fantasy setting. I really enjoyed writing the book and painting the artwork and I hope it gives you the same pleasure. I am at the Forum on Saturday 25th July for the Norwich Pride and will be happy to sign any copies of the book. The prints on display here are for sale and are a limited edition as they have not been sold outside of the book anywhere else.
Books Chosen by the LGBT Community in association with Norwich Pride.
Becoming a successful comedian takes more then just talent and luck. It involves preparation, experience, a knowledge of the business and knowing what is expected of you. Today's top comedians developed their humor without conforming to any trends or formulas. Talent, originality and hard work are the keys to success. This workshop is not just for comedians. If you have ever wanted to get up in front of a group of people and perform or you need to build your confidence up or just want to become a better public speaker, this course is for you. It is a short, sharp introduction into performing and confidence building that aims to provide you with the tools you need to step on a stage for the first time.
• Dealing with stage fright
• How to read your crowd
• Building Confidence
• Comic Timing
• Performance coaching
• Use of mic stand
• How to get gigs
• Class discussions
Led by Carrie Anne Guthrie and Kirsty Hudson. Costs £10 with a light lunch. Please email shell@shellytelly to reserve your place.
If you're thinking about coming to Pride and you're not sure who to go with, or have any questions - perhaps you're not out, but still would like to be part of this year's Pride in some way - come and meet us! Matt and Jojo from the Norwch Pride Collective will be in the cafe bar, wearing rainbow ribbons - just turn up or email norwichpride@hotmail.co.uk to let us know you'd like to come. Informal and friendly.
Be the first to hear from Norwich's brightest new comedy talents - our students from today's workshop. With some professional acts to support them, it promises to be a fun-filled evening at one of Norwich's friendliest pubs. Our lovely Aussie hosts Leanne and Jamie look forward to meeting you.
An exhibition of new photographs by Helen Simpson.
"In 1988 an act was passed that prevented homosexuality being discussed positively in schools, it was known as section 28. In the legislation gay families were referred to as 'pretend families'. The law was eventually repealed in 2003.
As a celebration of norwich pride, artist Helen Simpson put out a call for families of any description to be photographed and record in 50 words what familiy means to them.
What you see in the exhibition is individuals of all orientations with partners, relatives, friends, children and pets. Enjoy!"
The Shelly Telly Table Tennis team present the first Pride Table Tennis Tournament. Sponsored by the Norwich and District Table Tennis League, there will be Rainbow balls, fabulous trophies, loads of fun and professional coaching from the talented twins Martyn and Richard Stevenson. Who will be crowned the Pride Champions 2009? Cost £5.
Come and make banners, balloons and t-shirts!
Introduction by Krystal De-Kanta. New Digital Restoration, (15)
Director: Stephan Elliott. Starring: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter. Australia 1994. 104 mins.
An outrageously camp musical comedy in which three Sydney showgirls with problems - Felicia, Mitzi and Bernadette - are invited to play a four week cabaret engagement at a resort hotel in Alice Springs, in the middle of Australia's red desert. It seems like the perfect opportunity to leave their troubles behind them, at least for a while, but the trip is not as straightforward as it seems. Felicia and Mitzi are drag queens and Bernadette is a transsexual, and meeting a man in a dress in the outback is not a normal occurrence. Naming the bus they are to travel in Priscilla, and cramming her with a gaudy assortment of frocks and stilettos, they set off with music blaring in the direction of Alice Springs. Along the way they break down, dress up, perform in unlikely places and encounter hilarity, hostility, incomprehension and acceptance.
Freshly baked scones, amazing meringues, delicately cut sandwiches, delicious lemon drizzle cake. £7.50 per person. Must be booked in advance from The Tea Lounge or Shelly Telly.
Karaoke at the Catherine Wheel. Burger van from 8pm
Hocus Pocus Theatre are proud to present their naughty "Camp It Up" Cabaret event as part of Norwich LGBT Pride. With their unique blend of theatre, comedy, song and dance, you'll be tickled pink at this outlandish vaudevillian romp. Featuring: Hot Boppin Girls, Miss Fit Circus, burlesque, delicious drag acts and some very special guests. Plus vintage vinyl DJ, Lord Jazz spinning rhthymn and blues, rare grooves, ska and world jazz til late. Whihc ever way tyou swing: dress up, turn up and camp it up!
NAC Box Office 01603 660352
www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Free vodka jelly for everyone who sings a Gay Anthem!
Come along to The Castle for a great night out in a friendly and lively environment at the heart of Norwich's Gay Scene.
Photos, Movies and Documents are displayed against a beautiful rainbow background to fill FUSION with colour and light and capture the story behind the first Norwich Pride. Now updated with images and sounds from the 25th July.
Stalls, Films, Lectures at The Forum. Here's the line-up for Lectures in the Cube which are sponsored by Freebridge Housing:
10.30am Hilary Koe "Know Your Rights"
10.55am Richard Blake "Gay and Disabled: A Personal Story"
11.20am Luke Fitzgerald "The Gay Liberation Front: A Personal Perspective"
11.45am Pat Dungey "Lesbian London in the 20s and 30s"
12.10pm Justin Campaign "Gays in Football"
12.25pm Linda Bellos "40 years later"
12.50pm Pat Dungey "A lesbian life - a humourous review"
13.15pm Daniel Danso "Stonewall"
Picnic in Chapelfield Gardens: activities include; acoustic music, picnic area, Egyptian dancing, face-painting, story telling, Samba Band, and more...
Lord Mayor of Norwich, Councillor Evelyn Collishaw will launch the Pride Parade from Chapelfield Gardens and the Norwich Samba Band will lead the walkers as they weave their way to the Forum where there will be speeches and entertainment on Millennium Plain.
Speeches from Jeremy Hook, Adrian Ramsey, Linda Bellos, Daniel Danso; Comedy from Carrie-Ann Guthrie; Music from Sean Searphim, Adele Swallow, Gary Rolfe.
Live acoustic and chilled music. Sean Seraphim is on at 6.30pm.
Welcome to St John the Baptist, Timberhill. This ancient 13th century parish church provides the people of Norwich with a space in which everyone can pray, reflect or just shelter from the hustle and bustle of everyday life in the city centre. St John's is opened all day and everyday for you to use. No matter who you are, whatever your background or belief - you are most Welcome in this House of Prayer.
After the noise and fun of the Pride festivities, you are all invited to come as spend a few minutes of stillness and calm before the Pride celebrations continue throughout the evening and weekend. At 6pm, come and cool down, relax and reflect in a short 20 minute service of thanks giving for the diversity and richness of all humankind who live and work here in Norwich and East Anglia.
Food available all weekend until 9pm. Dogs allowed.
Live music from Talisman who will be playing all our favourite Gay Anthems
The TWISTED CARNIVAL After Party to Norwich Pride 09. Miss. Adventure, DJ Spangle Special Guests: DJ Illegal Substances, Davebreaks, Spenny And MORE…
Entry: £3 – Fancy Dress; £4.50 – Non Fancy Dress. Prize for most imaginative outfit
Twisting the carnival, with dirty electro and UV in an 'Off The Wall' New York Club Kids Style Party with a Circo Twist. Think Carnival, think twisted, think Circus sideshow fabulous, think James St. James (SuperFreak), think Art Glam with stylised influences from the 'Greatest Show on Earth' and tripped visuals by the Usual Rejects.
Come along to The Castle for a great night out in a friendly and lively environment at the heart of Norwich's Gay Scene.
Pub opens at 4.30pm, show starts 9.30pm. Burger van from 8pm.
A local women's social network "Diggin Women" invite women to join them on a Ladies Day Out. Contact Lauren and Jill: 07957 788692
Food available till 6pm. Free film showing at 4.30pm "La Cage Aux Folles"
Walk with Pride with your best friend! You and your dog are invited to meet us on Sunday morning at the Compleat Angler. We'll walk along Riverside and up onto Mousehold Heath where we'll take a group photo from the most scenic spot in the city - on top of the hill, overlooking the cathedral. Award-winning dogtrainer Jo Belsten from www.mutts-with-manners.co.uk will be with us if you need any advice about behaviour, grooming etc
Sunday Lunch Carvery £5 a head. Children welcome
* London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour *
Director: Heather Tobin. Starring Hannah Hogan, Tracy Rae, Shaughnessy Redden. Canada 2008. 109 mins.
This assured debut by talented all-rounder Heather Tobin (she scripted, produced, shot and edited the film) is the coming out tale of young married Jess and the emotional rollercoaster she finds herself on when she meets and instantly falls for out proud lesbian Casey. Growing up with a mother that believes homosexuality is a sin it's no wonder Jess buried her true feelings and married her high school sweetheart fresh after graduation. Yet she's unable to keep away from the charming Casey and the two young women embark on an affair, discovering what it means to truly love someone. But will love be enough for Jess to tell the truth and come out? An award-winning film at numerous festivals this low-budget gem marks Tobin out as a director to watch. (LLGFF)
Introduction by Katherine Stokes
The Catherine Wheel Pub is open from 2.30pm on Pride Sunday. Music Quiz 8.30pm
A grim, gritty South London housing estate makes an unlikley setting for a romantic fairy-tale, but Hetti MacDonald's gay teenage love story all but brings it off. Adapted by screenwriter Jonathan Harvey from his own stage play, Beautiful Thing tells how teenage loner Jamie falls for next-door neighbour Ste, one of the tough kids who bullies him at school. Amazingly, he finds his feelings reciprocated, and the two progress to a tender, tentative affair. Sidestepping conventional notions of working-class homophobia, the film succeeds in presenting its central relationship not as anything startlingly different, but simply as a teenage romance--with all the joy and heartbreak it implies--that happens to be between two 15-year-old guys. Problems of brutality and deprivation are acknowledged but never allowed to dominate, and under the influence of love even the harsh walkways and terraces of the estate take on a sunlit glow.
The film will be introduced by the Chair of the Norwich Pride Collective, Nick O'Brien
An evening of classy tunes from DJ 78 and DJ Hilly - DJ 78 plays, well, 78rpm discs, mostly swing, early rock'n'roll, and such - but for this event he promises to mix it up a bit and play a bit of everything from the '20s til the present day (when did you last see gramophones next to normal record decks?) Hilly plays 7" singles, predominantly soul, Motown and disco. She will be delivering a 'high camp' set... making for a really 'up', party atmosphere. Balloon guru Mandy of Balloozles will also make an appearance, making risque and silly balloon models for partygoers.
Then there'll be a stall with Pride merchandise and (of course) bi resources. At midnight there'll be the big announcement that it's the beginning of Bi Day itself (we're celebrating a day early because we're like that). So: 8pm - 12:30am, 22nd Sept, and best of all... FREE ENTRY!
***NEW! SPECIAL OFFER***
Julian Clary will be strutting his stuff at the Norwich Playhouse Theatre on the same night, and the theatre is offering two tickets for the price of one to people attending the Celebrate Bisexuality Day shindig in the bar! You'll need the SUPER SECRET CODEWORD to get your free ticket, email me (Em) at getholdofem@yahoo.co.uk to find out what it is!
The brilliant BOUND is this month's "Out at the Movies" film at Cinema City and will be introduced by Professor Yvonne Tasker. As an added bonus, there's FREE icecream whilst it lasts.
"NOBODY HAS EVER MADE A MOVIE LIKE IT!"
Jonathan Caouette's spellbinding debut TARNATION reimagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. Caouette has been documenting his life since he was eleven-years-old and with TARNATION weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of 80's pop culture and dramatic re-enactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. The film begins in 2003 as Caouette learns of his mother's lithium overdose. Faced with the haunting remnants of his past, including a family legacy of mental illness, abuse, and neglect, Caouette returns him to his native Texas to aid his mother's recovery. Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma through musical theatre, Grade B horror flicks and the forging of his identity through popular culture. A raw and sensual display of self-destruction and rebirth, TARNATION – imagine CAPTURING THE FRIEDMAN'S filtered through the sensibility of Paul Morrissey – announces the arrival of an exceptional new cinematic visionary.
The film will be introduced by poet Vince Laws: 'I found his honesty totally arresting. He is candid about his views, his sexuality, his beliefs, himself, and the world as he sees it.' Stash Kirkbride, Triangle Magazine, Oct 2009
Pride Favourites, the Warhol Factory Rejects Presents an..
Alice in Wonderland
Trash Rave Party
'EAT ME DRINK ME'
Down the Rabbit Hole to an underground UV New York club kids take on English 'turn of the century' psychedelia. Transform to one of Lewis Carrols creations, be it The White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, Queen of hearts or characters from Through the Looking Glass's twisted world. Unusual creatures and bottles of 'Drink Me' potions galore where the mildly eccentric come to play.
Think tripped creatures, think trash wonderland, think steam punk meets UV cyber freak.
Dirty Trash Disco meets wonderland electro to please the creatures of the night and set the dance floor alight:
Miss Adventure
Fantastic Mrs. Bird Woman
Musicandlights
Davebreaks
Spangle
JayJay
SAT. 24th OCTOBER 2009
TAKE 5 CRYPT (17 Tombland, Norwich)
8PM – 1AM
Entry :
£3 – Carnival Attire
£4.50 – Normal Attire
*Prizes for most imaginative outfits*
Some profits to Education Plus http://edplusint.org/index.html
Sponsored by
●The Ship of Fools www.tsofvintage.com
●TATLERS Restraunt: 21 Tombland, 01603 764296
Join the Norwich Pride Collective on Millennium Plain (outside the Forum) on Friday 30th October at 9pm for two minute's silence against all Hate Crime.
Please bring candles
(please don't bring placards or banners)
Please arrive by 8.45pm. Vince Laws will read a poem and a letter from the nephew of Harvey Milk.
10,000 people are gathering in Trafalgar Square in a Silent Candle-lit Vigil (see below) and the organisers have invited people around the world to join them to light candles of hope and observe the two minutes silence, preferably at 9pm GMT.
A Silent Candle-lit vigil against All Hate-Crime in the Heart of London, Trafalgar Square 8pm to 10pm Friday 30th October 2009
To show the world that this criminal behaviour is unacceptable here.
To stand shoulder to shoulder to stop this happening again.
On Friday 25th September 2009, Ian Baynham, 62, and his friend were subjected to homophobic abuse in Trafalgar Square, London. When Ian challenged this unacceptable behaviour he was assaulted by three youths: two women and a man. He later died of his injuries on 13th October.
On Sunday 25 Ocotber, James Parkes, 22, an off-duty trainee police officer, was set upon by a group of up to 20 teenagers in the heart of the gay quarter of Liverpool. James was with his partner, another man and a woman when he was attacked. One of his companions was punched in the face. James is now fighting for his life with multiple skull fractures and other injuries.
Ian and James are sadly not alone; They are two among thousands of people who have been victims of hate crime.
People from all communities are invited to come together on Friday 30th October to stand up and say that Hate Crime is unacceptable and that we will no longer tolerate it.
The vigil, which has received high-profile support and will be hosted by Sandi Toksvig, will include speakers from a wide cross section of the community, and musical contributions from a mass choir bringing together members of the LGBT choir of London, Brighton and Hove, Birmingham and Manchester as well as the London Gay Symphonic Winds.
Those unable to attend the event in person, wherever they are in the world, are invited to light candles of hope and observe the two minutes silence, preferably at 9pm GMT.
The vigil, in Trafalgar Square, will start at 8pm and will last 2 hours.
A website (www.17-24-30.com) and Facebook event have been created for the occasion as well as a Twitter account.
Donations can be made here on PayPal or via a dedicated bank account (Sort Code 40-03-22 Account 41446843).
Cud u tell ur coming out story in 140 CHARACTERS or less?
Norwich Pride are looking for 140 CHARACTERS to tell us their coming out stories in 140 CHARACTERS or less (a "tweet" on Twitter) for an Interactive Show at the Forum in January 2010. We want LGBT people to tell us what it was like coming out for them and families and friends to let us hear their side of the story too. In this workshop you can turn your microstory into a 12 second micromovie. The workshop leaders are Community Filmmaker Shelly Telly and Poet/Artist Vince Laws.
This Month's OUT AT THE MOVIES at Cinema City is a series of short films called "Here Come the Girls" on Thursday 10th December at 8pm. Here's some info:
Nine up-and-coming and established female filmmakers bring you a refreshing variety of shorts that look at all aspects of lesbian life and love, from contemporary scenarios of mistaken identity and bedroom hang-ups to period pieces concerning secret rendezvous and forbidden relationships. Sobering issues such as racial stereotypes and domestic violence are also touched upon, as are tales of wistful romance and teenage friendships boiling over into sexual desire.
We'll have live music in the bar at 8pm from multi-talented Maddi Cassell who was a huge hit at the Pride Comedy Night and Pride Picnic in Chapelfield Gardens.
The films will be introduced at 8.30pm by Linda Bellos - best remembered as an activist and leader of Lambeth council in the 1980s, Linda now lives in Norfolk and is a Director of Diversity Solutions Consultancy Ltd.
For some it's been a painful experience. For others it's been liberating. Coming out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) can be a huge hurdle for a lot of people.
| “Every LGBT person has at least one great Coming Out story,” says Michelle Savage, chair of the Norwich Pride Collective. “It might be about when they first fell in love, or when they told their parents. Some people faced rejection, others got loving support” An interactive show at Fusion in the Forum captures both negative and positive experiences. Norwich Pride invited 140 people to tell their “Coming Out” stories in 140 CHARACTERS or less - a “tweet” on the popular social networking site Twitter. |  |
Some examples of the stories are:
“ I wasn't very out at work. Then I got cancer. People wanted to know I was loved and had support so I told them. It was a gr8 feeling.”
“I came out as bisexual to my parents when I was 16. They said 'go to your room'”
A team of LGBT filmmakers have turned the stories into micromovies lasting just 12 seconds long. Poet/Artist Vince Laws, says:
“We have been overwhelmed by the honesty, creativity and humour with which people have told their tales. There's sad stories, happy stories, romances and adventures. We're proud that 140 CHARACTERS captures the huge variety of people's experiences.”
The 140 CHARACTERS project is a partnership between Norwich Pride, the Forum, the Writers Centre and local community filmmaker Shelly Telly.
You can read all the stories online at www.twitter.com/OUT140
This delightful and heart-warming romantic comedy follows the lives and loves of three gay couples living in London's swinging Soho, hanging on for dear life through the thrills and chills of their respective relationships.
Alex, a struggling actor, has found love and security with upper-class reality TV producer Harry. Art dealer William, trying to juggle the demands of his precocious nine-year-old daughter, is falling head over heels for soap actor Lawrence. And professional artist Tom clings to his hustler-in-residence, Lars, who barely even bothers to feign fidelity. At the centre of them all is queen bee Louise, worried that her latest boytoy might be a little too comfortable with her gaggle of gay male friends. When the gang comes together at a hilariously disastrous dinner party, pent-up tensions force the couples out of their comfort zones and into deeper waters. To keep their relationships afloat, they have to ditch the drama and find their way back to happiness.
Sophisticated, sexy, snappy, and stylish, MR. RIGHT is a real find. (Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2009)
We're pleased to announce that the film will be introduced Richard Hilton, talented new stand-up comic from Lowestoft - a hit at the Norwich Pride 2009 Comedy Night.
Want to know more? We are always looking to recruit more helpers and find out what we could do better in 2010 - remember, we are all volunteers, so come and say hello. We have our first Norwich Pride Open Meeting 2010 on Monday 25th January, 7-9pm at the Catherine Wheel. Our chair Shell says "Get all the latest gossip on the Norwich Pride Collective and discover how you can help to organise the second Norwich Pride which is on Saturday 31st July 2010".
As part of the Holocaust Memorial Day Events in Norwich, a specific gig has been organised under the Love Music Hate Racism and Homophobia banner. This event on Saturday 30 January aims to bring people together and promote unity and anti-racist and anti-homophobic behaviour through music and dance. This follows in the tradition of the Rock Against Racism events in the 1970s and the more recent Love Music Hate Racism Carnivals that have taken place around the UK. Homophobic attacks have also increased over the last few months and the British National Party have publicly attacked the LGBT community – something that cannot be tolerated. Details as follows:
| Music and Dancing – From Disco to Psychedelic Trance DJ CD M!ND DJ Miss Education Intensi T - Beatbox Artist Plus Acoustic set from The Neutrinos Cost: £3 entry on the door. |  |
| Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT) History Month takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. LGBT people have often hidden themselves in society for their own safety and have also frequently been ignored by others for their achievements and contributions. By presenting an honest appraisal of LGBT lives we seek to replace ignorance with knowledge and understanding. Just scroll down for details of individual events - more info is being added regularly. For more information about LGBT History Month, visit www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk Norwich Castle photo by Paul Reed. |  |
Rainbow flags will fly across Norfolk on February 1st for the start of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Trans) History Month. Poet and artist Vince Laws will perform at the morning flag raising and says “There's comedy, drama, sport, politics and parties to enjoy. I urge those of you who are not LGB or T to join us at these events, break down barriers, and show that you believe we all deserve to be our best, regardless.”
Organizations that will be raising the rainbow flag include County Hall, City Hall, Norwich Castle and The Fire Service.
Just scroll down for details of LGBT History Month events on every fabulous day in February!
Party to celebrate the start of 28 days of fabulous LGBT History Month events.
Featuring performances by Sean Seraphim, the Killer Queens, Maddi Cassell and artist Vince Laws.
Cost: free.
Includes raffle to win a night's stay in the Virginia Court Hotel, Cromer.
For more info contact history@norwichpride.org.uk
| This is the third time that Richard Blake has come to Norfolk to talk about being Gay and Disabled but it's the first time that we've got enough time to talk to him afterwards! Richard introduced the screening of MILK last year as part of the LGBT History Month celebrations and also did a short workshop at the first Norwich Pride on 25th July 2009. The workshop will have a simple format - Richard will do a short talk about what it's been like for him coming out and he'll show his 5 minute DVD. Michelle Savage from Shelly Telly and Norwich Pride will then chair a discussion. The event is for anyone who wants to attend. It will be of particular interest to people with learning difficulties, their family carers and supporters. Click on the image (right) to see the poster for the workshop. Cost:The event is free but we will be sending round a bucket for any contributions to help towards the room hire etc. |  |
| Professor Yvonne Tasker is ill so unfortunately cannot make tonight's lecture. We wish you a speedy recovery Yvonne. Shell and Vince, LGBT History Month Steering Group members, have stepped in to provide an interactive lecture on LGBT Representation in community movies. Shell did a degree in Film Studies at UEA (Yvonne was one of her lecturers) so will dredge her memory for some academic titbits. Shell and Vince will reflect on their show 140 CHARACTERS and what they meant to them and the local community. If not many people come, we shall retire early to the Student Union bar..... Directions: Click on the UEA Campus Map (right) to get a PDF map. The Elizabeth Fry Building is labelled "F4" on the map. It's down Chancellor's Drive. The lecture theatre is at the back of the building and there is a car park open to the public nearby (labelled "P5" on the map). |  |
• How are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual residents discriminated against?
• How often do homophobic incidents go unreported?
• What are the implications for gay couples needing health and social care services?
Only Gay in the Village? will explore these issues with representatives from the main specialist LGBT support organisations who will share their experiences and information and identify the support that is available for those who need it. Chaired by Brian Walker from the Norwich Forum for Lesbian and Gay Groups, Lunch is provided.
Booking: north@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk or phone 01263 516018.
TRASH UNLEASHED
To kick start the Circus into 2010 this freak has unleashed the Trash crew onto the city for a LGBT history month special. A rampage of party monsters and stilt walkers will be meeting at Havana club under UV dressed as wild sexy and outrageous creatures of the night to party until your high heels buckle. Come join the party monsters on a night, unleashed. DRESS FOR TRASH * DRESS FOR WARHOL.
| JJ Miss Adventure & more.. oh yes!! Free Entry and Drink promotions £3.50 Doubles ABSOLUTE * HAVANA RUM * MYSTERY SHOT BEERS from £2 Click the image (right) to see the poster for this event. |  |
Featuring poet and artist Vince Laws.
Cost: free.
For more info contact history@norwichpride.org.uk
Aviva sponsored annual talent contest, first heat being held at The Catherine Wheel, auditions start at 9pm, to enter either turn up on the night, contact the Wheel, email norprid@aviva.co.uk or call Leanne on 07946748800. If you have talent, are a natural performer or would like to win money/prizes then the stage is yours.
Cost: Free entry
An opportunity for our canine chums to take part in the LGBT History Month celebrations. It's a simple format - meet under the rainbow flag (or umbrella if it's raining) near the car park and we'll all go for a walk with our dogs. We'll throw in a paper quiz about famous LGBT pet-owners for you to fill in over a cuppa at the café.
Please note: you are responsible for your dogs at all times. Norwich Pride will not be held responsible for any ding dongs between doggies...
Earlham Park information on Norwich City Council's website:
"Situated to the west of the city adjacent to the University of East Anglia, Earlham is the most natural of Norwich parks, with 88 acres of open maintained grassland sloping down to the River Yare. It is is the largest event park in the city and suitable for major events. It is located three miles from the city centre off the Earlham Road with easy access to the outer ring road.
Facilities include:
a grassed area suitable for parking 1,500 cars
toilet facilities - 3 female, 1 male plus urinals and one disabled toilet
café"
Exhibits from local artists and Wheel customers, come along and either display your work, paintings, photographs, sculptures etc, well known local artist Dugal Ferguson will be displaying some of his work for us, we will be offering proper afternoon tea for £5 and we will be dog friendly on that day so will be providing doggy treats etc, we hope that all those hardy LGBT dog walkers will join us after the walk in Earlham Park to round off their day with a bit of culture and a relaxing afternoon tea
Open from 1pm for exhibitors, exhibition and afternoon teas from 2pm onwards
Cost: Free entry.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852
| A discussion of US censorship of same-sex relationships in Animé Sailor Moon, or: How 2 girls went West, lost their pants and were changed from lovers to cousins. Clips from Sailor Moon animé will be shown, featuring the openly gay girl characters Micharu and Haruka and boys Zoisite and Kunzite, as well as cross dressing Fisheye. |
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Click the image (above right) to see the flyer.
Cost: Free.
For more info contact history@norwichpride.org.uk
Private event for Staff Group Members.
Cost: Free.
5 course intimate fine dining dinner party upstairs at The Catherine Wheel.
Cost: £17:50 pp, booking essential.
For more info contact inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852
Place: Norwich Arts Centre, Bar
Time: 5.30-7.30pm
Date: Wednesday 10th February
What's Happening:
The Norwich Pride Arts Team invite all local artists. photographers, filmmakers, animators, sculptors, musicians, Dj's, performance artists etc as well as representatives from Arts Organisations to come to the Norwich Arts Centre and find out the latest plans for the second Norwich Pride.
February is LGBT History Month and we're celebrating with a networking evening bringing together artists from all disciplines to help plan the Norwich Pride celebrations on 31st July 2010, as well as a Pre Pride event on the 15th May 2010.
There will be live music and poetry. You can get money off tickets to Laura Solon later that night if you quote "LGBT History Month" offer to the Box Office when booking your tickets. Norwich Pride is a celebration of diversity and equality from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) community. Our aim is to ensure that Norwich is a city where everyone feels safe and proud to be themselves. For more info contact shell@norwichpride.org.uk or noam@norwichpride.org.uk PLEASE INVITE ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS NETWORK EVENING |  |
A quiz to test your LGBT history knowledge!!!, 9pm downstairs come along and be surprised by how much or how little you know about LGBT history.
Cost: Free entry.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852.
As a Lesbian Comedienne, Clare performs an original cocktail of stand-up and comedy songs to mainly Gay and Lesbian audiences up and down the country and has even been known to make straight people chuckle just a little bit!!! She brings "Dyke" humour to the forefront of alternative comedy!
AS SEEN ON "RICHARD AND JUDY" C4 "One of the funniest women in the country" - What's On "Uninhibited and Unorthodox" - The Independent "A Lesbian Victoria Wood" - Radio 4 Woman's Hour "Engaging and Charming" - Time Out "One of the most rip-roaring talents on the lesbian stage today" - Rainbow Network "The discerning Dyke's comedienne" - Gingerbeer Website Our evening of music and comedy will be hosted by local comedienne Carrie-Anne Guthrie who was very popular at Norwich Pride. Special guest is Maddi Cassell, multi-talented musician. Tickets £5 on the door; doors open at 7pm |  |
Cost: Free.
| Following Norwich Pride in 2009, Miller Dance Centre launched its weekly Same-Sex Ballroom and Latin Dance Classes. As part of LGBT History Month, we present Dancing with Pride – a celebration of same-sex partner dancing. Click on the image (right) to see the flyer. The evening includes a “no fear” dance class, an illustrated talk on the history of same-sex dance and Dancesport, demonstrations of same-sex Ballroom and Latin dancing followed by a fun social dance. You don't need to be able to dance, and you don't need a partner – just turn up and enjoy yourself! Bring your own drinks – nibbles will be provided. Cost: £5 - tickets available on the door. If you're able to let us know you're coming, that will help with planning: either leave a message at Miller Dance on 01603 488249 or visit: www.facebook.com/MillerDanceNorwich, become a fan, and find the event on the events list. |  |
It's Heaven…..if you love Valentines, treat your loved one to a romantic dinner upstairs in heaven, 5 divinely inviting courses at intimate tables for 2. Numbers are limited so to ensure you can relax and enjoy your meal contact The Catherine Wheel.
Menu and other details as for tomorrow's Valentines dinner; see below.
7pm or 9pm.
Cost: £18:50 pp, booking essential.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852.
It's Hell……if you hate Valentines, never fear we can save you!!!, come to our Anti valentines Party downstairs, Disco, Karaoke and “stuff” with Krazy Dave, Games and drinks promos, great music, great atmosphere, great staff.
Cost: Free entry.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852.
Cost: Free.
| "Be My...Greenhouse Valentine" The Greenhouse is a fairtrade/organic/vegetarian café and very LGBT friendly. The cafe will be specially open from 7pm, Sunday 14 February, providing the only organic and vegetarian menu in the city. Book your place by visiting the Greenhouse cafe. Click on the image (right) to download details |  |
Celebrate Valentines Day in style at Norwich's friendliest LGBT pub. Enjoy a romantic 5 course candle-lit dinner upstairs in comfortable, safe and intimate surroundings. Places are very limited so please book your table asap by calling us on 01603 627 852, facebook us, email us at inthewheel@googlemail.com or call into the pub.
We have a set menu over the 2 days and 2 sittings 7pm and 9pm Saturday & Sunday, although the menu is set we are flexible so if you have any dietary requirements then pop in or call us to discuss options
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Kir Royale & Canapes on arrival
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prawns with a tomato salsa
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Chicken en papiette served with
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Rich chocolate pots with fresh
strawberries drizzled with a
passion fruit coulis
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Coffee and petit fours
Cost: £18.50 per person (£10 deposit required by Friday 12th February)
We look forward to welcoming you over this very special weekend xxx
Let's knit homophobia out of football! Come down to Café Bar Marzanos for 90 minutes of Knitter-Natter and show your support for the Football v Homophobia campaign. We're knitting pink and black scarves for the Justin Allstars who will be playing Norwich City Supporters in a 7-a-side tournament at 7pm on Friday 19th February at Carrow Park (next to NCFC) |  |
If you don't know how to knit - we'll teach you!
If you don't want to knit but you know friends/family/colleagues who do - spread the word! This is a completely inclusive campaign for the whole community.
Jason Hall, Founding Director of the The Justin Campaign says:
"It is amazing to see people being inspired by the impending launch of Football v Homophobia day in Norwich. People are bringing there own unique skills and creativity to something that really matters to them. Norwich Knitters 1 Homophobia 0."
| Hosted by the notorious “KILLER QUEENS” Ever fancied giving it a go? ...well come along dress up, put some slap on and release your alter ego for the night, changing area and make up available, bring your own clothes and wigs, hints and tips from the Killer Queens, so come along let your hair down (or up) meet like minded people and have some fun, mind you fun is always guaranteed when the killers are around!!! 8pm onwards. Cost: Entrance free. |  |
| A special Shelly Telly Club Night for LGBT History Month Could your team win the coveted Shelly Telly Table Tennis LGBT History Month glitter-ball trophy?! Come along and have some fun with the friendliest sports team in Norfolk. It's a rainbow-coloured handicap tournament to enable people of all abilities to play against one another. You can also have a taste of professional coaching from talented twins Martyn and Richard Stevenson and there's a well-stocked tuck shop. It costs £5 per person. We're hoping to get teams of 3 but don't worry if you're by yourself - we can find you a team and you'll soon get to know one another. For more info contact shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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| Lecturer: Dr BJ Epstein (School of Literature). Directions: Click on the UEA Campus Map (right) to get a PDF map. The Elizabeth Fry Building is labelled "F4" on the map. It's down Chancellor's Drive. The lecture theatre is at the back of the building and there is a car park open to the public nearby (labelled "P5" on the map). Cost: Free. For more info contact equality@uea.ac.uk | |
Come along and meet up with other T-Girls at The Wheel, 7:30 onwards, changing area available if required.
Cost: Free entry.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852.
You don't have to be clever to know the answers, prizes for the winners, losers and best team name and no you don't have to keep it clean!!!, quiz from 9pm.
Cost: Free entry.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852.
Know your gay celebrities: present and past, Have fun, test your rainbow knowledge Cost: Free to enter... Asian Buffet available from 6.00pm for £5 and there are prizes!
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| Justin Fashanu Exhibition... ...at the Millennium Library in The Forum. | |
| Table football competition Upstairs at The Catherine Wheel with The Justin Allstars. | |
| 7-a-side footie matches at Carrow Rd between 7-9pm. We've got the Justin Allstars coming up from Brighton and Justin Fashanu's niece is up for the evening! Cost: Free. | |
| The Castle's 80s Anthems night... ...to celebrate the era in which footie star Justin Fashanu came out. | |
LGBTs have had a chequered past in the local and national press. How we are represented matters. It affects how our lives and reputations are communicated to others. Using press cuttings from the past 50 years, recollections and opinion from those attending and in discussion with a local journalist, LGBT representation in the press will be considered. The session will be informal and interactive, all welcome.
A plea for reform of England's anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde), a married lawyer, against a blackmailer who has photos of Farr engaging in sexual liaisons with other men.
Farr tracks down other gay men being extorted for money from the same blackmailer, one of whom commits suicide. The well-educated police Detective Inspector Harris (John Barrie) considers the sodomy law nothing more than an aid to blackmailers, and helps Farr in calling his blackmailer's bluff. The movie, far ahead of its time, ends with Farr and his wife coming to terms with his homosexuality after the public exposure he faces in the blackmailer's trial.
Director: Basil Dearden. Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price. UK 1961. 96 mins.
We're delighted that the film will be introduced by Dugald Ferguson, a gay New Zealand/British artist working on solo, collaborative and commissioned pieces in both fine arts and performance. His painting exhibits the strong influence of the South Pacific shown through his treatment of light and colour whilst aspects of design are often applied springing out of his inspiration from Maori Art. He is currently working with images of sportsmen. Dugald is also co-founder of the Live Art/ Performance Collective 'Living Structures' that create large scale immersive environments of activated installation.
[Note added post-event: introduced by Nick O'Brien - thanks to Nick for an informative intro and for stepping in as Dugald Ferguson was unable to make it.]
Cost: Ticket prices vary.
For more info visit Cinema City or contact cinemacity@picturehouses.co.uk
Barbara Ross is the founder of the Norfolk based Gender Identity Services (GIS).
We are delighted that the much-loved Barbara Ross is taking part in our amazing LGBT History Month celebrations. You can read some blurb about Barbara below but the only thing you really need to know is that she is fabulous and has done brilliant work with people with gender dysphoria in Norfolk for many years.
We wondered about the best way to involve Barbara and decided that a Tea Party in Norwich's loveliest cafe the Tea Lounge would be the perfect setting.
So this is what will happen. You will be served an assortment of freshly baked scones, amazing meringues, delicately cut sandwiches and delicious homemade cakes.
Barbara will then do a short presentation about her work and answer any questions.
It's a simple, sweet format and we hope you can make it.
We've got a special LGBT History Month deal on the price - it's just £5 (usual price for Afternoon Tea is £8.95)
Only catch is that we need to know by 5pm on Thursday 18th February if you want to come. You can book your place by calling the Tea Lounge on 01603 619728
About Barbara Ross
Having worked in the field of Gender Dysphoria for over 35 years Barbara has witnessed the gradual shift in attitudes by society and medical professionals leading to an increased acceptance of both the validity and enormity of the challenges faced by the Gender Dysphoric individual.
Whilst improved social and medical insight is by no means wholescale, it hopefully indicates that the blanket prejudice once faced by those with gender related issues is finally being addressed.
Ultimately, however, it is the individual who has to come to terms with who they are, irrespective of society's views and it is this reconciliation that is the primary aim of GIS.
| Lecturers: Lecturers: Richard Beard, Drusilla Marland. This event is on Facebook Richard Beard (Creative Writing alumnus) and Drusilla Marland talk about Richard's book "Becoming Drusilla: One Life, Two Friends, Three Genders" Richard Beard, who studied creative writing at UEA in 1994, wrote "Becoming Drusilla: One Life, Two Friends, Three Genders" in 2008. It is the story of his friend Dru Marland's gender transition and also of Richard's reaction to it. | |
From Richard's introduction:
"Once upon a time, not so long ago, I used to go on yearly camping trips with a friend of mine called Drew. We'd spend a few days walking or cycling, maybe a bit of canoeing, and spend the evenings in a pub and the nights in a tent. These trips were regular but unplanned – if we both had a few days free we'd pack a couple of rucksacks with gear that was never quite up to the task and simply set off. Straight-forward and manly stuff. Until one year Drew thought there was something I ought to know.
"I think it's fair to say that initially I didn't react to Dru's news in a way that would have been approved by the commission for gender equality. Then gradually I came to see Dru as she is, far from the stereotypes usually associated with the transsexual story.
"Becoming Drusilla is the story of how Drew became Dru, of what happened to our friendship, and our adventures in wildest Wales the first time we went camping as man and woman. Nothing went quite according to plan."
Directions: Click on the UEA Campus Map (above right) to get a PDF map. The Drama Studio is labelled "C13" on the map. The Main Visitors' Car Park is nearby (labelled "P1" on the map), on University Drive.
Cost: Free.
For more info contact equality@uea.ac.uk
| Lecturers: Ms Claudina Richards & Dr Brigitte Clark (School of Law). Directions: Click on the UEA Campus Map (right) to get a PDF map. The Elizabeth Fry Building is labelled "F4" on the map. It's down Chancellor's Drive. The lecture theatre is at the back of the building and there is a car park open to the public nearby (labelled "P5" on the map). Cost: Free. For more info contact equality@uea.ac.uk | |
| Virginia Court Hotel in Cromer is proud to host a poetry and story telling evening with a 2 course supper. Enjoy a delicious freshly cooked locally sourced supper, while Vince Laws and Tilly the Tale Spinner recite a selection of their exciting pieces of work, specially chosen for the LGBT history season! Just click on the image (right) to see more about the evening, including the menu. Cost: £5.00. Reservations essential on 01263 512398 |  |
Directions: Click on the UEA Campus Map (right) to get a PDF map. The Sports Park is labelled "C2" on the map. It is near the Earlham Road entrace to UEA and there are car parks nearby. Cost: Free. For more info contact luisaethnie@hotmail.comk | |
How much do you know about lgbt anthems, performers or lyrics? Not sure then come along to the quiz and find out!
Cost: Free entry.
For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Living Library has been cancelled - or postponed cos we'd love to do it for Norwich Pride. Members of the Norwich Pride Collective will be available in the Tea Lounge from 3-5pm in case anyone turns up. So if you fancy a cuppa and want to treat yourself to a slice of delicious homemade cake, pop by and say hi.
Here's the info about the Living Library for future reference.....
Have you always wanted to ask someone from the LGBT community a question but felt a bit shy? Have you gone to the library to find answers? Now you can do both, by borrowing a 'book' from the human 'LGBT Living Library'.
During the event you will be able to borrow human books and ask them about their lives.
This is a great way to meet new people, challenge you current way of thinking and generally enjoy yourself.
As an individual you can learn about different peoples lives, as an organization your staff may feel differently about certain groups of people having actually met 'someone like that'
Living libraries are a fun way of challenging prejudice. All are welcome what ever their sexual orientation.
Poet and artist Vince Laws will be there... you can buy him a mug of Earl Grey and a cake at the Tea Lounge on Thursday 25th when he is one of the range of 'books' you can borrow from the Living Library.
Cost: Entrance free.
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As Part of the LGBT History Month, this is your chance to see inside Norwich City Hall. Starting from the main reception at 10am, 2pm and 4pm.
You will also be able to see our Guildhall . The tour will include the Council Chamber, Courtroom and the rarely seen undercroft.
Tours at 10 AM, 2 PM and 4 PM.
Cost: free.
For more info contact j.hooke@cllr.norwich.gov.uk
As part of the Norwich LGBT History month, this is your chance to undertand and learn more about Civil Partnerships, wills and Estate Planning.
It will be hosted by Gerald Potter and he will be able to answer any questions you may have.
Cost: The event is free to all and will last less than one hour.
Cost: Free.
Becoming a successful comedian takes more then just talent and luck. It involves preparation, experience, a knowledge of the business and knowing what is expected of you. Today's top comedians developed their humor without conforming to any trends or formulas. Talent, originality and hard work are the keys to success. This workshop is not just for comedians. If you have ever wanted to get up in front of a group of people and perform or you need to build your confidence up or just want to become a better public speaker, this course is for you. It is a short, sharp introduction into performing and confidence building that aims to provide you with the tools you need to step on a stage for the first time.
• Dealing with stage fright
• How to read your crowd
• Building Confidence
• Comic Timing
• Performance coaching
• Use of mic stand
• How to get gigs
• Class discussions
Led by Carrie Anne Guthrie and Kirsty Hudson.
Costs £10 with a light lunch. Please email shell@norwichpride.org.uk to reserve your place.
Be the first to hear from Norwich's brightest new comedy talents - our students from today's workshop. With some professional acts to support them, it promises to be a fun-filled evening at one of Norwich's friendliest pubs. Our lovely Aussie hosts Leanne and Jamie look forward to meeting you. It's the last big get-together before the end of Norfolk's Historic LGBT History Month so don't miss it!
Cost: Entrance free.
The service at the Octagon Unitarian Chapel Chapel, Colegate, Norwich, at 11am on Sunday 28th February is to mark LGBT history month.
The service lasts approx an hour, and you are very welcome to stay for tea, coffee, and conversation afterwards.
Unitarianism has a history of celebration of diversity, and was one of the first denominations in the UK to openly accept gay people into ministry. The Octagon is home to people from a variety of religious backgrounds, and from none.
The Octagon has a flourishing and busy Children's Club which runs during the service and is led by CRB checked members of the congregation.
There is wheelchair access at the back of the chapel, and a hearing loop. Large print orders of service and hymn words are available.
Cost: Free.
| Poet and artist Vince Laws is performing a 15 minute poetry play, The Small Frayed Knot, live on Future Radio on Sunday 28th February, as part of the Platform arts show, from 5pm. Listen online at Future Radio or tune in to 96.9FM. 'Mr Laws writes in bold and unadorned language of difficult and complex emotions, of love and joy, pride and loss and anger. Drawing on a tradition of 'confessional poetry', his work is unsparing, unsentimental, and resolutely avoids mawkishness while never ducking or hiding from the uncomfortable issues -- the difficulties of living with HIV, for example, or of making his way in the world as a proud, gay man -- that he tackles head on.' Mark Bond-Webster, Host, Norfolk New Writers' Forum / Future Radio 'His work sometimes deals with deeply personal and painfully political subject-matter but his stage presence is so warm, genuine and witty that it made the journey a pleasure for this audience member.' Francesca Beard |  |
Just when you thought it was the end of LGBT History Month......it's the Grand Finale of the Talent Show! Heats are over, 12 finalists have been picked and the Guest Appearances by: Passion Productions and Killer Queens
The Talk, Oak St, Norwich - Doors open at 7pm Click the image (right) to see the poster for this event. |
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THE NEO VICTORIAN TRASH PARTY
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Saturday 6th March 2010, 8:00pm-1:00am Click the image (right) to see the poster for this event. |
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The New York style Trash Circus take on the imaginarium of the year 1890, Incorporating the great Empire of Victorian London. Smokey backstreet whores soaked in Gin and the start of the Moulin Rouge. In the prime of the Industrial Revolution with its modern Steam Punk counterparts. Victorian Alchemists, Mad Inventors and artists of the Bohemian Revolution Partying in the Big Smoke's Great Binge. Plague stricken upper-class Gentlemen and street urchins, like a twisted oil painting or the hallucinations of an opium den. Long Live Victoria!
Entry :
£3 – Carnival Attire
£4.50 – Normal Attire
DEALS ON GIN
If you'd like to get more involved with Norwich Pride or talk face-to-face with the Collective, join us at our next Open Meeting on Wednesday 17th March, 6.30pm-8.30pm at the Coach and Horses Pub, Union St. Find out what the teams have been up to and listen to Kim, our treasurer, do an interactive talk on raising money for Norwich Pride called "LGBT: Let's Get Busy Today!"
17th March is of course St Patrick's Day so the lovely landladies Wendy and Sharon invite you to stay round and belt out some Irish tunes at their Karaoke Evening after the meeting.
| Party - Night of Mayhem The Girls are back!!! live and exclusive at The Wheel For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852 | |
| Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) Germany 2006, 112 mins Director: Chris Kraus Synopsis from the Cinema City website: "Miss Krüger (Bleibtreu), a bitter woman in her 70s, has been teaching classical piano to prison inmates for years and takes on the challenge of training a talented but self-destructive young prisoner, Jenny. |  |
Do you live or work in North Norfolk? Would you be interested in meeting other LGBT people? What do you think of the idea of a North Norfolk Pride?
There's a meeting this week on Wednesday 24th March at 7pm in the bar of the lovely Virginia Court Hotel, Cromer for people interested in starting a North Norfolk group.
North Norfolk Pride could take any form - it could be a Beach Party, a Poetry Supper, an Art Exhibition, an Evening of Music and Entertainment.....it depends what the group want to do and think is right for North Norfolk.
North Norfolk Council have got a small pot of money to support a group and an enthusiastic worker called Kate Sullivan to provide practical advice and links if needed.
If you can't make the meeting but have got suggestions and ideas or would like to sign up for future meetings then email: events@norwichpride.org.uk and we'll pass on your details.
Click here for directions to the Virginia Court Hotel, Cromer.
| In Support of Norwich Pride... Ruth McGeown writes: "In Support of Norwich Pride...'Hot Candys' is happy to present our Fabulous (and Free!) Sizzling ...'Hens and Stags' night!....which is our LGBT friendly saucy evening... We have the fabulous duo...'The Killer Queens' performing Live to keep us on out toes so get it in your diaries...24th March at The Catherine Wheel from 8 til 11ish...its going to be a sensational and saucy night with plenty of naughty 'interactive' games too!!! So grab your garters, get gorgeous and get yourselves along....Ohh la laaaa! xxx For more info email inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852 | |
Lots of people from the Wheel will be taking part in a tandem skydive raising money for Norwich Pride, The British Heart Foundation and The East Anglian Air Ambulance, support them in any way you can, sponsor someone, drop off a donation at the pub or go along to Ellough Airfield, Beccles from 9am that morning to hear them scream.
This event was originally scheduled as part of LGBT History Month on 28 February 2010 and has been delayed.
Or you can email Kim (kim@norwichpride.org.uk) or Shell (shell@norwichpride.org.uk) with your sponsorship offers - Your Pride needs YOU!
Cost: Priceless bravery. Sponsors welcome!
For more info contact inthewheel@googlemail.com or call 01603 627 852.
Norwich Pride Poet Laureate, Vince Laws, will lead the newly formed Norwich OUT Write (NOW) Poetry Group, meeting on Wednesday 14 April at St Margaret's Church on St Benedict's Street, Norwich. “From 6-7pm, I'll be giving a talk, open to the general public, about taking poetry off the page, showing examples of artwork, film, etc, finishing off with a reading from The Small Frayed Knot, followed by questions and answers. Then, from 7-8pm, the NOW poetry group will introduce ourselves, and get stuck into our first project. It's going to be interesting and inspiring – join us.”
Email Vince at: vincelaws@gmail.com
| Derek Jarman's treatment of the 17th-century painter Caravaggio is typically iconoclastic. Adopting the most extreme 'art is life' stance, Jarman conflates the painter's imagined gay affair with his model Ranuccio with the content of his greatest works. Mixing period sets and anachronistic details, it allows acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Hobbs to compose several stunning tableux vivants which artfully mimic the colours, textures and materials of the artists's paintings. |
| We're delighted to welcome Marcus Dickey Horley, Curator of Access and Special Projects at the Tate Modern, to introduce this screening, which has been programmed in conjunction with Norwich LGBT Pride (as always) and also the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts whose exhibition 'The Artist's Studio' runs until 31 May 2010. Sainsbury Centre Friends can buy Members' rate tickets for this screening by showing their SCVA Friend's Card at the cinema box office. Advance sales are unusually strong for this event and we're in screen 3 as normal so if you're thinking of coming along then now would be a good time to book your ticket; it's a terrific movie so don't risk getting caught out. |  |
Norfolk County Council, in partnership with GIRES (the Gender Identity Research and Education Society) is holding a consultation event on Monday 19 April 2010 for people in Norfolk who identify as gender-variant or transgender. The purpose of the event is to discuss what public agencies need to do to:
- Promote equality for people in Norfolk who identify as gender-variant or transgender
- Tackle prejudice, unfair discrimination and hate crime
- Better understand the nature of any specific issues, for example in education or employment
- Think about the practical actions that will help move gender equality forward in Norfolk over the next three years.
Who should attend?
The event is open to anyone who lives, works or studies in Norfolk, and who identifies as gender-variant or transgendered.
Further details
The event will be held on Monday 19 April 2010 at 6pm to 8pm at the Garage (Room Studio 4), near Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich (see the web link for further details: www.thegarage.org.uk/the-venue.html).
The event will be facilitated by GIRES (the Gender Identity Research and Education Society).
Buffet refreshments will be provided, and participants' travel/parking expenses will be refunded.
To register to attend the event, or find out more please contact Jo Richardson, Norfolk County Council's Corporate Equality & Diversity Manager via the contact details below:
Email: jo.richardson@norfolk.gov.uk
Telephone: 01603 223816
PCS union have organised a Candidates' Question Time on Monday 19th April, 6pm-8pm at the Kings Centre on Kings Street.
Chaired by PCS Eastern Region Vice-Chair Julie Bremner, the event is free and all are welcome.
So if you'd like to grill your potential MP please contact geoffw@pcs.org.uk for a free ticket and to submit questions.
Dr BJ Epstein and Dr. Valentina Cardo and are launching a Gender Studies Reading Group in conjunction with the Millennium Library at the Forum. The group will be open to anyone (of any gender, sexuality, etc.) who wants to discuss the challenges and debates surrounding gender differences, identity, and practices.
Questions to discuss will include: What is a woman? What is a man? Why does it matter? What is sex? What is sexuality?
The group will meet every other month at the Library, starting on 21 April from 6-7.30 p.m.
It would be useful to have a mailing list, so email either BJ at B.Epstein@uea.ac.uk or Valentina at v.cardo@uea.ac.uk to let us know whether you would be interested in being part of the group.
Clare Summerskill's Comedy Night at the Garage was one of the highlights of our LGBT History Month. Clare returns to the Garage on Thursday 29th April for a very different live performance. "Hearing Voices" is produced by her theatre company Artemis and is her personal account of life on an NHS ward, combined with testimonies from other mental health service users who were in hospital with her.
Box Office: 01603 660352. More information on the website:
| Norwich OutWrite (NOW) Poetry Group... ...have got their next meeting on Wednesday 12 May at 7pm at the Tea Lounge, Ber St. |
| Meeting to discuss possible North Norfolk Pride There's a meeting to discuss the possibility of a North Norfolk Pride |
Dancing with Pride: A Celebration of Same-Sex Ballroom and Latin Dancing Friday, May 14, 2010, 7:30pm - 10:00pm. Miller Dance Centre, Ropemakers Row, Norwich NR3 2DG Following Norwich Pride in 2009, Miller Dance Centre launched its weekly Same-Sex Ballroom and Latin Dance Classes. We had a wonderful party for LGBT History Month so we've decided to do it again for IDAHO Day - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The evening includes a “no fear” dance class, followed by a fun social dance. You don't need to be able to dance, and you don't need a partner – just turn up and enjoy yourself! Bring your own drinks – nibbles will be provided. Cost: £5.75 - tickets available on the door. If you're able to let us know you're coming, that will help with planning: either leave a message at Miller Dance on 01603 488249 or visit: www.facebook.com/MillerDanceNorwich |  |
We're looking for real people... ...proud to fly the rainbow flag, to be on this year's Norwich Pride Poster Campaign. |
Pride knitters aim to make a Giant Rainbow Scarf Artist helenofnorwich's audacious attempt to cover the balcony of city Pride Knitters can get into SHAKE-UP at the concessionary rate of £3 |
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| Download the posters ShakeUp Poster - Lo res - 415 KB, 640 x 905 ShakeUp Poster - Hi res - 4 MB, 3508 x 4961 IDAHO poster - 2.4 MB, 2480x3508 Email them to friends and colleagues. Print them out and put them on your notice boards at work/school/college and in your local post office/newsagents/chipshop! Spread the good word! Thanks to Samantha Bettis for designing the posters: Bettis Creative, Graphic Design/ Creative thinking/ Web design/ Marketing www.sammybettis.com. This event also marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – IDAHO Day - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Other things being planned include a debate from our Campaigns Team "This debate is so gay". There is a same-sex dancing social on Friday 14th (see above), a film on Sunday 16th (see below) and a special opening night of the New Taverham Players production "Bad Girls: The Musical" at Taverham Village Hall from Monday 17 to Saturday 22 May (see below). |  Download poster - 2.4 MB, 2480x3508 |
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"Sensitively acted and broodingly directed"
Hailed as a landmark in gay cinema, this pioneering film is a fascinating record of the gay scene in London in the late '70s. After the end of his workday, staid schoolteacher Jim explores the discos and secret meeting places of London's gay underground, unable to reconcile his sexual identity with the rest of his life – until the strain of living a lie threatens to take its toll. “A sensitively acted and broodingly directed mediation on the day-to-day and night-by-night realities of the gay scene in London.” (Village Voice). Director: Ron Peck. Starring: Ken Robertson. UK 1978. 114 mins. 15 cert. |  |
| This screening will be introduced by Brian Walker who came to Norwich in 1976 from the Midlands to follow a career working in the criminal justice system. His experiences of having to live a somewhat 'treble life' separating work from gay and straight social circles are similar to those reflected in NIGHTHAWKS. OUT AT THE MOVIES AT PRIDE Cinema City will once again be screening films as part of the Norwich |
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| The Box Office is now open for "Bad Girls: The Musical" at Taverham Village Hall from Monday 17-Saturday 22nd May. Call 01603 424313. £7.00 / concessions £6.00 The girls sang a song from the show as the intro to FOUR MINUTES - another "Out at the Movies" presentation - at Cinema City. They were amazing!! For more info visit: www.newtaverhamplayers.com
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The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)... ...is celebrated annually on May 17th. It was on this date in 1990 that the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. This year there will be an International Kiss-In at A Kiss In is a gathering of people kissing in a public place. It's a way of Come along, kiss your partner/lover/friend/a stranger, and show that homophobia and transphobia have no place on the streets of Norwich. Email campaigns@norwichpride.org.uk for more info. This event is on Facebook |
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| Shelly Telly Table Tennis night with added knitting and chocolate! All the usual fun and games and chocolate, and I suspect a bit of knitting too. Costs £5 which includes a taste of professional coaching from the talented twins Martyn and Richard Stevenson. Date:
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The Spectacular!! Spectacular !! CIRCUS SUBWAY PARTY With... WARHOL FACTORY REJECTS And PORTA PARTY |
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Sat 22nd May Come join us for some Party Performance Art at St.Stephen's Subway for the Sub 60 project. We will be showcasing our latest Trash Carnival Carnage Costumes in the Subway Factory for a Riotous alternative Trash electro art experience. Including the fluffy neon sound system, lights and special FX
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| After The Subway... "Ladies and Gentlemen, Beautiful Creatures, Freaks and Whores, The spectacular Circus Subway Party is at 9:30pm-10:30pm at St. Stephens Subway. There is NO BAR ON THIS SITE. Then we will party on down to Chapelfelid Gardens for a trash lark in the park before ending at the Arts Centre for: THE CLUB KID TAKE OVER FROM 11:30pm Yes my friends. The Warhol Factory Rejects and Porta Party people have been invited to the Fringe Festivals Finale. If you're dressed for TRASH you will get in for…free!!! MUSIC, DANCING, ANTICS AND NAUGHTINESS. Then who knows… TAKE ME TO THE CLUB. See you on Saturday in your finery Xx I love you long time xX" |
Come and audition for a brand new show to be performed as part of Norwich Pride in July 2010. Our satirical one-act “Gay Play” tells of Dereck's quest to find a gay cure and takes us from doctor's surgery to erotic garden to medieval Camp, flamboyant, and larger than life, this comedy irreverently explores what it is like to be gay. Auditions in The Crow's Nest at The Nelson Pub, Nelson St, Norwich, on 23rd May at 2pm. All welcome to this workshop audition. No previous experience necessary. Auditions will last approximately 2 hours. Visit www.crudeapache.co.uk for more details. |
The Norwich Dandies, a group of contemporary artists, poets and performers are taking over St Margaret's Church on St Benedict's Street, Norwich, for two weeks and filling it with art, ideas and performance. There will be a Human Library, a Lunchtime Soapbox, T-shirt Printing, OUT140, Human Chess, an Alternative Pope, and Badger the dog. |
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Norwich Pride are proud to be part of this year's Fridi Gras Parade on 9th July 2010. Pat Howe and her team from the Spirit of Carnival are going to work with us to create some amazing rainbow costumes and props. Everybody is welcome to join in the workshops and learn some new skills. The workshops are free but we welcome donations. The workshops are at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts (between Pottergate and St Benedicts) and will be on the following Wednesdays from 6.30pm-8.30pm: 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July. For more information email shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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Please come along to a taster choir session. This will be led by Stephanie Anderson and hosted by the Dandies at St Margaret's Church, on St Benedict's Street, Norwich in St. Benedict's Street, Norwich on Thursday 27th May at 7pm. We're then going to have three or four evening rehearsals in July before we sing at Pride. Cost: £5/£3 concessions. Here's some info about Stephanie: For more info on Singing with Pride email: shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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Imagine borrowing a person instead of a book, sitting down with them over a cup of tea, and asking them any question you like. Interested? Then you'll love the Human Library!
The Human Library is free and all those taking part do so voluntarily. If you'd like more information about the event, or you'd like to get involved, contact poet and artist Vince Laws. vincelaws@gmail.com Phouc Tan-Diep took part in the Human Library last year as 'Vietnamese Boat-Person'. He shared his experiences of moving to Norfolk as a refugee and becoming a doctor. “I want to give something back to the community… I'd like to tell my story.” |
Norwich Pride are proud to be part of this year's Fridi Gras Parade on 9th July 2010. Pat Howe and her team from the Spirit of Carnival are going to work with us to create some amazing rainbow costumes and props. Everybody is welcome to join in the workshops and learn some new skills. The workshops are free but we welcome donations. The workshops are at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts (between Pottergate and St Benedicts) and will be on the following Wednesdays from 6.30pm-8.30pm: 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July. For more information email shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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Friday 4th June 2010, 8pm till late at the Norwich Arts Centre Johnny Crescendo Curly Blows it Dry
An evening of Poets and Musicians Event supported by Norfolk County Council
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Celebrating and exploring the experiences and aspirations of disabled people in Norfolk A day of activities, performances and celebrations at The Forum in Norwich on 5th June 2010 Showcasing talent, achievements and successes in arts, culture and music. Disability Pride – Schedule for Saturday 5th June 2010: 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. The Forum Outside performance areas: 10.30 a.m. D4 Dance – Performing a dance piece Single performers and SYHO will be performing on level surface area just outside the main entrance.
There will be exhibitions, displays and films. Inside Exhibitions, Films and Events: Who's Who Exhibition – Tanya Raabe Live Audio Description Tours (spoken in English) of the visual displays will be available throughout the day. Your Live Audio Describer will be Simon Marshall.
The Forum: Parking: Disabled parking available on lower floor of underground car park. (Via Bethel Street - http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk/visit/the-forum-car-park.htm )
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St.Lawrence Textile Centre on St Benedicts St is being taken over by KNIT WITH PRIDE on Sunday 6th June, 1-4pm. tea, Biscuits and Knitting - it's going to be delicious!! For more info check out the Knit with Pride Facebook Group. |
Norwich Pride are proud to be part of this year's Fridi Gras Parade on 9th July 2010. Pat Howe and her team from the Spirit of Carnival are going to work with us to create some amazing rainbow costumes and props. Everybody is welcome to join in the workshops and learn some new skills. The workshops are free but we welcome donations. The workshops are at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts (between Pottergate and St Benedicts) and will be on the following Wednesdays from 6.30pm-8.30pm: 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July. For more information email shell@norwichpride.org.uk |  Click to download poster (2480 x 3508; 2.33 MB) Poster designed by Sammy Bettis www.sammybettis.com |
Vince says... "Hello NOW Poets, sas you probably know, I've been a bit up to my eyes running the Norwich Dandies events, so sorry I've not been in touch, but we meet again next Wednesday 9 June at the Tea Lounge on Ber Street 7-9pm, all the tea we can drink, plus I'll order a cake, £3 suggested donation..." Would you like to perform in the Poet's Corner at Norwich Pride? Email vincelaws@googlemail.com Visit our Now page now for more info on Norwich Out Write! |
Norwich Out Write Fiction Workshop is on 10 June at 7pm in Arts room 01.03 at UEA. The workshop after this will be 8 July, same time and place. Contact the lovely BJ Epstein for more info: B.Epstein@uea.ac.uk | |
A discussion of all things male, female and in between. This month we are discussing Kate Bornstein's Gender Outlaw (email katy@genderagenda.net or B.Epstein@uea.ac.uk for a copy of the text and copies will be on hand, if you haven't read it come anyway!). Ask at the Millennium Library Reception (at the Norwich Forum) for the Gender Studies Reading Group. It's at 6 pm in the training room. Any other info contact: KJ on 07808 970429 Or: B.Epstein@uea.ac.uk 07875 029024 There is another gender studies reading group at the Millennium Library at the Forum on 17 June at 6 pm in the training room. Again BJ Epstein is the one to contact if you want more info: You can buy the book from Amazon |
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Come along with your knitting to the lovely The Tea Lounge on Ber street and make a square to show your support for Norwich pride. The Tea Lounge do amazing cakes and sandwiches! For more info check out the Knit with Pride Facebook Group. |
What does it mean to have to choose your gender? Alex is outwardly a normal 15 year-old girl but is, in fact, intersex and has physical characteristics of both genders. To protect their child, Alex's parents have moved from Buenos Aires to a remote coastal area. Her mother invites old friends to visit, but it soon becomes clear she has a shocking ulterior motive in doing so. When they arrive with their awkward 16-year-old son, all of Alex's repressed emotions break out. Winner of the International Critic's Week Grand Prize, XXY is a delicate, subtle film that explores a little-known issue without sensationalising it. Introduced by Natasha Curson, a staff developer at UEA who has written for the Guardian on transgender issues. |  |
Norwich Pride are proud to be part of this year's Fridi Gras Parade on 9th July 2010. Pat Howe and her team from the Spirit of Carnival are going to work with us to create some amazing rainbow costumes and props. Everybody is welcome to join in the workshops and learn some new skills. The workshops are free but we welcome donations. The workshops are at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts (between Pottergate and St Benedicts) and will be on the following Wednesdays from 6.30pm-8.30pm: 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July. For more information email shell@norwichpride.org.uk | Click to download poster (2480 x 3508; 2.33 MB) Poster designed by Sammy Bettis www.sammybettis.com |
Why not come along to a drum-tastic weekend of camping and relaxation at our DGAS 5th Women's Drum Camp being held on 26th/27th June 2010. We use primarily djembes, percussion and bougs - bring your own but there are some to loan. Tutors are arranged for both days - Jane Platts Mills - improvisation; Sam Everett - intermediate drumming; Anette - Samba rhythms, Dixie - Flamenco, Samia Malik - Bol Na voice, Jane Jennifer - Sacred rhythms. You choose what you want to do. Communal meal (£6) on Saturday night is a must for everyone. There will be lots of support for beginners. A friendly environment where women of all abilities can drum together in a supportive environment. The event is held over two days in in June at Burston Cricket Pavillion, Burson, Nr Diss. Camping and facilities are available on the site (we don't charge extra for camping). Remember to book this an unforgettable event before 1st June when prices rise from £40 to £50. Can't manage the whole weekend why not sample a day for £23 (before 1st June) £25 (after). So if you can drum or you want to learn - come and join us by downloading and completing the booking form or phone Aileen on 01953 860110 with any queries. |
Norwich Pride are proud to be part of this year's Fridi Gras Parade on 9th July 2010. Pat Howe and her team from the Spirit of Carnival are going to work with us to create some amazing rainbow costumes and props. Everybody is welcome to join in the workshops and learn some new skills. The workshops are free but we welcome donations. The workshops are at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts (between Pottergate and St Benedicts) and will be on the following Wednesdays from 6.30pm-8.30pm: 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July. For more information email shell@norwichpride.org.uk | Click to download poster (2480 x 3508; 2.33 MB) Poster designed by Sammy Bettis www.sammybettis.com |
Yes that's right. We at Norwich Pride are putting on an exhibition extravaganza of LGBT artists and LGBT inspired work. Norwich Pride is festooning the city with fabulous art throughout the month of July, with a variety of spaces all over the city, with St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts as the hub: bang in the centre of the beautiful Norwich Lanes; a great opportunity for our local LGBT / LGBT inspired talent to get out there and display their wares to a large audience. We are looking for artists to submit art work before the end of May 2010. Art can include... Painting | Live Art | Drawing | Sculpture | Installation | Video | Decoupage | Multimedia | Word-Art | Visual Poetry | Sonic-Art | Print | Intervention | Flash Mob | Knitting | Film | Photography | Wood Work | Film Animation | Metal Work | Collage | Puppetry | Graphic | Archive | Illustration | Glass Blowing | Etching and Couture |
So GET IN TOUCH and GET ON BOARD! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 31ST MAY More information can be sent on request at the email address below. Email all entries to: noam@norwichpride.org.uk with up to 3 images of your work to display with PRIDE in PROUD! Please title each email 'PROUD' followed by your name. Your Art example Resolution Jpeg's must not exceed 10.0MB There will be a fee of Under £25 to exhibit your work for One Whole month. Please invite all Artists who maybe interested in exhibiting to this event page! Much love, The Norwich Pride Arts Team This event is on Facebook |
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Would you like to be in a Pride Choir and sing a song or two at Norwich Pride on July 31st? We had a fabulous taster choir session in May and have now planned 4 rehearsals in July - Thursday 1st, 8th, 15th and 29th July, 7-9pm. This will be led by Stephanie Anderson and be held in the beautiful St. Gregory's Church. Cost: £5/£3 concessions. Here's some info about Stephanie: For more info on Singing with Pride email: shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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Norwich Pride are extremely proud of our Arts Team who are festooning the city with fabulous Art! The HQ of Norwich Pride 2010 and the start of the PROUD! Arts Trail is at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts, Pottergate at 11am. There are lots of fabulous exhibitions to check out: PROUD! Art at St Gregory's: a selection of LGBT and LGBT-inspired artists who are showing their work throughout the month of July. Dandies at Studio Art Gallery, 77 Upper St Giles. The Greenhouse, Bethel St. Exhibition of memorabilia from 90s AIDS Activism. |
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Norwich Arts Centre, OUT140: cud u tell ur coming out story in 140 characters or less? The Bicycle Shop, St Benedicts: Katya Bowker's illuminating prints! Norwich Playhouse: Fliss Cary paintings, Rosie Mackenzie digital images, Chris Hann in the Playroom. Tea Lounge, Ber St, Eloise O'Hare's Super Solo Show. PROUD! Arts Trail is open throughout July and several of the exhibitions will continue in August. Also check out Mark Alexander's glass mosaics at the Edith Cavell Pub and graffiti art at Sticky Fingerz, St Augustines - opposite the The Catherine Wheel Pub. The Theatre Royal will be joining the PROUD Arts Trail from the 29th July with an exhibition of 13 local and international profile artists responding to Matthew Bourne's magical re-imagining of Swan Lake. PROUD! Arts Trail maps can be picked up at any of the participating venues. |
Eloise has got a super solo show as part of the PROUD Arts Trail, with over 40 paintings to see and buy and be inspired. The Tea Lounge also has yummy homemade cakes and a big patio garden out the back to sit out in the summer sun. The Private view is on Thursday 8th July from 6-8.30pm "Eloise O'Hare - think Alice in Wonderland meets Viz...." Vince Laws
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Woolsey Bridge Fields, Burston, Diss, Norfolk Headline - Fiona Mackenzie Scots, Gaelic folk diva supported by Anna Mudeka, Murphy's Lore, Cakes and Ale, Twisted Routes Young Swells, Lizzie Smith Band. Open mike 4th July. Real ale bar, food stalls, art and craft stalls Adult tickets £15, accompanied under 15s £35, weekend camping tickets = £45/£25 with sauna and hot tubs. |  |
Norwich Pride are proud to be part of this year's Fridi Gras Parade on 9th July 2010. Pat Howe and her team from the Spirit of Carnival are going to work with us to create some amazing rainbow costumes and props. Everybody is welcome to join in the workshops and learn some new skills. The workshops are free but we welcome donations. The workshops are at St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts (between Pottergate and St Benedicts) and will be on the following Wednesdays from 6.30pm-8.30pm: 26 May, 2 June, 9 June, 23 June, 30 June, 7 July. For more information email shell@norwichpride.org.uk | Click to download poster (2480 x 3508; 2.33 MB) Poster designed by Sammy Bettis www.sammybettis.com |
Norwich Out Write Fiction Workshop is on 10 June at 7pm in Arts room 01.03 at UEA. The workshop after this will be 8 July, same time and place. Contact the lovely BJ Epstein for more info: B.Epstein@uea.ac.uk | |
Would you like to be in a Pride Choir and sing a song or two at Norwich Pride on July 31st? We had a fabulous taster choir session in May and have now planned 4 rehearsals in July - Thursday 1st, 8th, 15th and 29th July, 7-9pm. This will be led by Stephanie Anderson and be held in the beautiful St. Gregory's Church. Cost: £5/£3 concessions. Here's some info about Stephanie: For more info on Singing with Pride email: shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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Norwich Pride are proud to be part of the Fridi Gras Community Carnival which is part of the Lord Mayor's celebrations. Come and join us for the Fridi Gras Street procession starting from the Cathedral Gates at 7.00pm or meet us at the Forum Millennium Plain at 8pm for the Fridi Gras Carnival Showcase. The theme of Norwich Pride's part of the Parade is "Welcome to Pride Island!" We're creating an exotic island somewhere over the rainbow filled with brightly coloured creatures where everyone is safe and proud to be themselves...... It includes: - Kieran as captain of the Cruise Ship |  |
We've been working with the lovely Pat and Linda from Spirit of Carnival to create our costumes but don't worry if you haven't made the workshops - you can still join in as tourists or sailors and help wave our giant rainbow flag. If you can't come on the Parade, come along and support us at the Showcase on Millennium Plain outside the Forum at 8pm. The Killer Queens are going to perform the official 2010 Norwich Pride single FREE and are bringing their fabulous dancers, and Vince Laws will perform some Pride Poetry. [NOTE ADDED 01 JULY 2010: Unfortunately Vince was unable to make it, but he will be performing more poetry in the run-up to Norwich Pride - keep checking this events section for updates - Website Editor.] Up to 1,000 people are expected to be on Millennium Plain so this is a big showcase for Norwich Pride and we'd appreciate all the support you can give us. You can also stock up on your Pride flyers and rainbow flags ready for the big day on 31st July. This event is on Facebook |
| Pride knitters aim to make a Giant Rainbow Scarf Artist helenofnorwich's audacious attempt to cover the balcony of city hall with a giant rainbow scarf made by hundreds of local people, is generating excitement across the city and right now she knows of nearly 50 people knitting 15cmx15cm squares. Businesses are backing the campaign - Sew Creative on Magdalen St are offering special prices on wool for the Pride Knitters and the Tea Lounge on Ber St is now an official Knit-Stop. You can drop off squares and pick up wool here or even do a few rows whilst you're having a cuppa - they've started some squares for you to knit whilst in the cafe. The next Knit-In is at the Chapefield Music Festival in Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich, on Saturday 10 July from 12pm, staging a Knit-In by the bandstand! Come along and relax with the Pride Knitters, pick up some Pride flyers and buy some rainbow flags. Check out the Facebook group |
Norwich Pride has a float on the Lord Mayors Parade on Saturday 10th July which sets off at 5pm. Travis, Bernice, Kim and the rest of the Catherine Wheel Crew are decking out the Norwich Pride Float in a Moulin Rouge/La Cage Aux Folles style and we'd love you to come and walk alongside us. If you want to join in, you need to meet us at the float at 4pm on Newmarket Road - we're near the back of the procession so will be be quite far up the road near Notcutts. If you can't join us on the procession but are planning to come along and watch, make sure you bring your rainbow flags to wave us on! We had so much fun on last year's Lord Mayor's Procession - it was great to receive so much positive support from the crowd - and we're sure this year will be just as fab. And the sun is definitely gonna shine! |
The Norwich Pride Out Write Creative Writing Group and the Norwich Pride Out Write Poetry Group will combine forces at the The Tea Lounge on Ber Street, Norwich on Monday 12 July from 7-9pm. The idea is to create a safe space where new writers and readers can share their work, and raise some funds towards an Out Write anthology. Suggested minimum donation £3 each, includes all the tea you can drink! For more info email vincelaws@googlemail.com Visit our Now page now for more info on NOW! |
Dandies Ahoy! The Norwich Dandies are thrilled to be part of The PPRROOUUDD!! Art Trail in the run-up to Norwich Pride on July 31st 2010. Join them at the Studio Art Gallery on Upper St Giles from 13th - 31st July: Launch Party July 13th 6:30 – 9pm At The Studio Art Gallery, Upper St. Giles Street.
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Would you like to be in a Pride Choir and sing a song or two at Norwich Pride on July 31st? We had a fabulous taster choir session in May and have now planned 4 rehearsals in July - Thursday 1st, 8th, 15th and 29th July, 7-9pm. This will be led by Stephanie Anderson and be held in the beautiful St. Gregory's Church. Cost: £5/£3 concessions. Here's some info about Stephanie: For more info on Singing with Pride email: shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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We need at least 50 volunteer stewards to help us get the Pride Parade safely from Chapelfield Gardens to Millennium Plain on 31st July. If you've got a nice smile, can keep your cool as the temperatures soar, like working in a team and want to help make the second Norwich Pride as colourful, fun and safe as possible then please come along to tonight's meeting to find out more about this galmourous and rewarding job. Email: planning@norwichpride.org.uk The venue: |
The Cutting Room Returns after all the fun of the Fringe with a very special event to complement the existing Norwich Pride arrangements. We cringe into our rainbow themed items to bring you the first ever Norwich Gay Shame Festival- "Swallow Your Pride"!! Why not come down? It will be inclusive, if nothing else. Featuring: An interactive exploration of Gay Shame in the form of a Workshop by Lesbian Feminist Comedian Hilary Koe A performance by Gay Shame Poet Laureate Vince Laws Luke Fitzgerald discussing his time in the Gay Liberation Front And finally, your headline act for the evening will be the incredible Maddie Cassell with a selection of songs, sung with shame. Your host for the evening will be Paul "Everybodys Favourite Fat Hairy Gay" Knight Feeling Oppressed? £2 on the door. This event is on Facebook. | Maddi Cassell |
We need at least 50 volunteer stewards to help us get the Pride Parade safely from Chapelfield Gardens to Millennium Plain on 31st July. If you've got a nice smile, can keep your cool as the temperatures soar, like working in a team and want to help make the second Norwich Pride as colourful, fun and safe as possible then please come along to tonight's meeting to find out more about this glamourous and rewarding job. Email: planning@norwichpride.org.uk The venue: |
When one of the Norwich Knitters received homophobic abuse from passengers on a bus, he put his knitting away. And then he took it out again cos he realised he was proud to Knit with Pride. This is a true story and has inspired artist helenofnorwich to book the Norwich open-top Tour bus for a special event. Bring your knitting and your rainbow flags and be out and proud as you circle the city. Cost is £10. Jump on the bus at 6pm on Theatre St, opposite the Theatre Royal. This event is on Facebook |  |
Spend the evening with the Norwich Pride Collective winning prizes of variable quality at Di's Prize Bingo. Cost depends on how many bingo tickets/raffle tickets/drinks you buy. Email: diana.cunningham@ntlworld.com The venue: |
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Vince Laws will perform his poem "The Small Frayed Knot" at The Birdcage, corner of St Gregory's and Pottergate, Norwich. Other acts are Russell J Turner (host and poetry) Jax Burgoyne (stories/music) Andy Bennett (comedy) & 'Switzerland's 100 Greatest Beekeepers, Ever!' an Edinburgh preview from Patrick Lappin, Yanny Mac & John Osborne. Entry £2, doors open 8pm. |  Download the |
On Thursday 22, OUT140 launches at the Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street, NR2 4PG. Cud u tell ur coming out story in 140 characters or less? OUT140 is a project by Shelly Telly and Vince Laws for Norwich Pride. We invited people to tweet us their coming out tales. There are now over 200 stories on the website www.twitter.com/OUT140. OUT140 began life on the giant Fusion screen in the Forum in January, moved to two old tellies at the Dandies exhibition in May and now arrives at the Art Centre as a text-based installation. We've printed and hung 40 of our favourite stories around the Arts Centre and Vince has chosen one to create as a piece of art. Dozens of the stories were turned into 12 second movies at our filmmaking workshops and you can see these on the plasma screen. There's also a live Twitter feed for you to upload your story. Vince and Shell would love you all to come to the Private View. Councillor Jeremy Hooke will do the official opening; the Killer Queens are going to perform FREE; and members of BLAH Youth Group will talk about what it's like to come out as a teenager in 2010. The exhibition will be on from 23 July - 28 August, 11am-5pm and it's free. |  |
AIDS Demo Graphics at The Greenhouse Café, Bethel Street A tribute to the work of 90s AIDS activists using memorabilia, words and images. | Download the |
Cud u tell ur coming out story in 140 characters or less? OUT140 is a project by Shelly Telly and Vince Laws for Norwich Pride. We invited people to tweet us their coming out tales. There are now over 200 stories on the website www.twitter.com/OUT140. OUT140 began life on the giant Fusion screen in the Forum in January, moved to two old tellies at the Dandies exhibition in May and now arrives at the Art Centre as a text-based installation. We've printed and hung 40 of our favourite stories around the Arts Centre and Pride Poet Laureate Vince Laws has chosen one to create as a piece of art. Dozens of the stories were turned into 12 second movies at our filmmaking workshops and you can see these on the plasma screen. There's also a live Twitter feed for you to upload your story. The exhibition will be on at Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street, NR2 4PG. from 23 July - 28 August, 11am-5pm and it's free.
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A Crude Apache double bill to celebrate the run-up to the second Norwich Pride! This is a FREE event (donations of course welcomed/encouraged) however space is limited so its best to call the Crude Apache Hotline to pre-book: 0775 870 3766. If you get voicemail, please leave a message. Alternatively, email joannayorke@hotmail.com |
by writer/director Chantal Schaul This camp and flamboyant new comedy in one act takes you from doctor's surgery to erotic garden and on to medieval torture dungeon, meeting some truly grotesque characters along the way. And, after the interval: by the Crude Apache Broadcasting Corporation The new live show, destined for the sleazy clubs and stages of 1930s Berlin, features sketches and songs by Beverley Nichols, Lady Kitty Vincent, and of course, darling Noel Coward. |  Click to download poster (612 x 859; 754 KB) |
Norwich Pride are extremely proud of our Arts Team who are festooning the city with fabulous Art! On Saturday 24th July we'd like to invite you to join us on an PROUD! Arts Trail that starts at Pride HQ, St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts, Pottergate at 11am. The Pride Peacock - last seen at FridiGras - will lead us through the city with artist Dugald Ferguson visiting the following exhibitions: 11am PROUD Art at St Gregory's: a selection of LGBT and LGBT-inspired artists who are showing their work throughout the month of July. Special offer for Proud Art Trailers: 50p off tea and cake. 11.20am Dandies at Studio Art Gallery, 77 Upper St Giles. Special offer for Art Trailers: got 20% off a 10 minute back massage at "The Rub" next door. 11.40am Greenhouse, Bethel St. Exhibition of memorabilia from 90s AIDS Activism. Special Offer for Art Trailers tbc |
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12.00pm Norwich Arts Centre, OUT140: cud u tell ur coming out story in 140 characters or less? Special offer for Arts Trailers: 10% off food and drink orders 12.20pm Bicycle Shop, St Benedicts: Katya Bowker's illuminating prints! Special offer tbc 12.40pm Norwich Playhouse: Fliss Cary paintings, Rosie Mackenzie digital images, Chris Hann in the Playroom. Special offer for Arts Trailers: Jugs of Pimms £8 all day 1.00pm Pause for the Kiss-In at the Haymarket 1.20pm Tea Lounge, Ber St, Eloise O'Hare's Super Solo Show. Special offer for Art Trailers: half-price cake! You don't have to come on the trail with us to claim the special offers - just make sure you show your PROUD! flyer at the venues on Saturday 24th July. PROUD! Arts Trail is open throughout July and several of the exhibitions will continue in August. Also check out Mark Alexander's glass mosaics at the Edit Cavell and graffiti art at Sticky Fingerz, St Augustines - opposite the Catherine Wheel. The Theatre Royal will be joining the PROUD Arts Trail from the 29th July with an exhibition of 13 local and international profile artists responding to Matthew Bourne's magical re-imagining of Swan Lake. PROUD! Arts Trail maps can be picked up at any of the participating venues. This event is on Facebook |
It's time for the big sew-up! 1200+ squares knitted by hundreds of people across Norfolk (and Germany!) will be arranged and sewn into a giant rainbow scarf about 30 metres long that will be wrapped round the pillars of City Hall on Saturday 31st July. We will kick off around 11.30 so please come and bring food to share, we will finish around 3.30. Any questions telephone 07747751656; email helenofnorwich@hotmail.com |
Come and kiss your partner/lover/friend/a stranger! Flashmob style gathering! A "Kiss-In" is a group of people kissing in a public place. It's a way of claiming the streets as a safe place for everyone, regardless of their sexuality or gender. It's a lot of fun. Gather at the Haymarket at 12.55am. At the strike of 1, let the kissing begin! You can participate by hugging if you prefer. Come along, kiss someone, and show that homophobia and transphobia have no place in Norwich! This Kiss-In is brought to you by the Norwich Pride Collective. The 2nd annual Norwich Pride will take place on July 31st, based at the Forum and Chapelfield Gardens. For more information, check out www.norwichpride.org.uk This event is on Facebook |  Download poster (1748x2504 ; 1.17 MB) |
Have some tea, coffee and cake with County Councillors @ St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts and find out the results of their consultation with over 350 LGBT people about what it's like to be LGBT in Norfolk today. Cost: Free. |
Claire "Waggsie" Chapman is organising a friendly kickabout for Norwich Pride on Tuesday 27th July at 7pm at Eaton Park. It's a very casual thing - we'll stick a rainbow flag in the ground so you can spot us, use jumpers for goalposts and play with our lovely pink football from the "Football v Homophobia" Event in LGBT History Month. If it's raining, we'll go to the Coach and Horses, Union St for a drink! This event is on Facebook |  |
Norwich Pride Poet Laureate Vince Laws will host Proud Words, an evening of spoken word at St Gregory's Church, Pottergate, Norwich on Wednesday 28 July - just three days before the second ever Norwich LGBT Pride! There will be brave new work from the Norwich Pride Out Write poets and creative writers, plus work from more established writers and performers, with all profit going towards an Out Write anthology to be printed later in the year. Vince has provided a flyer for Proud Words and says: "If you possibly can, print out a few, and give them out, if we all bring a handful of friends and supporters we can make Proud Words something proud to be part of - I think it's shaping up to be a really interesting night, a lot of quite different voices, which is great." To download the flyer, click on the image (right). Tickets cost £5/£3 concs and are available from Vince - vincelaws@gmail.com - in person from St Gregory's Church, via www.stgregorysart.co.uk or 07910 153299, or via the UEA Box Office at www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk or 01601 508050. If you can't attend but can chip in a donation, it will be very gratefully received. For more info, enquiries, email vincelaws@gmail.com Visit our Now page now for more info on Norwich Out Write!
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We need at least 50 volunteer stewards to help us get the Pride Parade safely from Chapelfield Gardens to Millennium Plain on 31st July. If you've got a nice smile, can keep your cool as the temperatures soar, like working in a team and want to help make the second Norwich Pride as colourful, fun and safe as possible then please come along to tonight's meeting to find out more about this glamourous and rewarding job. Email: planning@norwichpride.org.uk The venue: |
Would you like to be in a Pride Choir and sing a song or two at Norwich Pride on July 31st? We had a fabulous taster choir session in May and have now planned 4 rehearsals in July - Thursday 1st, 8th, 15th and 29th July, 7-9pm. This will be led by Stephanie Anderson and be held in the beautiful St. Gregory's Church. Cost: £5/£3 concessions. Here's some info about Stephanie: For more info on Singing with Pride email: shell@norwichpride.org.uk |
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Introduced by George Pearce, Chair of Norfolk Constabulary Independent Advisory Group. The most successful French film of the 1970s, based on a long-running boulevard farce which went on to enjoy an '80s afterlife as a Broadway musical. Gay cabaret owners Renato and Albin are persuaded by Renato's son (the product of a fleeting heterosexual relationship) to act straight in an attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of his fiancee's parents, the epitome of stuffy bourgeois rectitude. Immensely superior to its two sequels. Bookings: www.picturehouses.co.uk or 0871 902 5724 | 
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After months of knitting by hundreds of people across Norfolk a giant rainbow scarf is to be hung from the balcony of city hall on Friday afternoon 30 July 2010. Since March this year we have been having 'knit-ins' at pubs, offices and church halls. The progress of the scarf has been followed by over a hundred people on Facebook. We have been receiving squares from all over the world as people's relatives from abroad pitched in to help. There was a target of 1000 squares but there are at least 1500 at the last count. Brainchild of artist Helenofnorwich who asked people to knit a square to show support for Norwich Pride, the scarf is over 30 metres long and all the colours of the rainbow. |  |
'I wanted a way for people from all walks of life to be able to be part of Norwich Pride, the response has been... absolutely amazing. I particularly asked churches to be involved and we have had knitting groups from all over the county busy making squares for the project' The scarf will be carried from St. Gregory's Centre for the Arts, Pottergate at 1pm this Friday to city hall where it will be hung from balcony, then Coucillor Jeremy Hooke will say a few words and Rev Phillip Young from St Thomas church will bless the scarf. After the scarf has been displayed it will be broken up into blankets to be sold and the money given to charity. A massive thank you to all the people with have knitted squares, sewn together blankets, hosted knit ins - thanks to the St. Lawrence Textile Centre on St Benedict's street - and to Anna at the Farm Stores on Magdalen street for being a base for dropping off of squares. This event is on Facebook. |
Platters of delicious homemade cakes, scones and meringues served with delicately cut sandwiches and pots of tea, accompanied by Rod the Harpist, Vince the Poet, and surrounded by art from Eloise O'Hare. Tickets must be booked in advance by Wednesday 28th July - call 01603 619728
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Hocus Pocus Theatre are proud to present... CARNIVAL CABARET Come and join the Carnival as Hocus Pocus Theatre launch PRIDE with a wondrous show of magnificent proportion. Prepare to be amazed as they unveil some special side show oddities and present a host of top class cabaret acts. An all singing all dancing spectacular with a healthy dose of comedy and a few naughty bits too. Plus DJ JazzLord will be spinning a sublime mix of 50's jump jive blues, ska, calypso and Latin American Jazz in the café bar. With your hostess ♥ PEQUILIA BIGTOP ♥ |  Click to download poster (2480x3508, 564 KB) |
Plus special guests... ♥ MISS ANNABEL SINGS ♥ ♥ CLEMENTINE – THE LIVING FASHION DOLL ♥ ♥ HEWLETT & EATON ♥ ♥ MINSKY THE CLOWN ♥ ♥ HOT BOPPIN' GIRLS ♥ ♥ THE GYPSY ♥ ♥ DEVON ♥ ♥ NATALYA UMANSKA ♥ Plus a surprise acts including a special sideshow treat from “A truly original night for Norwich, professionally organised and a delight to attend.” - Lenore (TV Presenter, Journalist and Model). Review of 'Camp It Up Cabaret' @ Norwich Arts Centre. 24th July 2009 8pm – 12am 8pm-midnight at Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street. Tickets £10 (18+) from www.norwichartscentre.co.uk or online from www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk or call 01603 660352. This event is on Facebook. |
@ The Coach and Horses pub, Union Street An evening of karaoke in the welcoming atmosphere of The Coach & Horses, Union Street. @ The Castle pub, Kett's Hill @ The Catherine Wheel pub, St. Augustine's Street |
ZOE LYONS: MISS MACHISMO Friday 30 July 8.00pm |
Norwich Playhouse Tickets : All tickets £10 Running time : ca. 2 hours including interval If.Comedy nominee and multi-award winning comedienne Zoe Lyons presents an hour of punchy comedy that explores amongst other things, arming the elderly, human soup, and the Pope's remarks about the blurring of the genders. Zoe thought this was a curious comment from a man who insists on wearing a frock with pretty red shoes, but then people do say the strangest things. According to one audience member she encountered this year all lesbians pee standing up and you need balls to be a comedian. Well... OK then, Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome... Miss Machismo. As seen on Mock The Week (BBC 2) and at Latitude Festival, and heard on Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up (Radio 4), Clive Anderson's Chatroom (Radio 2) and 4 Stands Up (Radio 4). |
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Listen to the Norwich Pride Future Radio Ad produced by Rikki Rok! (MP3) On Saturday 31st July we'll have the historic second Norwich Pride. The Mayor is coming and so is the Town Crier. The Norwich Samba Band will once again lead the Parade. The Forum will be brimming with stalls and buzzing from the intellectual debate in the lectures! Outside on Millennium Plain we've got huge, interactive dance demos in the morning including bhangra, latin american and line dancing; and Future Radio are going to do a live broadcast. The Pride Picnic is at Chapelfield Gardens from 12-2pm so bring a delicious lunch and relax and enjoy the entertainment on the bandstand. There will be activities for the kids, a poetry corner and performance artists around the park. The Pride Show on Millennium Plain starts at 3pm and is filled with the cream of local talent. There's an Arts Trail around the city; and in the evening there's parties planned in the Catherine Wheel, Castle and Coach and Horses as well as Flamenco Dancing at St Gregory's Church and LadyFest at the Arts Centre. And the rainbow bus is coming - see below....
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The Rainbow Bus, the "biggest, gayest bus in the world" is coming to Norwich Pride! The Rainbow Bus is from Pink Punters Nightclub in Milton Keynes and will be on Millennium Plain outside the Forum on Saturday 31st July. The Rainbow Bus operates on a 'not for profit' basis with its primary role to promote and support national LGBT issues/events/campaigns and charities. Rainbow Operations are also kindly providing our stage and sounds system. Joe McMahon writes: " Although we have a great deal on (Prides, LGBT events and others) between now and then, we are really looking forward to Norwich." |  Download logo |
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Pride Tshirt Printing, Theatre Plain (next to the Forum), 10am
Speakers and discussion 11am-5.30pm in The Curve, downstairs at The Forum. Please see the listings below for more details.
Future Radio, Theatre Plain (next to Forum) 12 – 3pm
Chilled vibes from 4.30pm at Café Bar Marzano @ The Forum. JoJo's chilled zone welcomes DJ IS to take us through the afternoon from 4.30pm -"real feel good music soulful funky house-chillstyle-ish!!" - to kit us out for parties across town later! Plus the fabulous Sean Seraphim, fresh from the main stage. And there's more... see the blackboard outside Café Bar Marzano all day for full line up and times.
The Greenhouse, 42-46 Bethel St, all day St Gregory's Church, Pottergate Henry's Cafe Bar, Haymarket The Castle, Kett's Hill The Bridge House, Rosary Road Pride Party at The Coach & Horses
Gala Flamenco Concert
11.00 -11.40 Banned in Canada 11.40 – 12.20 Should the T be in LGBT? 12.20 - 13.00 The Red in the Rainbow: Is Equality Achievable? 15.45 - 16.30 Queer Messages: LGBTQ Characters in Children's Literature 16.30 - 17.30 Labels are for Soup Cans? Jump to Events List The Bridge House, 1 Rosary Road, NR1 1S Café Bar Marzano, at The Forum. The Castle, 1 Spitalfields, Kett's Hill NR1 4EY Chapelfield Gardens, Chapelfield Road, NR1 3BF Cinema City, St. Andrews Street, NR2 4AD The Coach & Horses, 1 Union Street, NR2 2SL The Forum, The Curve and Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library, Millennium Plain, Bethel Street, NR2 1TF Frank's Bar, 19 Bedford Street, NR2 1AR Henry's Café Bar, Haymarket, Norwich NR2 1QD The King Edward VII, 63 Aylsham Road, NR3 2HF Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street, NR2 4PG Norwich Playhouse, 42-58 St. Georges Street, NR3 1AB The Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Colegate, NR3 1BN Studio Art Gallery, 77 Upper St Giles, NR1 1AB The Tea Lounge, 141-143 Ber Street, NR1 3EY St Gregory's Centre for the Arts, St Gregory's Church, St Gregory's Alley, Norwich, NR2 1ER St Thomas Hall, Earlham Road, NR2 3DB |
After a fantastic Pride day, come and relax and stock up with a tasty brunch menu to get you ready for the week ahead. |
After its first successful year last year, Norwich Pride strikes again bigger and bolder. After the official events on Saturday 31st July, this year there's an event with a difference. The creator of Sheffield Pride's hugely successful T'Other Stage has turned her hand to livening up her hometown with the Pride Punk Picnic on Sunday 1st August. The aim is to show that Pride isn't just about boy bands and Radio 1, and that Pride celebrations outside the big cities can be diverse and exciting. We will be showcasing some of the Divine Diversity in the community, as well as having a whole lotta fun on the way. Acts including local grrrl band Compact Pussycat, glam rock bands, cabaret, fire performers and an appearance from Norwich's Alternative Popes (this year a job share between two lesbian mothers!) are planned, along with Fancy pants and Mirkin workshops and loads more. This all day event at the The King Edward VII pub will be host to the more varied entertainment that is the hallmark of T'Other Stage, and aims to prove that Norwich isn't just a provincial town, it rocks! With a large garden and barbecue in the daytime the event is family-friendly midday till 8pm, and a little darker afterwards ………… This event is on Facebook |  Click to download poster (595 x 822; 134 KB) |
@ The Coach and Horses pub, Union Street Afternoon carvery for £5.95 and live music from Michael Page from 4 PM. @The Catherine Wheel pub, St. Augustine's Street Somewhere over the rainbow,,,,,,,,there's a light at the end of the tunnel,,,,,,and it's not over till the fat lady sings!!! Come and finish your PROUD Pride weekend with us at The Catherine Wheel. BRUNCH MUFFINS WITH A HUGE CHOICE OF TOPPINGS 3 -6ish Come and chill out and relax in your favourite friendly "family" pub that's just an extension to your front room!!! Pub opens at 3 PM |
BBQ from 5pm and a DJ from around 9:30pm. A range of drinks promotions including selected wines for £10 a bottle and £1.50 off cocktails between 8 and 10pm. |
Introduced by Michael Fletcher, Hospitality Team Leader, Norwich Pride Collective Featuring many of the hallmarks that have distinguished Neil Jordan's career (milestones include MONA LISA, THE CRYING GAME and END OF THE AFFAIR), BREAKFAST ON PLUTO marries the themes of religion and sexuality with Jordan's characteristic and fearless blend of comedy and high drama. The film follows the exploits of Patrick B...raden (Murphy, BATMAN BEGINS), an endearing but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in a small Irish town and aware from a very early age that he is somehow different, Patrick survives in his harsh environment through his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone change who he is. Complementing Murphy's scintillating turn in the central role, Jordan regulars, including Rea and Gleeson, offer delightful cameo support. Director: Neil Jordan. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson. UK 2005. 129 mins. Official movie website: www.sonyclassics.com/breakfastonpluto/main.htm Bookings: www.picturehouses.co.uk or 0871 902 5724 |  |
Stewards' Party and then Post-Pride Parties FOR EVERYONE! We started a tradition last year of having a post-Pride party to say thanks to our volunteer Stewards. Last year it was in FUSION where the Pride film was showing; this year it's at the Norwich Arts Centre where OUT140 is on. This year, we're also extending the evening so more people can get involved - we're hearing from facebook that lots of people have got the post-Pride blues so this is an opportunity to get together one more time before we have our break and chill out for a couple of months. So the plan for Thursday is Stewards' Party at the Arts Centre from 5-7pm. This is just for the Stewards, Pride Collective and anyone who worked on the day. We're providing a light buffet of cakes and sandwiches to line our stomachs. We're also going to buy the first round at the bar. |  |
At 7pm we'll move onto Henry's who joined the Norwich Pride family this year. From this point onwards, anyone can come along and join the party. Henry's have kindly given us this offer: "We are able to offer you 20% discount from the main menu for anyone in your party. Please be aware that due to the possible number of people coming there may be some waits and the food will have to come out in stages (A pre-order for this would make it a lot easier if at all possible) Alternatively we do currently have an offer where you can choose 3mezzes and get a bottle of selected wine for £25 (this can not be discounted further unfortunately because it is promotional already) We can offer you £1.50 off cocktails and selected bottles of wine at £10 At 9pm, we'll head over to The Catherine Wheel, St Augustine's Street to round off the evening. We've booked a small buffet with Dawn and Bernice at 10pm in case anyone's got the munchies. At 12pm, The Catherine Wheel closes and we have one last toast to Norwich Pride 2010! Dawn from The Catherine Wheel says: - Can you let me know if any of you have any dietary requirements for the buffet - You can access the pub and our car park via Oak St (where The Talk is) and then up Sussex Street Hope you can make at least part of the evening - it would be lovely to see you. This event is on Facebook. |
The choir are still flushed with the success of their first public performance at Norwich Pride and are starting to get requests for future gigs. Our next two rehearsals will be on 19th August and 2nd September, 7-9pm, venue to be confirmed, cost £5/£3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. In the meantime our fabulous choir leader Stephanie Anderson has got a workshop on Sunday 8th August from 10-1pm at the King of Hearts, Fye bridge St, Norwich. £10 in advance, £12 on the day (+special deal for Sing with Pride members) Phone 01692 583400 to book. |
Part of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour The first of three touring highlights from the 24th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival shows at Cinema City on Sunday 8 August. Set against the backdrop of a nation grappling with violent homophobic crime and offering a scathing examination of the underlying hatred for gays rampant in Caribbean societies, Bahamian Kareem Mortimer's debut narrative feature tells the stories of three very different individuals: |  |
Lena, the conservative, deeply religious wife of a secretly gay firebrand pastor; Romeo, a handsome young black man hiding his sexuality from his close-knit and loving family; and Jonny, the conflicted and creatively-blocked white artist in search of himself. All three head for the spectacularly beautiful and tranquil island of Eleuthera, each with a different reason for escaping current circumstances. Soon, their disparate worlds collide in unexpected and affecting ways. This uncommon portrayal of love, loneliness, tolerance, secrets and self-acceptance takes viewers on a poignant multifaceted journey that is enlightening, courageous, and disquieting all at the same time, and which shocks to the very core with its startling conclusion. To book call 0871 902 5724 or visit Cinema City, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AD This event is on Facebook. Check out the Out at the Movies Facebook Group. |
Waggsie sez: "More Pride Footy at Eaton Park - meet at the bandstand 7pm, Tuesday 10 August and every other Tuesday while the light allows. Everyone welcome for a relaxed kick-about." Shell sez: "Coach and Horses, Union St for a drink afterwards" This event is on Facebook. |  |
We had a great session at St Gregory's with Jenny Chamberlin and Jo Richardson from the County Council in the week leading up to Norwich Pride. About 20 people came along to hear the results of their consultation with over 350 LGBT people about what it's like to be LGBT in Norfolk today. Several people facebooked us to say they would have loved to have gone to the meeting but couldn't because of work commitments so we have arran...ged another one for Wednesday 11th August, 5-7pm at the Arts Centre. Don't worry if you can't get there dead-on 5pm - it's a fairly relaxed and chatty meeting. Tea/Coffee and Cake and OUT140 exhibition will be provided. Cost: Free. This event is on Facebook. |  |
The next Norwich Out Write (NOW) Poetry Group meeting is on Wednesday 11 August at The T Lounge on Ber Street from 7-9pm. For those who haven't been before, for a £3 donation each, we get the café to ourselves, a cup of tea, the chance to share new work or get feedback or not, and this month a chat about the anthology we intend to print. Email: vincelaws@googlemail.com for more info. |
Part of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour "Sexy lesbian romp, with an irreverent nod to the popular art-house classic RUN LOLA RUN, which tells the tale of a talented but distracted photographer on the verge of success in both love and work, who could lose it all if she doesn't make it to a crucial meeting on time." - Cinema City Bookings: www.picturehouses.co.uk or call 0871 902 5724. Check out the Out at the Movies Facebook Group. |  |
The choir are still flushed with the success of their first public performance at Norwich Pride and are starting to get requests for future gigs. Our next two rehearsals will be on 19th August and 2nd September, 7-9pm, at The Tea Lounge, Ber Street. Shell sez: "St Gregory's is closed for a few weeks so we're going to move over to the Tea Lounge on Ber St. The cafe is closed in the evenings so we'll have it all to ourselves and I'll put the kettle on for half-time cuppas. I've also set up a Sing with Pride Facebook Group." Cost £5/£3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. |
Part of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour "Shorts programme including PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT starring Elliot Tittensar from TV's Shameless." - Cinema City Synopses Candy Boy Protect Me from What I Want Dish :) Breath Lucky Blue My Name Is Love Bookings: www.picturehouses.co.uk or call 0871 902 5724. Check out the Out at the Movies Facebook Group. |  |
It's back! at last we've got another Club Night, this time in the exciting new venue of Catton Grove Primary School, home of Wensum Table Tennis Club. The twins will be there giving you a taste of professional coaching and Wensum have, incredibly, got an even more exciting tuck shop than Shelly Telly!! Hope to see you there xxx |  |
To tide you over until the next official OUT AT THE MOVIES event we have the wonderful Peruvian drama UNDERTOW screening at Cinema City from Friday. Synopsis (Cinema City): It's showing for four days only so be sure not to miss it. Visit Cinema City, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AD or call 0871 902 5724 for show times and bookings. Check out the Out at the Movies Facebook Group. |  |
BLUSH PRESENTS..........CARNIVAL - The Brand NEW club Experience! FUNKY DISCO CARNAGE - UPLIFTING HOUSE ACROBATICS DJ Producer Rikki Rok - will be playing vocal funky house complete with The Blush Podium Dancers & the Door Divas THE KILLER QUEENS - GET DOWN EARLY FOR FREE ENTRY BEFORE 11PM! £4.50/£3.50 NUS - includes entry to 90's Night - ...DRESS UP & COME JOIN THE CIRCUS - RINGMASTERS TO FREAKY CLOWNS CREATE THE ALTERNATIVE - CIRQUE LA DIFFERANCE' -!! This event is on Facebook. |  |
The choir are still flushed with the success of their first public performance at Norwich Pride and are starting to get requests for future gigs. Our next two rehearsals will be on 19th August and 2nd September, 7-9pm, at The Tea Lounge, Ber Street. Shell sez: "St Gregory's is closed for a few weeks so we're going to move over to the Tea Lounge on Ber St. The cafe is closed in the evenings so we'll have it all to ourselves and I'll put the kettle on for half-time cuppas. I've also set up a Sing with Pride Facebook Group." Cost £5/£3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. |
The Poetry Group are meeting this Sunday at 10 Cathedral St, from 2-4pm. Facebook Vince Laws or email him at vincelaws@googlemail.com for more details. For more info on this event email vincelaws@googlemail.com Visit our NOW page for general info. |
"A post-colonial, bi-racial, queer, cinema masterpiece and a perfect slice of Thatcherite Britain with a fab gay romance to boot!" – Gay Interest Films We've probably had more requests to show this film for 'OUT at the Movies' than any other title. If you already know and love it then be sure to come and enjoy the rare opportunity to watch it on the big screen and in good company. If you're yet to discover what all the fuss is about then we have a real treat in store for you. This month we're pleased to welcome Julie Bremner, Campaigns Team Leader from the Norwich Pride Collective, to introduce the screening. To book call 0871 902 5724 or visit Cinema City, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AD Check out the Out at the Movies Facebook Group. |  |
There's another Match of the Gay friendly kickabout on Tuesday from 7pm - meet at Eaton Park Bandstand. Drinks at Coach and Horses, Union St afterwards..... |
There is a North Norfolk Pride Meeting, at the Virginia Court Hotel, Cromer at 7.30pm. More details on their Facebook Group or at www.northnorfolkpride.org.uk. |  .. |
REHEARSAL "Sing with Pride" is a choir from the LGBT community for everyone. We first performed at Norwich Pride on Saturday 31st July 2010. Here's some info about Stephanie Anderson, our choir leader: "I specialise in leading workshops in unaccompanied harmony singing for people with all levels of musical experience - including people who believe they can't sing. There's no need to read music, as I teach everything by ear. I teach a wide repertoire of world music, with a special interest in African and North American songs. I aim to make workshops informal and fun, while focusing on enabling people to make fantastic, exhilarating sounds together. I also run two community choirs in north-east Norfolk: Vocal Chords, and Trinity Broads Singers." We meet fortnightly for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. Cost £5 or £3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. Visit the Sing with Pride Facebook Group. Visit the Norwich Pride Choir website - email shell@shelytelly.co.uk for the password to unlock the treasures on the site. Check out the Sing with Pride page on this website. |
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Dr B J Epstein will be running the workshop and writes: "Hi all, I've heard back from a number of you and it sounds like 27 September works well for quite a few people. So let's schedule it for 5 pm. If you need to come a bit later, that is completely fine. Just arrive when you can. Best wishes, |
Open Meeting to start planning LGBT History Month Norfolk 2011 on Wednesday 29th September 2010, 3.30pm in Earlham Room, City Hall. Everybody welcome - please bring ideas, enthusiasm and funding! Join the Facebook Group. |  |
REHEARSAL "Sing with Pride" is a choir from the LGBT community for everyone. We first performed at Norwich Pride on Saturday 31st July 2010. Here's some info about Stephanie Anderson, our choir leader: "I specialise in leading workshops in unaccompanied harmony singing for people with all levels of musical experience - including people who believe they can't sing. There's no need to read music, as I teach everything by ear. I teach a wide repertoire of world music, with a special interest in African and North American songs. I aim to make workshops informal and fun, while focusing on enabling people to make fantastic, exhilarating sounds together. I also run two community choirs in north-east Norfolk: Vocal Chords, and Trinity Broads Singers." We meet fortnightly for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. Cost £5 or £3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. Visit the Sing with Pride Facebook Group. Check out the Sing with Pride page on this website. |
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REHEARSAL "Sing with Pride" is a choir from the LGBT community for everyone. We first performed at Norwich Pride on Saturday 31st July 2010. Here's some info about Stephanie Anderson, our choir leader: "I specialise in leading workshops in unaccompanied harmony singing for people with all levels of musical experience - including people who believe they can't sing. There's no need to read music, as I teach everything by ear. I teach a wide repertoire of world music, with a special interest in African and North American songs. I aim to make workshops informal and fun, while focusing on enabling people to make fantastic, exhilarating sounds together. I also run two community choirs in north-east Norfolk: Vocal Chords, and Trinity Broads Singers." We meet fortnightly for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. Cost £5 or £3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. Visit the Sing with Pride Facebook Group. Check out the Sing with Pride page on this website. |
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SAY NO TO HATE CRIMES Candlelit Vigil on Saturday 23rd October on Millennium Plain (outside the Forum) from 7.30pm: 2 minutes silence at 8pm followed by songs from Sing with Pride Choir. |
A special Halloween late show! To book call 0871 902 5724 or visit Cinema City, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AD Check out the Out at the Movies Facebook Group. | |
REHEARSAL "Sing with Pride" is a choir from the LGBT community for everyone. We first performed at Norwich Pride on Saturday 31st July 2010. Here's some info about Stephanie Anderson, our choir leader: "I specialise in leading workshops in unaccompanied harmony singing for people with all levels of musical experience - including people who believe they can't sing. There's no need to read music, as I teach everything by ear. I teach a wide repertoire of world music, with a special interest in African and North American songs. I aim to make workshops informal and fun, while focusing on enabling people to make fantastic, exhilarating sounds together. I also run two community choirs in north-east Norfolk: Vocal Chords, and Trinity Broads Singers." We meet fortnightly for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. Cost £5 or £3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. Visit the Sing with Pride Facebook Group. Check out the Sing with Pride page on this website. |
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REHEARSAL "Sing with Pride" is a choir from the LGBT community for everyone. We first performed at Norwich Pride on Saturday 31st July 2010. Here's some info about Stephanie Anderson, our choir leader: "I specialise in leading workshops in unaccompanied harmony singing for people with all levels of musical experience - including people who believe they can't sing. There's no need to read music, as I teach everything by ear. I teach a wide repertoire of world music, with a special interest in African and North American songs. I aim to make workshops informal and fun, while focusing on enabling people to make fantastic, exhilarating sounds together. I also run two community choirs in north-east Norfolk: Vocal Chords, and Trinity Broads Singers." We meet fortnightly for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. Cost £5 or £3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. Visit the Sing with Pride Facebook Group. Check out the Sing with Pride page on this website. |
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REHEARSAL "Sing with Pride" is a choir from the LGBT community for everyone. We first performed at Norwich Pride on Saturday 31st July 2010. Here's some info about Stephanie Anderson, our choir leader: "I specialise in leading workshops in unaccompanied harmony singing for people with all levels of musical experience - including people who believe they can't sing. There's no need to read music, as I teach everything by ear. I teach a wide repertoire of world music, with a special interest in African and North American songs. I aim to make workshops informal and fun, while focusing on enabling people to make fantastic, exhilarating sounds together. I also run two community choirs in north-east Norfolk: Vocal Chords, and Trinity Broads Singers." We meet fortnightly for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. Cost £5 or £3 concessions. Email shell@norwichpride.org.uk if you'd like to be put on the mailing list. Visit the Sing with Pride Facebook Group. Check out the Sing with Pride page on this website. |
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