We have had a very exciting few months. In December we hosted our amazing Queertawe Fringe to showcase all of the incredible work made by our Queertawe participants and commissioned artists! There was 7 events across the weekend, including a cabaret, food art, theatre, poetry, visual art, a murder mystery and more.
The Queertawe Fringe had 340 audience members across the weekend even when faced with storm Darragh’s strong winds. There were 42 participants who contributed writing, performance and art to be showcased in the Fringe and 6 commissioned artists sharing films, theatre and food art created with support of the Queertawe team.
This was all made possible by the amazing Queertawe team, all 5 of our venues across Swansea, 10 freelance artists who worked with us and the 9 volunteers who helped staff the events.
“QT has definitely been a positive impact on my mental health. Volunteering at the fringe festival 2024 led me to have conversations I would never have had with people I would never have met. It’s reignited my passion for writing, and I feel much more visible and settled in Swansea since moving last year. I also feel more accepted and less of an outsider. In a difficult world where it is hard to meet people outside of social media this has been a vital link to the real world for me.”
Queertawe Participant
“A beautiful evening. Met amazing people. Felt super safe and relaxed. Helped me feel less alone.”
Queertawe Fringe Audience Member
“After my marriage ended, Queer Tawe was a safe, nurturing space where I flourished as a performer and creative, and grew into my new identity undefined by age, gender, or marital status. I would have been sad and socially isolated without them.”
Queertawe Participant
“Beautiful sense of community, very safe and inclusive space, BSL, wheelchair access 10/10.”
Queertawe Fringe Audience Member
We had a really full programme last year of workshops and events; we delivered 130 Sessions, with 120 unique participants and 732 attendences total across all workshops!
This year we are delivering 6 months of sessions from Febuary to July. We have weekly in person sessions in Cabaret performance, Movement, Visual Art and Creative Writing. Accompaning these sessions we have a series of online sessions in Cabaret performance, Queer Career sessions and sessions exploring LGBTQ+ terminology in the Welsh Language.
So far in Febuary we have had an incredible month with 47 unique participants over 7 sessions and 107 total attendences. Alongside our usual weekly programme we delivered a wellbeing Bath Bomb making workshop led by Primavera with the support of On Your face Collective.
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