This event is part of #DMUpride, to mark LGBTQ+ History Month
5 talented writers from the LGBT+ community share their work in a live performance evening. Performances include poetry, theatrical monologue, acoustic music and experimental memoir. There will be a mix of pieces focusing specifically on LGBT+ stories and those expressing other beautiful notions experienced by the LGBT+ performer.
Performing during the night, will be:
Loz Anstey (she/her) - a vibrant DMU alumni and spoken word artist, known for her witty performances of pieces such as Pam’s Pants and I’m a Dick Day. She is the writer and creator of BBC Sound’s Boxes; an audio piece which explores how society can corner people into two-dimensional stereotypes. She last graced the DMU stage with her poignant TEDx performance, entitled Emma; a tribute to an inspirational figurehead who battled mental health in silence.
Zeandrick Aubion Oliver (he/him) - an English lecturer at DMU. He recently completed a Creative Writing PhD at the university, in which he developed an experimental memoir entitled From A to Zee: The Self as Lens. The memoir is anchored in words in Afrikaans that Zeandrick ‘lost’ in his migration from his South African roots. The style of exploration sought to queer structures of ‘overcoming trauma’ by being non-linear and multi-temporal.
1990s Chris (he/him) - a queer punk poet creating content about the representation of working-class bisexuality. His work includes the short film Factory Talk which appeared on Channel 4; Erasure Island currently available on BBC Sounds; and Hereford part of the BBC United Kingdoms Laughing series. He has also appeared in numerous interviews, such as BFI Network’s ‘What Working-Class Filmmaking Looks Like Today’.
Alex Millington (he/him) - a DMU PhD student in Performing Arts with a focus on theatrical intimacy on the contemporary British stage. Creative Director of Split Infinitive Theatre Company and workshop leader with Cast Theatre’s Script Works classes.
Siobhan Mazzei (she/her) - a Leicester-based singer-songwriter who’s had a big impact on the local music scene. If you have ever felt engulfed by despair, drenched in complete dystopia or consumed by chaos, then fear no more... Siobhan is the Savior. Wearing a heavy coat of grunge rock, her music acts as apologues of seclusion, transmogrification and undoubtable individualism. She exhibits remarkably intelligent song-writing, that cuts to the bone; hypnotic in her Gaelic tinged vocal.
The safety of all our visitors, staff and students is our priority and, as such, the event will be delivered in accordance with government COVID-19 guidelines.
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