Bechdel Theatre presents a monthly space to get together and explore creative resistance at QUEERCIRCLE in Greenwich. We’ll think about political and arts movements, past and present, and how we harness collective creativity to challenge systems of oppression.
Sessions will be interactive, informal and community-focused, with space for making and building connections between each other - some sessions may involve getting stuck into practical activities (no arts skills or experience required!).
Our next session is on Tuesday the 9th December, where we’ll be welcoming ‘Space With Remi’ as our guest facilitator - a qualified therapist who works with creative, ancestral, and bodily ways of knowing. This session will focus on exploring our relationship to care creatively and as a form of resistance.
How do we care for ourselves creatively? How do we care for others?
Whether you feel like you have a good routine and relationship to care or whether you’re at the beginning of this journey, we invite you to come and explore this together, in a space held by Remi and Bechdel creative facilitator, Beth.
Sessions will be interactive, informal and community-focused, with space for making and building connections between each other - some sessions may involve getting stuck into practical activities (no arts skills or experience required!).
Expect:
😌 To connect to the breathe and body, exploring somatics and grounding techniques.
🎨Use different creative methods (e.g writing, drawing, movement, drama) to explore care.
🤗 A space to socialise and meet others interested in care, creativity and resistance.
🗣️ To discuss and explore how we care for ourselves and each other within systems of oppression.
This programme is designed as a series of events - all in the same space, with a different guest facilitator and area of focus each month. You're welcome to book for all sessions, or just drop in to the ones that you're available for.
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Creative Resistance illustration by Tilly Bungard.
Bechdel Theatre is supported by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Tickets:
All tickets to this event are Pay What You Can with No-one Turned Away For Lack of Funds - please feel free to choose the price-point that is affordable for you.
Places are limited, so if you book a spot and find you can no longer make it, please let us know, as there may be someone else waiting for a space.
Location & Access:
- QUEERCIRCLE is in the Design District in North Greenwich (near the O2)
- We're in the Project Space which is on the first floor, accessible via lift, with accessible & gender neutral toilets on the same floor.
- There is a designated Quiet Room.
- More info on the venue.
For more information and any questions about QUEERCIRCLE as a venue, please contact them directly.
If there's something you'd like Bechdel Theatre or our guest facilitators to consider, to make sessions accessible for you, please email the organisers: hello@bechdeltheatre.com
inclusivity & Community Safety:
Please note this event is adults-only, and is aimed at Queer people of marginalised genders. We welcome all trans and non-binary people, and cis women. We will not police these terms, and will not question your gender, identity, sexuality, or right to attend.
To make sure everyone feels welcome in this space, please do not assume anyone else's gender or sexuality, or apply gendered pronouns or honourifics (until you learn which ones they use).
Toilet signs are gender-neutral.
Discriminatory language or behaviour will not be tolerated (including - but not limited to - transphobia, biphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, xenophobia, classism, ablism, fatphobia). If anyone makes you feel uncomfortable, please tell the event organisers.
We'll take a few photos at this event, to publicise future sessions. If you'd prefer not to be in photos, or want to be anonymised in any pictures we share, please let us know, we want to make sure we respect your privacy.
COVID Safety:
Please take a lateral flow test before attending.
Event organisers are vaccinated and use lateral flow testing regularly.
We welcome the wearing of masks.
Do NOT attend this event if you have either COVID symptoms or a positive test result.