A StoneCrabs Theatre Company Project
The Quay Arts Centre is situated in a converted 19th-Century brewery warehouse complex at the head of the River Medina in the centre of Newport. Refurbished in 1997 by award winning architect Tony Fretton, our facilities include three galleries, a 134-capacity theatre, a Crafts Council-listed gift shop and popular Café Bar with a reputation for serving… Continue reading Quay Arts
A family run delicatessen, kitchen and wine bar. Local seasonal produce, international cheese and charcuterie, wines, homemade patisserie and sharing deli boards & traditional tapas, lunches of hot deli sandwiches, deli boards & gyros
Award Winning & Friendly – Barista Coffee & L’Leaf Tea – Breakfast, Brunch & Lunch – Afternoon Tea & Cake – Veggie, Vegan & GF Options – LGBTQ+ Events
Fashion Shop and licensed Cafe and Bar. House Of Zabre support the LGBTQ+ community, taking part in the Seasons of Pride events.
A friendly cafe offering light snacks and refreshments as well as selling local artist work. They have a commercial Gallery, a children’s gallery and working studios as well as working on community projects and hosting many musical events.
https://www.gaysailing.org.uk/ The Gay Sailing Association is a sailing and powerboating club for LGBT+ people. Though the S&CA is a ‘virtual sailing club’, their activities are predominantly Solent-based, and very accessible from the Isle of Wight.
Anna Murray is known for her work as a Sexual Health Community Practitioner for Solent NHS Trust, as well as her previous role as Age UK’s LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse and Hate Crime Lead. She helps run the Island’s only women’s LGBTQ+ group and also runs ‘Time For T’, the only trans support group on the… Continue reading Anna Murray
Karl Love is a councillor for East Cowes, and is one of the first openly gay local councillors on the Isle f Wight. Originally from Yorkshire, Love moved to the Island with his partner in 1992 when he became one of the Isle of Wight’s first Gay Men’s Sexual Health Workers. Love was involved in… Continue reading Karl Love
Patrick Gale is a British author who was born on the Isle of Wight in 1962. As a child, he lived with his family at HMP Isle of Wight; his father was Prison Governor at Camp Hill and his grandfather before him had the same role at Parkhurst. The story of Gale’s father is a… Continue reading Patrick Gale
(1955-2019) In 1983, Phaedra Kelly’s wedding at the Isle of Wight Registry Office made national headlines when he married Vanda, a cis woman at the registry office in Newport with Vanda as the groom and Kelly in traditional bridal attire. Kelly coined the term ‘gender transient’, which was included in the Oxford English Dictionary in… Continue reading Bruce Laker / Phaedra Kelly
