Laught Out Proud @ Quay Arts 8 Sep
2023-09-08 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
LAUGH OUT PROUD IS QUAY ARTS’ BRAND NEW LGBTQIA+ COMEDY NIGHT featuring the best in established and upcoming acts from the community on the UK comedy circuit.
Get your tickets here!
This is night is all about giving acts and audiences alike a fun and friendly place to express themselves, kick back, have a laugh and good time in an inclusive and welcoming comedy clubs environment.

Whether it’s comedy, cabaret or anything in between – Laugh Out Proud is the queer night out you’re looking for.
Laugh Out Proud at Quay Arts will feature the comedy delights of Mark Cram, Adam Greene, Aaron Twitchen and Sharon Wanjohi.
Cafe / Bar open from 18:00
Doors 19:30
Onstage from 20:00

Oral History Interviewer Training
2023-09-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-09-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QR, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs Out On An Island Pride In Self Pride In Place Project invites you to join us, in recording new LGBTQ+ oral histories. Together, we can bring our history to life!
Oral History training delivered by Oral Historian, Museum and Heritage Educator, Lisa Kerley.
You can now enrol for two FREE Oral History Interviewing Techniques Training Sessions, on September 12 and 19 at the Riverside Centre, Newport from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
On September 12, Lisa will guide us through the process, forms, and techniques required to ensure the oral histories are recorded in accordance with archival standards. It is crucial to adhere to these requirements.
On September 19 will be a hands-on, practical session led by Lisa. In small groups, we will follow the steps and guidance we received, ensuring that we capture the stories with care and attention to detail.
Our community has made significant progress, but there is still more work to be done. As we have been recently reminded by a young person in our ‘History of Pride’ workshops: “If people think we don’t need Pride, they are not paying enough attention to what is going on”. We believe that we can make a difference to future generations by recording our stories, making sure that every voice matters, and every story deserves to be heard.
Your presence and contribution will help us elevate each other’s voices, celebrating our past, present, and future. You will be fully supported when you eventually record the stories with a second interviewer present.
If you’re interested in participating contact us on outonanisland@stonecrabs.co.uk

Rainbow Island Meet Up @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2023-11-04 10:30 - 12:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Rainbow Island Pop Up Cafe Meet Up at Monkton Arts, Ryde
4th November – 10.30am
Join Rainbow Island from 10.30am for a relaxed social with tea, coffee and refreshments. Meet other LGBTQ+ people of all ages on the first Saturday of every month.
Admission and refreshments are free but donations are welcome.
Monkton Arts is fully accessible and dog-friendly.
If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 4 November
Time: 10.30 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

World Aids Day LGBTQ+ Networking Event at Quay Arts
2023-12-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
Out On An Island, Pride In Self Pride In Place presents World AIDS Day, at Quay Arts, Newport
Quay Arts was used for one of the UK’s first AIDS awareness events in the late 1980s.
Join us for lunch in Quay Arts Cafe. This is an opportunity to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness and to support people living with HIV, as highlighted in this year’s Channel 4 hit series, It’s A Sin which referenced the Isle of Wight.
LGBTQ+ community supporters
You can meet representatives from organisations who support the Island’s LGBTQ+ community including Anna Murray, Sexual Health Promotion Practitioner from Solent NHS Trust.
Volunteers from Out On An Island, Pride In Self Pride In Place can talk about this Isle of Wight LGBTQ+ history project.
National AIDS Trust is calling on you to #RockTheRibbon for people living with HIV this World AIDS Day.
Taking place annually on December 1, World AIDS Day is a time to stand up for those impacted by HIV, past and present, and call for a better future. By wearing the iconic red ribbon, you are joining a community that shows solidarity with people living with HIV while remembering lives lost.
The event will be followed by a practical workshop looking at the Memorial Quilt and recreating our own response to it.
1st December, 12pm – 2pm, at Quay Arts Cafe, Newport.

LGBT History Club with Out On An Island Pride In Self, Pride In Place
2023-12-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Special Rainbow Island meet up with Out On An Island LGBT History club workshops.
2 December – 10am – 12pm
The morning starts at 10am with a relaxed social over tea or coffee.
This will also be an opportunity to participate in StoneCrabs Out On An Island Pride In Self Pride In Place LGBT History workshops.
Together with Jenna and Dawn Sabine, we will be revisiting the 80s/90s LGBT History through the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and creating our own ‘patch’ in response to the Quilt and our LGBTQ+ History.

If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 2 December
Time: 10am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Book Club & Coffee Social @ One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
2023-12-30 10:30 - 12:30 | One Holyrood, 1 - 4 Holyrood Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5AU, United Kingdom
Coffee Social and Book Club will be meeting at One Holyrood in Newport from 10.30am on Saturday December 30th
It’s a relaxed social meeting, so you can come along even if you haven’t read the book but would like to socialise and meet other LGBTQ+ people of all ages.
The coffee social with breakfast or drinks will be taking place in the hotel’s function room ‘The Tool Shed’ in the garden.
Note: One Holyrood stop serving breakfast at 11.30am.
Please let us know if you can make it and if you have suggestions or any other queries, please contact Caroline at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk / 07786 080203.
December’s book is Straight Jacket by Matthew Todd

Overcoming Society’s Legacy of Gay Shame
Meticulously researched, courageous and life-affirming, Straight Jacket offers invaluable practical advice on how to overcome a range of difficult issues. It also recognizes that this is a watershed moment, a piercing wake-up-call-to-arms for the gay and wider community to acknowledge the importance of supporting all young people – and helping older people to transform their experience and finally get the lives they really want.

Date: Saturday 30 December
Time: 10.30 am
Location: One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
Book: Straight Jacket by Matthew Todd

Isle of Wight Pride Christmas Party
2023-12-30 19:00 - 2023-12-31 01:00 | Strings 9 Bowling Green Lane Newport PO30 1LL, 9 Bowling Green Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1LL, United Kingdom
A Christmas celebration for our amazing LGBTQIA+ community and Allies at Strings Bar & Venue in Newport. Featuring Andrew Browning as George Michael, Dawn the Drag Queen and DJs Xtreme Vertigo. Doors open 7pm, over 18’s only. Tickets will be available here from 1st November.

Book Club & Coffee Social @ One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
2024-01-20 10:45 - 13:30 | One Holyrood, 1 - 4 Holyrood Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5AU, United Kingdom
Book Club & Coffee Social will be meeting at One Holyrood in Newport from 10.45am on Sat, 20 January 2024
It’s a relaxed social meeting, so you can come along even if you haven’t read the book but would like to socialise and meet friendly folk.
The coffee social with breakfast or drinks will be taking place in the café from 10.45am. The book club will be meeting in the lounge from 11.45am.
Note: One Holyrood stop serving breakfast at 11.30am.
Please let us know if you can’t make it and if you have suggestions or any other queries, please contact Caroline at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk / 07786 080203.
You can also join the Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.
January’s book is 6A Blackstock Gardens by Gerry Potter.

“Memories were people too, y’know!” Within the tenements of the notorious Scottie Road, amidst dockyards and back-kitchen sink dramas, the Butlers navigate Liverpool with stoic wit ‘n’ brio. For Gerrid, the seventh son of a seventh child, born in the seventh month, and youngest to the matriarchal May, childhood is fuelled by observation and imagination. But it too-soon becomes clear that resilience must prove the most life-formative skill required to comprehend communal and familial, repetitive, grief… The first autobiographical instalment from the author of Planet Young – as seen on BBC TV’s Between the Covers.

Date: Saturday, 20 January 2024
Time: 10.45 am
Location: One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
April’s Book Selection: 6A Blackstock Gardens by Gerry Potter

LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITION
2024-02-01 10:00 - 2024-02-29 17:00 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs’ OUT ON AN ISLAND LGBT HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITION
Claiming our past – Celebrating our present – Creating our future
1 – 29 Feb 2024
Why is LGBT+ History Month important and relevant to us?
A shared past, a vibrant present, a promising future – this is our story.
This exhibition shines a light on the Island’s rich LGBT+ History, it is aimed at young people as well as adults. Explore the Island map of LGBT+ Historical figures who left their mark here. Navigate our timeline of significant local and national LGBT+ events, it might just surprise you. It’s not just about the past – listen to current voices from our LGBT+ community, sharing their unique experiences and perspectives.
LGBT+ History Month is for everyone regardless of your age, sexuality or gender. You may be surprised to learn about the diverse and thriving community which has always existed here.
It is celebrated every February across the UK, and was founded in 2004 by Schools OUT co-chairs, Paul Patrick and Professor Emeritus Sue Sanders, first celebrated in February 2005. The 2024 LGBT History Month theme, Under The Scope, celebrates LGBT+ people’s contribution to the field of Medicine and Healthcare.

As part of the exhibition, we are offering FREE LGBT+ Awareness Workshops & Creative quilt making workshops with Jenna Sabine (inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt)
1 – 27 Feb
Quiz time!
Together with your feedback form, you will get the opportunity to complete a quiz on the exhibition with the chance to win prizes.
Also opportunity to contribute to our very own Memorial Quilt!
More information coming up soon.
1 Feb – 6 – 9pm
Evening Launch
7 Feb – 5.30pm – 8.30pm
Community workshops on LGBTQ+ awareness and the history of the Memorial Quilt – this is a practical workshop where you will be able to create your own patch to go to our Island Memorial Quilt.
29 Feb – 5pm – 7pm
Exhibition closing event, come see the finalised Quilt work!

Quilt Making Workshop @ Monkton Arts with Rainbow Island
2024-02-03 10:30 - 12:30 | Isle of Wight
Special Rainbow Island meet up with Out On An Island LGBT History club workshops.
3 January – 10:30pm – 12:30pm
The morning starts with a relaxed social over tea or coffee.
This will also be an opportunity to participate in StoneCrabs Out On An Island Pride In Self Pride In Place LGBT History workshops.
Together with Jenna Sabine and Dawn Fidler, we will be revisiting the 80s/90s LGBT History through the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and creating our own ‘patch’ in response to the Quilt and our LGBTQ+ History.

Quilt Making Workshop @ Monkton Arts
2024-02-07 17:30 - 20:40 | Isle of Wight
Out On An Island LGBT History club workshops. Everyone welcome.
7 January – 5:30pm – 8:40pm
This is an opportunity to participate in StoneCrabs Out On An Island Pride In Self Pride In Place LGBT History workshops.
We celebrate LGBT History Month by paying homage to the all the NHS staff who are/were key in supporting our community, particularly throughout the 80s & 90s. We will be learning about the Health & Wellbeing campaigns through our exhibition.
Together with Jenna Sabine and Dawn Fidler, we will be revisiting the 80s/90s LGBT History through the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and creating our own ‘patch’ in response to the Quilt and our LGBTQ+ History.

Pride Quiz Night @ Snacks and Ladders, Newport
2024-02-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Isle of Wight
On Friday 23rd February the lovely team at Snacks & Ladders will be hosting a Pride Quiz Night from 7pm. Entry £2 per person, up to 6 per team. Drinks will be available from the bar and food will be served until 9pm. If you would like to join please book through the link: https://letsbookfor.com/snacksandladders/s/pridequiz…

Book Club & Coffee Social @ Monkton Arts, Ryde
2024-03-02 10:45 - 13:30 | Isle of Wight
Book Club & Coffee Social has moved its meeting at Monkton Arts in Ryde to 10.45am on Sat, 2 March 2024
It’s a relaxed social meeting, so you can come along even if you haven’t read the book but would like to socialise and meet friendly folk.
The coffee social with breakfast or drinks will be taking place in the café from 10.45am. The book club will be meeting in the lounge from 11.45am.
Note:
Please let us know if you can’t make it and if you have suggestions or any other queries, please contact Caroline at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk / 07786 080203.
You can also join the Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.
February’s book is Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.

“Tales of the City (1978) is the first book in the Tales of the City series by American novelist Armistead Maupin, originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle. Set in 1970s San Francisco, it follows the residents of a small apartment complex at 28 Barbary Lane, including the eccentric landlady, Anna Madrigal”

Date: Saturday, 2 March 2024
Time: 10.45 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
February’s Book Selection: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Rainbow Island Meet Up @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2024-04-13 10:30 - 12:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Rainbow Island Pop Up Cafe Meet Up at Monkton Arts, Ryde
13th April – 10.30am
Join Rainbow Island from 10.30am for a relaxed social with tea, coffee and refreshments. Meet other LGBTQ+ people of all ages on the first Saturday of every month.
Admission and refreshments are free but donations are welcome.
Monkton Arts is fully accessible and dog-friendly.
If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 13 April
Time: 10.30 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Rainbow Island Meet Up @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2024-05-04 10:30 - 12:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Rainbow Island Pop Up Cafe Meet Up at Monkton Arts, Ryde
4th May – 10.30am
Join Rainbow Island from 10.30am for a relaxed social with tea, coffee and refreshments. Meet other LGBTQ+ people of all ages on the first Saturday of every month.
Admission and refreshments are free but donations are welcome.
Monkton Arts is fully accessible and dog-friendly.
If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 4 May
Time: 10.30 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Rainbow Island Meet Up @ Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2024-06-01 10:30 - 12:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Rainbow Island Pop Up Cafe Meet Up at Monkton Arts, Ryde
1 June – 10.30am
Join Rainbow Island from 10.30am for a relaxed social with tea, coffee and refreshments. Meet other LGBTQ+ people of all ages on the first Saturday of every month.
Admission and refreshments are free but donations are welcome.
Monkton Arts is fully accessible and dog-friendly.
If you have any queries, please contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk.
Date: Saturday, 1 June
Time: 10.30 am
Location: Monkton Arts, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Price: Free

Costume Making for IW Pride Parade @ 13 Union Road, Ryde
2024-06-11 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-06-18 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-06-25 17:30 - 20:30 | the couching house, 13 Union Road, Ryde, United Kingdom
Join @NewCarnivalCompany and Out On An Island tomorrow for their costume making workshops for the IW Pride Parade!
Date: 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th June
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Location: The Coaching House, 13 Union Road, Ryde, PO332ER
FREE – Open to all ages – recommended for children aged 10 plus, all children must be accompanied by an adult.
Please book your place by emailing kai@newcarnival.co.uk

Joe Carstairs @ Quay Arts Anthony Minghella Theatre
2024-07-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
StoneCrabs Theatre present
JOE CARSTAIRS
“It is the world that must change, not I.”
In the midst of the roaring twenties, Joe Carstairs emerged as a rebellious force, defying societal expectations to become a war hero and the fastest boat-racer of a generation. But steering against the expectations of their class and culture came at a cost, with the tides of destiny propelling them in unexpected directions.
Cut to present day, when Hik, a tenacious young playwright from humble origins, grapples with their own defiant spirit. After meeting strong-willed Tee at a writing workshop, they are presented with the opportunity to craft a play about Carstairs, but find their own identity questioned when tradition collides with progress. It seems their societal norms are not all that different from their idol’s 100 years earlier.
StoneCrabs Theatre’s new drama Joe Carstairs unleashes a highly charged fusion of movement, words and music that brings one of the 20th century’s boldest queer figures into sharp relief.
This unforgettable show will challenge conventions, spark inspiration, and leave you pondering the meaning of personal freedom in a world determined to conform.
written by Franko Figueiredo & Krysia Mansfield
directed by Selwin Hulme-Teague & Robyn Lexi
featuring a special participation by the Isle Of Wight College Performing Arts Students
Praise for StoneCrabs Theatre work:
★★★★★ “Sharp, radiant and engaging” – BN1 Magazine on The Trial
★★★★★ “Outstanding” – Traspi.net on The Trial
★★★★ captivates, educates, and entertains – DIVA Magazine on The Trial
★★★★★ “utter, utter delight”- Island Echo on Utter Mess!
★★★★★ Time Out Critic’s choice – Waltz #6
★★★★★ “theatre which couldn’t have more contemporary relevance” – The Stage on Basic.
★★★★ full of wit, elegance and intelligence” – The Times on Waltz #6
Ages 13+
Approx 1hr 45 Minutes with Interval (Subject to change)
Cafe / Bar open from 18:00
Doors 19:00
Onstage from 19:30
July 3rd, 4th and 5th

Joe Carstairs @ Quay Arts Anthony Minghella Theatre
2024-07-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, United Kingdom
JOE CARSTAIRS
“It is the world that must change, not I.”
In the midst of the roaring twenties, Joe Carstairs emerged as a rebellious force, defying societal expectations to become a war hero and the fastest boat-racer of a generation. But steering against the expectations of their class and culture came at a cost, with the tides of destiny propelling them in unexpected directions.
Cut to present day, when Hik, a tenacious young playwright from humble origins, grapples with their own defiant spirit. After meeting strong-willed Tee at a writing workshop, they are presented with the opportunity to craft a play about Carstairs, but find their own identity questioned when tradition collides with progress. It seems their societal norms are not all that different from their idol’s 100 years earlier.
StoneCrabs Theatre’s new drama Joe Carstairs unleashes a highly charged fusion of movement, words and music that brings one of the 20th century’s boldest queer figures into sharp relief.
This unforgettable show will challenge conventions, spark inspiration, and leave you pondering the meaning of personal freedom in a world determined to conform.
written by Franko Figueiredo & Krysia Mansfield
directed by Selwin Hulme-Teague & Robyn Lexi
featuring a special participation by the Isle Of Wight College Performing Arts Students
Praise for StoneCrabs Theatre work:
★★★★★ “Sharp, radiant and engaging” – BN1 Magazine on The Trial
★★★★★ “Outstanding” – Traspi.net on The Trial
★★★★ captivates, educates, and entertains – DIVA Magazine on The Trial
★★★★★ “utter, utter delight”- Island Echo on Utter Mess!
★★★★★ Time Out Critic’s choice – Waltz #6
★★★★★ “theatre which couldn’t have more contemporary relevance” – The Stage on Basic.
★★★★ full of wit, elegance and intelligence” – The Times on Waltz #6
Ages 13+
Approx 1hr 45 Minutes with Interval (Subject to change)
Cafe / Bar open from 18:00
Doors 19:00
Onstage from 19:30
July 3rd, 4th and 5th

Hear Me Now Workshop @ Boojum & Snark, Sandown, Isle of Wight
2024-07-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Boojum & Snark, 105 High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 8AF, United Kingdom
The next Hear Me Now & @outonanislandiw writing workshop will be led by Island creatives Tracy Mikich and Teresa Grimaldi who will run a hands-on print workshop at Boojum & Snark in Sandown. Participants will design and print a one-off Hear Me Now broadsheet featuring short-form work they’ve written for the project. The unique publication will be made available to the public during Pride, 19-21 July 2024.

Hear Me Now is a 6-month creative writing project for LGBTQ+ people and allies; Isle of Wight writers of all abilities are welcome and encouraged to take part in this series of free writing workshops, inspiring walks and inclusive talks organised to grow a supportive local writing community.
Funded by the Arts Council England, Hear Me Now is hosted Brevity, The Isle of Wight’s Literary Handbill, in collaboration with StoneCrabs Theatre.
The project aims to inspire Island writers, urging them to find and celebrate their unique writers’ voices within the safe, welcoming spaces of the workshops, walks and talks. Learning from a variety of diverse writers and creatives, Hear Me Now seeks to introduce participants to short-form fiction, while inspiring them with compelling, inclusive and bold points of view. Along with one-to-one mentoring, participants will also have a chance to connect as a writing community. Short work created by participants will be considered for publication in the print edition of Brevity or on the Brevity website.
The project will wrap up with StoneCrabs Theatre co-producing a public performance of selected short stories, as well as audio recordings that will feature on Brevity’s website.
If you would like to learn more about the Hear Me Now project, email Caroline Diamond at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk or you can register for the free workshops/walks/talks via Brevity’s Contact Us/Submit Page.
You can learn more about StoneCrabs Theatre at www.stonecrabs.co.uk.

Merry and Gay Folk Club at FuBar
2024-07-14 17:00 - 19:00 | 73 Union Street, Ryde, PO33 2LN, United Kingdom, 73 Union Street, Ryde, PO332LN, PO332LN
This event will be a sharing of folk songs, readings and poems all related to LGBTQ+ experiences. Open to all, performers welcome.
Price: Free
Please contact the organiser, Glenn, for more info – ynappok66@yahoo.co.uk
https://facebook.com/events/s/merry-and-gay-folk-club/1123041202045457/

Hear Me Now Workshop @ Ryde Library, Ryde, Isle of Wight
2024-07-21 11:00 - 14:00 | Ryde Library, George Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 2JE, United Kingdom
The next Hear Me Now & @outonanislandiw writing workshop will be on Sunday 21 July, led by Niall Moorjann who will run a workshop at Ryde Library in RYDE.

Hear Me Now is a 6-month creative writing project for LGBTQ+ people and allies; Isle of Wight writers of all abilities are welcome and encouraged to take part in this series of free writing workshops, inspiring walks and inclusive talks organised to grow a supportive local writing community.
Funded by the Arts Council England, Hear Me Now is hosted Brevity, The Isle of Wight’s Literary Handbill, in collaboration with StoneCrabs Theatre.
The project aims to inspire Island writers, urging them to find and celebrate their unique writers’ voices within the safe, welcoming spaces of the workshops, walks and talks. Learning from a variety of diverse writers and creatives, Hear Me Nowseeks to introduce participants to short-form fiction, while inspiring them with compelling, inclusive and bold points of view. Along with one-to-one mentoring, participants will also have a chance to connect as a writing community. Short work created by participants will be considered for publication in the print edition of Brevity or on the Brevity website.
The project will wrap up with StoneCrabs Theatre co-producing a public performance of selected short stories, as well as audio recordings that will feature on Brevity’s website.
If you would like to learn more about the Hear Me Now project, email Caroline Diamond at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk or you can register for the free workshops/walks/talks via Brevity’s Contact Us/Submit Page.
You can learn more about StoneCrabs Theatre at www.stonecrabs.co.uk.

Free Online performance of "At the Rainbow’s End" by Clare Summerskill
2024-07-24 19:00 - 20:00 | online
A rehearsed reading of a new play by Clare Summerskill about older LGBTQI+ people’s experiences of social care. For Disability Pride Month.

Click here to register and attend:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/at-the-rainbows-end…

At the Rainbow’s End by Clare Summerskill is a hard-hitting and moving play, based entirely on interviews with older LGBTQI+ people about their real-life experiences of homophobia and transphobia in care settings and in their own home in later life. British Sign Language interpretation and live captions are available. Presented online by Together! 2012 CIC with the support of Regard, the national LGBTQI+ Disabled People’s Organisation www.regard.org.uk
Although some of the content of this piece makes for uncomfortable listening, this script-in-hand performance is intended to raise awareness of forms of discrimination that LGBTQI+ people fear and have experienced in care homes, care communities or in their own homes. It shines a light on the importance of understanding the specific challenges faced by older LGBTQI+ people. The play, presented by members of Artemis Theatre Company, seeks to raise awareness of this issue amongst the LGBTQ+ community and the wider public and also engage with the social care sector and encourage dialogue to develop learning, skills and confidence to address these challenges so that LGBTQ+ people can feel safe and able to be themselves in whatever place they live in and wherever they receive care.

Book Club & Coffee Social @ One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
2024-09-28 10:30 - 13:30 | One Holyrood, 1 - 4 Holyrood Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5AU, United Kingdom
Book Club & Coffee Social will be meeting at One Holyrood in Newport from 10.45am on Sat, 28 September 2024
It’s a relaxed social meeting, so you can come along even if you haven’t read the book but would like to socialise and meet friendly folk.
The coffee social with breakfast or drinks will be taking place in the café from 10.30am. The book club will be meeting in the shed from 11.45am.
Note: One Holyrood stop serving breakfast at 11.30am.
Please let us know if you can’t make it and if you have suggestions or any other queries, please contact Caroline at caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk / 07786 080203.
You can also join the Book Club Facebook group to stay up to date.
July’s book is Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a funny, poignant exploration of a young girl’s adolescence.
Jeanette is a bright and rebellious orphan who is adopted into an evangelical household in the dour, industrial North of England and finds herself embroidering grim religious mottoes and shaking her little tambourine for Jesus. But as this budding missionary comes of age, and comes to terms with her unorthodox sexuality, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household dissolves. Jeanette’s insistence on listening to truths of her own heart and mind – and on reporting them with wit and passion – makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an eccentric, moving passage into adulthood.

Date: Saturday, 28 September 2024
Time: 10.30 am
Location: One Holyrood, Newport, Isle of Wight
Price: Free
July’s Book Selection: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Walk on the Wilde side of Ryde!
2024-10-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Isle of Wight
Walk On The Wilde Side of Ryde – 1.4 miles
Celebrate Ryde’s LGBT History! Out On An Island volunteers talk about Oscar Wilde’s presence in Ryde and Royal photographers Jabez and Hughes. Hear your memories of Oz, now The Velvet Pig as we discuss what it’s like to be Out On The Island.

Meet at Ryde Town Hall 10.30am – walk ends at Appley Beach
More information/to reserve a place contact caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk

Please note this event is now sold out, but you can join a waiting list.

Building Bridges Launch Commemorating World Aids Day
2024-12-01 11:30 - 13:30 | Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1JP, United Kingdom
Join us at Monkton Arts in Ryde as we commemorate World AIDS Day on Sunday December 1 from 11.30am until 1.30pm.

This event marks the launch of StoneCrabs’ exciting new three-year initiative Out On An Island – Building Bridges
We are delighted to have been awarded a grant by the National Lottery Community Fund to continue our work with the Island’s LGBTQ+ community enabling us to extend our outreach and training to organisations and businesses islandwide.
You can hear more about our plans for the new project and we would love to hear your ideas about the support you feel is needed for future LGBTQ+ groups. We will talk about LGBT History Month and our exhibition at Quay Arts, Newport in February 2025 featuring the Memorial Quilt, and more.
Soft drinks and refreshments will be provided and hot drinks can be purchased.
Please RSVP to caroline@stonecrabs.co.uk
with thanks to
