Pink Plates and Shipwrecks – An LGBTQIA+ Writing Project
Event WebsiteIntercom Trust is excited to announce a new arts project partnership to be delivered in Exeter. ‘Pink Plates and Shipwrecks’ is an upcoming writing project for LGBTQIA+ people who have been impacted by cancer, led by Southwest playwright Natalie McGrath.
This project is about creating an opportunity for a group of up to 8 LGBTQIA+ people from Exeter who are impacted by cancer to get inspired, and explore their creativity through writing. It is also about finding queer and trans joy as we navigate such a scary time in our lives.
Through a series of 6 gentle writing workshops led by writer Natalie McGrath, there will be invited guest writers to share their work including Sci-Fi Writer and Poet Susie Williamson and Poet, Katie Moudry with the potential to visit some of Exeter’s wilder spots as inspiration. Each workshop will be unique, and lead to a sharing of the writing at the end of the project if that is where we land.
There will be a bursary of £100 to cover any travel, subsistence and any resources required. BSL Interpretation will be available. Please let us know if you require BSL when signing up and any access needs you might have.
Workshops will take place at Intercom Trust and at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter.
This workshop series will be FREE for all participants.
The workshops will take place weekly from Mid August (beginning on Thursday 22nd August early evening) to the end of September. There will be some flexibility on dates and timings.
If you have any further questions, please contact us via our email address at office@intercomtrust.org.uk.
Sign up by Friday 9th August on our Eventbrite page.
Natalie McGrath (she/her) is a South West based playwright and writer of The Beat of Our Hearts produced by Exeter Northcott in 2022 in partnership with the University of Exeter WCCEH and Intercom Trust. Her work has been produced and toured across the SW region and in Scotland, centre staging LGBTQIA+ characters and women’s stories. She is also a Co-Director of Dreadnought South West with Josie Sutcliffe, and has collaborated with Professor Jana Funke on Out and About Queering the Museum at RAMM. Currently Natalie is writing a biography, is writer and dramaturg for Shaper/Caper’s Small Town Boys about Section 28 and the AIDS Crisis which is touring Scotland in 2024 and screenings of the film of The Beat of Our Hearts in are taking place in collaboration with Dr Charlotte Jones , Kresen Kernow, Queer Kernow and Intercom Trust. nataliemcgrath.net
This project is funded with the support of the Creative Arc Programme, an initiative funded by the University of Exeter, Exeter City Council and the UK government through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
