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February 2019
Talk/Sgwrs at g39 in Cardiff, by Chris Alton
Chris Alton is an artist and curator. His work addresses the interconnected nature of prevailing social, political, economic and environmental conditions. The result is a diverse range of strategies, from deploying disco music in opposition to fascism, to proposing art schools be built over golf courses. His talk marks the addition to the Warp Library of Chris’s Swarthmore lecture in 2018 Changing Ourselves, Changing the World. Mae Chris Alton yn artist ac yn guradur. Mae gwaith Alton yn mynd i'r…
Find out more »Rock and a Hard Place – in Stroud
A Journeyman Theatre production written by Lynn Morris Kayleigh is a talented teenager whose life should be full of promise. Instead, she finds herself in a cycle of domestic abuse from which there seems no escape until Aunty Jan helps her find a way out, after twenty long years of ‘put up and shut up’. Based on a true story, together with the combined true life experiences shared by other women, the play explores the complex nature of domestic abuse,…
Find out more »March 2019
“Enough” with the Naked Dietitian in London
Coming to Friend's House Euston after last year's critically acclaimed debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, a hard-hitting look at food, body respect and professional complicity in a post-truth world. Linking body shame, Grenfell and the Black Lives Matter movement with lyrical abandon and astute acuity, this is a mesmerising and unashamedly queer exploration of the ways we connect with ourselves and each other. 'Lucy holds your attention breathlessly throughout' (DisabilityArts.online). 'I urge you to see it' ***** (TheEdinburghReporter.co.uk) To reserve…
Find out more »“Raise the Roof” – with the Naked Dietition in London
'Lucy is a registered dietitian who worked in the NHS for many years. She wanted ... to help her clients gave them the standard NHS advice... none of it was working. Try as they might .... people still had eating disorders and IBS, still hated their bodies, still had wildly dysfunctional relationships with food... In this outstanding spoken word piece, Lucy takes us through ....experiences of everyone who has ever been marginalised, stigmatised, patronised and blamed. Her sharp, beautifully honed…
Find out more »The Sound of Revolution: Beethoven’s ninth symphony
Beethoven’s final symphony expresses complex and intimate states of mind while embracing the universal aspirations of the Age of Revolution, in unprecedentedly dramatic and beautiful music. John Lampen will be leading this event; bookings should be made through Woodbrooke in the usual way.
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April 2019
Poetry workshop
A day of exploring poetry at the oldest Quaker Meeting House in continuous use in Wales, led by Trish Munn
Find out more »Leavening the Spirit in Farnham, Surrey
A 'Leavening the Spirit' of stories and songs presented by Friends in Tune. Time and details to be confirmed .
Find out more »May 2019
QAN at Yearly Meeting: Quaker witness and the arts
QAN will be holding a meeting at 5.30 pm on the Sunday of Yearly Meeting for Friends to come and meet one another, find out more about QAN and share experience and ideas about the arts, and Quaker witness. Room details will be published in the BYM Events Listing . Please register for Yearly Meeting in the usual way, at http://www.quaker.org.uk/ym .
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