Hosted by Spectrum, the LSE LGBT Staff Network, and Opening Doors London
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Wednesday 28 May 2014
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6.00-7.30pm
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Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE
Drinks and nibbles provided.
Staying Out Late is a talk by Clare Summerskill about older LGBT people's thoughts and concerns about being Out and in care later in life, whether in residential homes or receiving care in their own home.
Clare wrote a play of that name after running six drama workshops over six weeks with older LGBT people using improvisations and discussion around the issues. The participants performed it alongside professional actors at The Drill Hall Theatre, London. The presentation includes a talk about the play, some monologues and readings from the script, a short participatory game and analysis on the issues involved. It lasts approx 50-60 minutes, with a Q&A session afterwards.
Registration
This event is free and open to all. If you would like to come please, register here.
Biographies
Clare Summerskill is a playwright, a singer-songwriter and a lesbian comedienne. Clare regularly performs her own one-woman comedy shows and tours them to theatres internationally. She has written and produced several plays and films, many in the verbatim theatre style, made entirely from interviews and performed by professional actors. These projects include Gateway To Heaven, a play based on memories given by older LGBT people and Queens’ Evidence, a film about the relationship between the Metropolitan Police and older LGBT people. Her published works include We’re the Girls! (Diana Publishing 2008), Hearing Voices, which is a play based on service users’ experiences of the mental health system. (Tollington Press 2010) and most recently, Gateway to Heaven - Fifty Years of Lesbian and Gay Oral History (Tollington Press 2012). Clare is also currently artistic director of Artemis Theatre Company.
Opening Doors London (ODL) with Age UK Camden as the lead agency, and in partnership with Age UKs across London, is the biggest project providing information and support services with and for older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (OLGBT) people in the UK. Visit the Opening Doors London website or follow @OpeningDoorsLdn on Twitter.
Spectrum is the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Staff Network at the London School of Economics and Political Science. This network is a staff initiative, which sees it in their collective interests to build a representative body in order, primarily, to promote the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff, and to give them a stronger sense of visibility and presence in all aspects of the life of the School. Secondarily, we see our initiative as a positive for the School's diversity agenda and as an important aspect of achieving a key goal in the School's Strategic Plan. You can follow @LSESpectrum on Twitter.