Pride in the arts at inaugural season
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts has announced its first Pride season this summer.
A month of events in comedy, drama and film are lined up at the Maidenhead venue starting next week.
Jane Corry, Chief Executive and Artistic Director at Norden Farm said: “We celebrate work from LGBTQ+ artists to demonstrate our support for the community and commitment to a world where no one is discriminated against because of who they are or who they love.”
Patricia Highsmith, best known for her novels Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley, is the focus of a documentary showing on Wednesday, May 31.
Loving Highsmith (12A) is a ‘vivid, touching portrait’ of the celebrated American author who was forced to live a double life, and is showing at 5pm and 8pm.
Performing in a solo play at 8pm on Wednesday, June 7 is actor and writer, Mark Farrelly.
He will bring to life Derek
Jarman a film-maker, painter, gardener, gay rights activist and writer who’s story has never been told following his death from AIDS in 1994.
Tickets are £16 for this ‘thought provoking’ drama about ‘one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived’.
Twitter sensation and BBC 4 regular Sooz Kempner will perform in Maidenhead on Thursday, June 15 at 8pm during her debut UK tour.
The award-winning comedy performer, singer, writer and actor who has written and performed eight solo stand-up hours at the Edinburgh Fringe.
In 1998, Sooz got a Playstation and finally felt grown-up. But is she?
Her stand-up show, Sooz Kempner: Playstation is for anyone who remembers the 90s or had big dreams as a kid. Gamers and non-gamers alike.
Tickets are £15.
Moroccan director, Maryum Touzani’s film The Blue Caftan (12A) is built around an emotional triangle between a middle-aged couple and a younger man.
Set in the Moroccan town Sale, Mina and her husband Halim run a small shop selling traditional caftans but the arrival of an apprentice, Youssef, stirs problems when Halim realises his attraction to him.
Finally, a brand new LGBTQIA+ comedy night will launch on Thursday June 29.
Featuring the best of the UK comedy circuit, Laugh Out Proud! is a night for acts and audiences to express themselves in an inclusive and welcoming comedy club environment.
Hosted by comedian Mark Cram at 8pm, some acts include Kate Martin, whose unique background in mental health gives her a fresh take on the world and awardwinning Andrew O’ Neill with a ‘psychedelic non-binary whirlwind’ set. Tickets are £16.