SpringOut has received a grant for £4,200 from the Arts Council of Wales for the next Aberration event on 31 May.
SpringOut co-chair and lead programmer Helen Sandler says: ‘We are delighted that we will now be able to put on the full programme we’ve been dreaming of!’
Highlights include a tea dance with lessons from Norma Daykin, a new one-woman play from Kate O’Donnell, singer Beth Prior and some secret surprises!
Book now at Aberystwyth Arts Centre
SpringOut is delighted to be screening the film once more for this event. This year there is a ‘comic mag’ theme and we’ve chose Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines to complement the programme which includes cartooning with Angela Martin.
Saturday 8th March 3pm – 8.30pm: Book via Eventbrite
International Women’s Day (IWD) events in Machynlleth are organised by a group of locals called Bro Ddyfi Women’s Network. Here is our programme for the day:
Diwrnod Rhyngwladol y Merched 2014 – Cymraeg >>
Saturday 8 March, Machynlleth Bowling Club, behind Co-op
Clwb Bowlio Machynlleth Bowling Club
11.30am–1.30pm Rock Up!
Drop-in session for girls and women – have a go at playing guitar or drums like a rockstar. Run by the Rock Project. Free
2–3pm What does women’s equality mean to you?
A lively discussion led by Elena Blackmore and Bec Sanderson from the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC). Come and share your ideas. Women-only. Free
3.30–5pm Tasty Welsh Taster / Blasu’r Gymraeg
Practise your Welsh while sampling delicious produce from local women. All welcome including complete beginners. Suggested donation on door £2 to cover tea and tastings. Cakes and produce for sale
6–7pm Hold Fast
Local women’s voices on slate, soil and soul, shared by Unearthed oral history collective in a special performance. All welcome. Free
8pm Cabaret
Packed night of music, comedy and readings from the area’s female stars including The Bung Bung Belles, Izzy Rabey, Julie Grady Thomas + women’s open mic (sign up in advance for your 3 minutes onstage: helensandler@gmail.com).
All welcome (age 14+)
Suggested donation on door: £2 to £8. Raffle
IWD events in Machynlleth are funded by the Welsh Government and Women’s Equality Network Wales
Cynhelir digwyddiadau Diwrnod Rhyngwladol y Merched yn Machynlleth gan grŵp lleol o fenywod, ‘Rhwydwaith Merched Bro Ddyfi’. Dyma ein rhaglen am y diwrnod:
International Women’s Day 2014 – English >>
Dydd Sadwrn 8 Mawrth, Clwb Bowlio Machynlleth
11.30 y.b – 1.30 y.h ‘Rock Up!’
Sesiwn roc i ferched o bob oed – rhowch tro ar chwarae’r drymiau neu’r gitar fel seren roc hefo’r Rock Project. Am ddim.
2 y.h – 3 y.h – Beth mae cydraddoldeb i fenywod yn ei olygu i chi?
Sgwrs bywiog o dan arweiniad Elena Blackmore a Bec Sanderson o’r ‘Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC)’. Dewch i rannu eich syniadau. Merched yn unig. Am ddim.
3.30 y.h – 5 y.h – Blasu’r Gymraeg
Digwyddiad Cymraeg – cyfle i flasu a phrynu bwydydd gan ferched o fusnesau lleol. Croeso i bawb, yn cynnwys dechreuwyr pur. £2 wrth y drws, yn cynnwys paned.
6 y.h – 7 y.h ‘Hold Fast’
Perfformiad arbennig gan gwmni hanes-ar-lafar, ‘Unearthed’. Casgliad o leisiau merched lleol yn sôn am bynciau amrywiol, o lechi i’r enaid. Croeso i bawb. Am ddim.
8 y.h ‘Cabaret’
Noson o gerddoriaeth, comedi a darlleniadau yng nghwmni merched talentog yr ardal, yn cynnwys The Bung Bung Belles, Izzy Rabey, Julie Grady Thomas. Meic agored ar gael hefyd (cysylltwch â Helen Sandler o flaen llaw os am dair munud ar y llwyfan – helensandler@gmail.com)
Croeso i bawb dros 14 oed
£3 wrth y drws (£2 consesiwn, £1 i bobl yn eu harddegau, £8 i roddwyr/cefnogwyr)
Raffl
Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Rhwydwaith Cydraddoldeb Menywod Cymru (Women’s Equality Network Wales)
A Queer thing’s happening at the Arts Centre
Hwyl Hoyw yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau
After a fabulous night at our first Aberration in February 2014, SpringOut and Enfys Aber are delighted to announce the next two dates for this ongoing series of LGBT arts events at Aberystwyth Arts Centre:
31 May 2014: ABERRATION LOUNGE: Tea dance and entertainment for a lazy Saturday
8 November 2014 (change from previously advertised date): CABERRATION: Aberration meets queer cabaret in the Great Hall
Watch this space and Aberystwyth Arts Centre brochures for details.
The full programme for the launch night of Aberration has now been announced and it is looking fabulous. On the evening of 1 February 2014 at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, you can enjoy films from the Iris Prize, a talk by Mike Parker about the queer history of Wales, readings by poet Stephanie ‘Sonority’ Turner and novelist Jonathan Kemp, live music by Chocolat, Stephanie Finegan and Sam Scott, DJs and dancing till late… and more! Take a look at the programme and book your tickets now on the Aberystwyth Arts Centre website. Or search Google for ‘Aberration Aberystwyth’.
SpringOut are working with Enfys Aber to programme Aberration. This first event is part of LGBT History Month UK.
SpringOut are delighted to have won Arts Event of the Year in the Ultimate Planet Awards 2013 for our arts programme at this year’s L Fest. Big thanks to everyone who voted and to all the artists, workshop leaders and volunteers involved.
SpringOut has been asked to work with the Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival again in 2014. We will be programming the lesbian interest films and are looking forward to working with the team again. The festival takes place in Shrewsbury 17 – 19 October – a date for the diary.
The Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival was a great success. SpringOut programmed some of the films and discussion sessions. We brought Canadian Film-maker, Heather Tobin over to introduce her film Route of Acceptance and lead a discussion after the screening. She was an absolute delight and a good sport, helping out ‘on the sofa’ with Rainbow Film Festival’s Will Allaway to discuss the shorts on the Sunday
The festival was a roaring success with more tickets sold (bums on seats) than ever before and great feedback. Our other two films were Stud Life – a Black British film made by Cambell X and a must-show for us, and Margarita – a jolly sell-out on Saturday night
L Fest, 19-22 July 2013, Uttoxeter Racecourse
The music and arts festival for lesbian and bisexual women and their friends and families returned with a swisher venue (Uttoxeter Racecourse, near Alton Towers) and a packed weekend of entertainment and activities.
SpringOut ran the arts progamme at L Fest and had some treats for you!
Arts stage: drama, authors, cabaret, including Jackie Kay, VG Lee, Clare Summerskill, Sonority Turner and Queer Playback Theatre.
Arts workshops: from drumming to zumba and from graffiti to clowning.
Cinema: new and classic lesbian films including features from Desert Hearts to Stud Life, and issue-based short docs like Pull Yourself Together and Butch Losses.
Download the arts timetable from the festival here: timetable
Relive the experience with photos of the weekend on Flickr by our photographers Sue Holme (Friday) and Val Buszka, or view as slideshow
See festival-goers in all their glory in the pop-up photo-booth pix by Angela Dennis
SpringOut is taking a step back from L Fest and we will no longer be main programmers in 2014 as we wish to focus more on our own events. If you would like to be part of L Fest 2014 or future events as performers or crew, your direct contact is now: cindy@lfest.co.uk. For SpringOut, email: springout4@gmail.com
But don’t be surprised if we still pop up for a few hours at L Fest in July! It’s hard to resist!
SpringOut’s programme at L Fest 2013 was supported by Arts Council England.
