Everyone is Welcome Here: LGBTQ+ Performance Opportunity

Everyone is Welcome Here: LGBTQ+ Performance Opportunity

Aberdeen Performing Arts are pleased to offer a performance opportunity for four solo artists who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.  We invite creatives of all disciplines, including but not limited to music, drag, dance, spoken word and performance art, to send us your proposal for a solo piece of roughly ten minutes which addresses the themes of love, unity and inclusiveness. Selected artists will perform as part of Everyone is Welcome Here, a one-off show at the Lemon Tree in celebration of the city’s blossoming queer creative scene. This event will feature a special ceremony to celebrate and honour the rich cultural offering provided to the city by LGBT+ creatives.

Applicants must identify as part of the LGBT+ community and be resident in, or have a strong connection to, Aberdeen or the North East of Scotland.

Performance date: Friday 29^th September 2023 at the Lemon Tree

Selected artists will be notified by Monday 7^th August.

Fee: £150

Please send a short description of your proposed performance (max. 250 words) plus up to 3 relevant examples of your work to hanna.louise@aberdeenperformingarts.com by no later than Monday 24^th July. Please ensure your samples give us a good idea of what your proposed performance will be like.