22nd Feb 2022 1pm
- 2pm
This activity takes place online Clare Summerskill wrote and produced a play called Gateway to Heaven based entirely on older LGBT people’s memories which, with Arts Council funding, toured twice to theatres around the UK. It was then made into a film version for Age Concern (now Age UK). After The Metropolitan Police saw the film, they commissioned Clare to make another film made in the same way from interviews, about the relationship over the last seventy years or so between the police and older LGBT people. This film was called Queens’ Evidence and is still used by The Met as a training resource. Clare has since worked on several other theatre projects with older LGBT people including a production, Staying Out Late, which was created from a series of drama workshops resulting in a performance, addressing the issues of older people being gay and in care. In her talk, Clare will be speaking about these projects and she will also present deeply moving and occasionally hilarious extracts from contributors’ oral histories. Clare has recently completed her doctorate in verbatim theatre at Royal Holloway University of London. She is currently editing a book for Routledge about LGBTQ oral histories around the world and she is Chair of the LGBTQ Special Interest Group in the Oral History Society. Feedback from previous talks: From ParliOut (LGBTQ employees at the Houses of Parliament). As part of LGBT History month, we were delighted to welcome comedienne and playwright Clare Summerskill back to Parliament for this illuminating insight into the experiences of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people living on the margins of society. Testimony combines a presentational talk with readings and original songs about older LGBT people’s lives and stories. The event was well attended with colleagues from the Commons, Lords and PICT. As a talk, Testimony is funny, warm, eye opening, poignant and real. Jenny Radcliffe. Co-chair ParliOut From LGBT North East Workplace Equality and Inclusion Conference I wanted to offer my sincere and heartfelt thanks to you for delivering such an impeccable presentation at the conference. I can’t tell you how many people came up to me yesterday to say how much they enjoyed your input to the day. Words like ‘amazing’, ‘inspirational’ and ‘outstanding’ were used many times over. Personally, I agree with all those accolades and would add many more of my own. I was hoping for something that would make our conference different from many other workplace events – and you delivered that to perfection. Ken Mortimer. Administrator – LGBT North East Sign up to this event here If you have any problems accessing our events online, please email lgbt@greenwich.ac.uk This year the LGBT+ staff community are asking for donations to support the Albert Kennedy Trust for their work with LGBT young people aged 18-25. If you are able please do go to https://www.akt.org.uk/Appeal/greenwich and donate
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