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On the 10th of May 2025, at the Gulbenkian at the University of Kent, Adam Dorr presented ‘Giggles at the Globe’ Adam Dorr, MixMatched comedian, who had been pivotal in the MixMatched scene, has branched out into his own comedy nights! Returning to his university he presented ‘Giggles at the Glob’ where he organized several …

Adam Dorr asks MixMatched to Speak at New Comedy Night, Gulbenkian Read More »

Our Atypical Love Launch will be on the 13th of February 2026! 😀 Being Neurodivergent+ ourselves… we all burnt out after our year of ACE funded nights and workshops in 2024… We have recuperated… and now it’s time to start the year with a bit of Atypical Love  Join us for Atypical Love Launch! A …

Atypical Love Launch 😀 Read More »

On the 29th of June 2025 MixMatched Founder Emma Robdale, ran Zine Workshop ‘Intense Facinations’ for Neurodivergent Pride, which was run by NDFT (Neurodivergent Friends Thannet)  at Turner Contemporary, Margate.  In this Workshop, there were a range of arts and crafts activities to choose from (such as painting a mask, or a miniature canvas). But …

MixMatched Presents Intense Fascination Workshop with NDFT! Read More »

MixMatched was invited to present its research at the Open University’s conference on Creativity, Creative Arts, and Neurodivergence Conference, which presented between Thursday, June 19, 2025 – 15:00 to Saturday, June 21.  MixMatched progressions were presented alongside other Creative Neurodivergent+ organisations’ research. Dr Emma Robdale put the PowerPoint display together; it combined some of her …

MixMatched Presents at Creativity, Creative Arts, and Neurodivergence Conference Read More »

February marked the end of an era for mixmatched but a beginning of a new one at the same time.This was our last spoken word night as a CIC with the theme of reincarnations and new beginnings. We will be back soon, rest assured, but it was a beautiful night with a wide variety of …

MixMatched Last ACE night! (New Beginnings) Read More »

Adam Dorr, New addition to MixMatched, rans his first ‘Funny Folk’ night of the year upon the 31st of January, 2025 at Bar Folklore.  Featuring six comedians this FREE night, took the audience by storm. Guest Trevor Feelgood graced the night, and fun was had 😀 please support this, hopefully monthly Neurodivergent+ friendly comedy night! 

On Friday the 24th of January, 2025, MixMatched hosted its last Arts Council England funded event: MadMatched: Humps and Hurdles! Featuring six fantastic local acts and also headliner Don Biswas, all the way down from London! MixMatched has come a long way since it started in 2022, and we thank everyone who supported us, not just …

End of funding MADMATCHED night in Margate!!! Read More »

MixMatched Founder, Emma Robdale, started MixMatched alongside her PhD research at the University of Kent. She’d wanted to set up a Neurodivergent+ creative friendly space where others could safely build up their skills  and confidence in a safe friendly environment.   On her five year PHD journey she suffered a number of obsticales and pitfalls… but …

MixMatched Founder, Emma Robdale (finally) Becomes a Doctor in Neurodivergent+ Culture Studies, Drama and Creative Writing 😀 Read More »