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A year of exciting new events have unfolded with the help of Arts Council funding… how have they found it so far… and whats next! – Listen to them talk upon their journey: https://soundcloud.com/rutters0903/mixmatched-22jun24?si=96e9700521d1472eaa43c436b1cb5cb0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
With an estimated 70% of neurodivergent people identifying as LGBT+, Pride is an important celebration for us at MixMatched CIC. Canterbury is the birthplace of our organisation (our very first event was held at community cafe The Big Drum back in 2022) and we have attended the city’s Pride celebrations for the past two years. …
On the 5th of June at The Friend’s Meeting House, we held a crafty Banner Making workshop! Where a dedicated group of MixMatched-Makers set about the task of planning and painting two large Banner’s for the upcoming Pride Event! We began the workshop with a ‘Mind Map’ of ideas for slogans and images for our …
This night’s theme was ‘MAYDAYS!’ in honour of Mental Health awareness month. We have shared some links at the bottom of this post of some charities and local drop ins where you can get support. It was a lively evening, full of intriguing and magical performances (both literal and metaphorical!). A show of three …
On Wednesday the 24th of April, 2024, MixMatched hosted its second night at Margate Arts Club. As a nod to Autism Inclusion Month MixMatched chose the theme ‘Intense Fascination’ understanding it to sound more empowering than the more usual ‘special interest’ that can sound like diagnostic language. A real mix of acts! – Alongside our …
Emma Robdale and Holly McCulloch, two of our three MixMatched hosts spoke to Leo Ulph of BBC Upload about our brilliant community. 🎙🎧🎉🎉 – Followed by a poem from Jonny Vox who submitted ‘Where Would We Be’ and it was selected for BBC radio. Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hlrd8b?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR10v0iNpennCZZvHJ7meSIlKwNHUXyyidWEljtLu9nmwr0QPw96pS4AFao_aem_Ad9jYJ8lmAIZ-WJVGE0598V_mNDxIQtVioiVt5KZnggR3jE9xkSG4r5Eibr–MEWLnJzcTyhr3jn7LZst-yAMx4x (we’re about 36min 45sec in) We discuss our …
To celebrate Autism Acceptance Month, the theme for April’s workshop was zines. A zine (pronounced “zeeen”, like the end of the magazine) is a self-published booklet made from sheets of paper. The term was first coined in 1940 by a science fiction fanzine, and zines became a way for people to share information on topics …
On Wednesday 3rd April, a group of us went to see ‘SAD’, an original experimental play by two ND+ performers, at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. After hearing about ‘SAD’, an experimental theatrical piece combining music, image and storytelling to explore the first-hand experiences of grief by Neurodivergent+ performers Brigitte Aphrodite and Quiet Boy (Gaz Tomlinson), …
Our Truths and MixConceptions night was held at our regular Canterbury Mooring Cafe on the 27th of March. Our perhaps more personal/revealing theme inspired some very intimate and quite touching performances…. Hosts Holly and Alice presented this evening of truth and mixconception… Alice, in whimsical spirit, interceded acts with a number of popular misconceptions… one …
Upon the 20th of March, 2024, Holly McCulloch, co-MixMatched founder, ran a workshop upon mask making and the historic usages of masks. Holly channelled her insight and passion for making weird and wonderful masks, and took us on a journey to discover the uniqueness of masks and how they can be used to express different …
