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CANTERBURY PRIDE!

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. …

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MAYDAYS Performance Night

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 …

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MixMatched Hosts speak to BBC UPLOAD!

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 …

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‘Sad’ Mixmatched Theatre Trip Review

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), …

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Truths and Mixconceptions Performance Night

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 …

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Mask Making Workshop

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 …

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