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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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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 …

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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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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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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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MixMatched comedy regular, Autistic Assemble lead and trainee presenter Adam Dorr took to the stage with his own full length comedy show at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury. We rounded up a MixMatched posse to support… and could only just squeeze into the packed out show with an audience of 50+.  Description: Mozart was 5 years …

In-Adam-quate Stand-Up Comedy – Mixmatched Social Read More »

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our first event back in Margate in 2024 – and to the Margate Arts Club for making your space so warm and welcoming for us.  It was a wonderful (and weird!) evening of sumptuous delights, from a unique comedy act delivered from the future (wearing shorts!) …

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Mythology and Miraculous Worlds Workshop took place upstairs at Little Swift upon Wednesday the 21st of Feb 2024.  Nine participants signed up to the spellbinding world constructed by Creative Writing Practitioner Emma Robdale. Review by Alice Riley. This last week saw the first MixMatched creative writing workshop of the year. Our theme was mythology and …

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WOW! What a start to the year! – With an audience of 40+ it was the largest MixMatched we have ever hosted at the Mooring Cafe, Canterbury. We’re happy to say that our first Art’s Council funded event was a hit! THANKS SO MUCH TO THE FRIEND’S MEETING HOSUE, for loaning us their impressive speakers …

Breaking Dawn, ‘New Beginnings and Unexpected Gifts’ Read More »

Wednesday the 24th of January, The Quakers Meeting House. 7.00- 8.30pm Our first workshop of 2024… and also our first event since gaining arts council funding! – I’m pleased to say that ‘Pimp Your Performance was a hit! – We were almost at maximum capacity with nine wonderful attendees. Thanks again for the friends meeting …

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