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Thank-You Everyone for your support! – We’re now going to take MixMatched to the next level 😀 WE DID IT!!! – AFTER A LOT OF VERY HARD WORK…. gruelling and never ending forms, and some exasperatingly phone-calls, THE ARTS COUNCIL HAVE GIVEN US £36.400 to continue our MixMatched Projects!!! WOOP WOOP. Along with our monthly …
Upon the 29th of November, at the Mooring Cafe, another awesome MixMatched night unfolded! – The topic, ‘Masks and Masquerading’ was open to interpretation, however the term ‘Masking’ is often used within Neurodivergent community to refer to ‘fitting in’, and adapting to neurotypical expectations… How would other’s interpret the theme? MixMatched stage was graced by ten …
Masks and Masquerading MIXMATCHED Performance night! Read More »
On the 20th of September 2023, MixMatched hosts, Emma Robdale, and Alice Riley made their way to Margate Bookie Festival, to speak as guest authors on the panel for, ‘Before They Were Famous’ at Droit House on Margate Pier, at 11.00am. They were joined by fellow authors Anna Gash, Cesca Baker and Glyn Brown, and …
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Our very own Adam Dorr (not that we own him… but he has come to every single one of our events!) proudly presented HIS FIRST FULL LENGH COMEDY SHOW. A bunch of us gathered to support him from MixMatched collective and watch his hilarious, but sometimes quite poignant experiences of growing up autistic… from his …
We gathered a group to watch and support Paggy! – they had just debuted their show at MixMatched earlier that week, and they performed a full length comedy stand-up upon autistic joy at Faversham Fridge Festival, Alexander Hall. Show Bio: After a successful run @brightonfringe, Stimmicanto has returned – this time for the people of Kent. …
Our second night at Fond Coffee was PACKED OUT – we had a wonderfully eclectic show of talent. PROUDLY TAKING TO THE STAGE were Adam Dorr and Paggy, who’d travelled all the way from Brighton! They both debuted to us a small section of their stand-up acts upon their life and autistic experience. Both went …
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Hosting our second ever Neuroqueer night…. we had a range of fabulous entertainment! Some stand out features were Ellen Jones’ hand-made Kimono garment, Sian Cameron (MixMatched First!) very informative and also heartfelt speech upon the importance of Kink community, and the harm of kink shaming, and the antics of “Autistic Assemble” Superhero (and sidekick!) improvisational …
Alice Riley and Emma Robdale went live on Academy FM to talk about MixMatched, its ethos and upcoming events! We nervously prepped our notes in the car on the way there… excited about talking on radio for the first time!… nervous we would fluff it up! DON’T TALK TOO FAST…. DON’T GO ON TANGENTS… We …
A turbulent ride! – MixMatched, once again, prevailed in finding a new venue! – We are very grateful for The Mooring Cafe for putting us up in their cozy establishment at such short notice. Thanks to everyone who joined us – WE PACKED OUT THE PLACE, not one seat was left! As always, we we …
Courtesy of Free Range (another neurodivergent+ friendly organisation and performance night in Canterbury!), MixMatched shared a table at Bandit Bazaar Zine festival at Floc Brewery in Canterbury, on the 5th of July- Amongst an astounding range of art, literature and politics, MixMatched presented three of its own zines…. Neuroqueer (by Emma Robdale) Expanding upon LGBTQIA+ …
