Again! – Another fantastic Night!!! – On Sundowners brand new improved shiny stage! – We had 16 FABULOUS NEURODIVERSE ACTS. – and we were absolutely packed! (we were literally at capacity)
Kicking off with Holly, MixMatched Host, who performed for the very first time upon MixMatched Stage! – And followed by one of our two musical acts Karl Mercer, who sung his original music upon autistic identity. Our later musical act was by Ellen, who got the audience dancing with her Grandmother inclusive club!
Again, we a wonderful impov section (which this time was musical as I played weird Al,, talking to the woman from Poldark!) – followed by a number of our growing stand-up performers! – We were graced for the first time by Ribbs, from flock inprov group, sharing her experiences existing as a Neurodivergent woman – We had returning performers Simon Kempthorne, with a new pack of puns, and Adam Dorr, who, in his very political act, mercilessly took down the right wing agenda!
We also had some very diverse poetry in our mist! – Again graced by some first time performers who wrote about the joy of eating chips, the importance of LGBTQIA+ evolution, the loss of a parent, and poisoning! Dean Stalham spoke upon the trials and tribulations of living on the breadline, and Chloe Lewer shared a cherished poem written by a neurodivergent+ friend.
Set List:
1. Holly McCulloch – funny poem
2. Elliot Guiver – first time performing at MixMatched, poetry
3. Ribs Norman – member of Flock improvisational comedy group, stand-up comedy
4. Karl Mercer– MixMatched regular, poetry
5. Adam Dorr– MixMatched legend, aims to perform at every event, stand-up comedy
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6. Nathan Keates – improv comedy involving audience
7. Ella Dooley – first time public speaking, poem about chips
8. Maryam Ellen Jones – grandmother’s society dance!
9. Dean Stalham – award-winning artist, playwright, poet and community activist, poetry
10. Chloe Lewer MixMatched regular, poem by friend Taylor from America
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11. Nick Goodall – train poems
12. Jonny/ MLJ– spoken word artist, just moved to Margate, going through ADHD diagnosis
13. Simon Kempthorne – MixMatched regular, comedy, Dad jokes
14. Sign up – poem on loss.
15. Zara – poetry on mental health and small birds
THANKS EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT!
