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Neurodivergent+ Creative Arts Organisation in Kent

Archive of Past Events...

MixMatched has run a number of events in and around Kent; as well as Performance Nights and Workshops we have also worked in collaboration with a number other Creative organisations and Neurodivergent individuals to be part of and support a range of innovative projects and festivals. Here we have tried to keep track of them all! – Click on any event for a more in-depth description. 

Mixmatched performance nights

We’ve run a variety of monthly performance events, encouraging performers from a wide range of disciplines to display their work; Comedy, Poetry, Spoken Word, Speeches, Performance Art, Experimental, Music, singing, bands, Acapella… and anything else that comes our way! – Many of our nights have optional themes, and you can find out more about each one below! 😀   

DateEventLocation
30/10/24Spooktacular Halloween Performance NightSundowners, Margate
25/09/24Myths and Legends Performance NightFruitworks, Canterbury
*30/09/24For Margate Bookie MixMatched put on a Author Talk followed by a Neurodivergent+ Comedy Night! Margate Arts School, Margate
31/07/24Metamorphasis Spoken Word Night Fruitworks, Canterbury
25/06/24 Secrets and Revelations Performance Night Sundowners Bar, Margate
29/05/24 MAYDAYS Performance Night Mooring Cafe, Canterbury
24/04/24 'Intense Facinations' Performance Night Margate Arts Club, Cliftonville
27/03/24 'Truths and Mixconceptions' Performance NightMoring Cafe, Canterbury
28/02/24 Weird and Wonderful, 'Magic Surrealism and The Unexpected'Margate Arts Club, Cliftonville
31/01/24Breaking Dawn, 'Unexpected Gifts and New Beginnings! Mooring Cafe, Canterbury
29/11/23Masks and Masquerading Performance Night Mooring Cafe, Canterbury
11/10/23Dreams and Nightmares 13th Performance Night Mooring Cafe, Canterbury
30/09/23Neuroqueer 12th Performance Night Sundowners Bar, Margate
5/07/23MixMatched 11th (Nature) Performance NightMooring Café, Canterbury
18/06/23‘BirchMatched’ MixMatched at Birchington Lit FestivalDog Acre, Birchington
17/06/23First MadMatched ShowDog Acre, Birchington
27/05/23Margate MixMatched 10th (Change) Performance NightSundowners Bar, Margate
26/04/23MixMatched 9th Night Intense FascinationsFond Coffee, Canterbury
25/03/23MixMatched MARGATE 8th Performance NightSundowners Bar, Margate
15/01/23MixMatched 7th (Valentines) Performance NightBramley’s Bar, Canterbury
26/11/22MixMatched 6th (First Margate) Performance NightSundowners Bar, Margate
30/10/22MixMatched 5th Night HalloweenThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
28/08/22MixMatched Neuroqueer 4th NightThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
27/08/22Support for Performers GroupThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
25/06/22Support for Performers GroupThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
26/06/22MixMatched 3rd Performance NightThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
24/04/22MixMatched 2nd Performance NightThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
23/04/22Support for Performers GroupThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
27/02/22MixMatched 1st Performance NightThe Big Drum, Canterbury
26/02/22Support for Performers GroupThe Big Drum, Canterbury.

Workshops and Events

We run a number of workshops and events that aim to help writers and performers hone their skills; so far we have focused on Creative Writing, Literature and Performance Workshops, many of which encourage participants to interact and take inspiration from specific locations and environments. All of our workshops aim to be relaxed/friendly spaces where participants can enjoy a sense of community alongside learning new skills. 

DateEventLocation
*01/11/24For Canterbury Arts Festival we put on, 'Page to Stage', Canterbury Arts Festival Fruitworks, Canterbury
26/10/24 Shell Grotto Creative Writing Workshop Shell Grotto, Margate
04/09/24 Improv Comedy Workshop by Autistic Assemble Friends Meeting House, Canterbury
07/08/24 Creative Writing and Movement Workshop Margate BeachMargate Beach (oppoite train station), Margate
*10/08/24 For Margate Pride we put on 'Shout Out' Creative Writing Workshop on Reclaming VoiceMargate Arts School, Margate
03/08/24 Creative Writing and Walking in Wesgate Park
Canterbury Westgate Park, Canterbury (town Centre)
19/06/24 Colaborative Storytelling WorkshopFruitworks Cafe, 1-2 Jewry Lane, Canterbury CT1 2PN
05/06/24Banner Making Workshop for Canterbury Pride The Friend's Meeting House, Canterbury
17/04/24Zine Making Workshop George and Heart, Margate
20/03/24Mask Making Workshop
The Friends Meeting House, Canterbury
21/02/24Mythology and Miraculous Worlds Workshop

Little Swift, Margate
24/01/24Pimp Your Performance Workshop The Friends Meeting House, Canterbury
18/07/23Memoir Writing/Writing with Anxiety- Sam GlynnDog Acre, Birchington
18/07/23Page To Stage, Creative Writing and Performance WorkshopDog Acre, Birchington
17/06/23Creative Writing Workshop: Reclaiming Voice – Winsome Monica.Dog Acre, Birchington
17/06/23Creative Writing Workshop: No More Rainman, authentic autistic voiceDog Acre, Birchington
27/07/22Workshop: Creative Writing ‘Exploring Realms’Books in Waiting, Whitstable.
29/05/22Page to Stage: Workshop, Creative Writing, Performance and ConfidenceThe Big Drum, Canterbury.
21/05/22Creative Writing Workshop 'Atypical Love'The Micro Roastery, Canterbury

Collaborations and Festivals

MixMatched has teamed up with a number of local creative and Neurodivergent communities, through this we have been invited to speak and perform at other people’s events, you can check them out here…

DateEvent/CollaborationLocation
01/11/12 MixMatched Put on a 'Page to Stage' Workshop for Canterbury Arts Festival
Fruitworks, Canterbury
30/09/24 Margate Bookie, MixMatched Contributed an Author Talk and a Neurodivergent+ Comedy Show
Margate Arts School, Margate
10/08/24 Margate Pride March!
Margate Highstreet and Seafront, Margate
08/06/24 Canterbury Pride March, Literature Disterbution, and Festival Funtimes! Canterbury High Street and Dane John Gardens Canterbury
03/04/24'Sad' Theatre Social and Q and A Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
20/09/23Margate Bookie Festival Panel Talk, 'Before They Were Famous'




Droit House, Margate Pier www.margatebookie.com
17/06/23-18/06/23Birchington Literary Festival - MixMatched had a Neurodivergent friendly gazebo at Birchington Literary Festival, as well as hosting four workshops and two shows.Dog Acre, Birchington
25/03/23Bandit Bazar Zine Festival - MixMatched Shared a Stand at Bandit Bazaar Zine Festival to showcase our Zines and Events. Floc Brewery, Canterbury
7/10/22Lava Elastic Neurodivergent Comedy Night - MixMatched joined with traveling Neurodivergent Comedy Night Lava Elastic, contributing 50% of its ND+ performers when it came to Canterbury.The Gulbenkian, Canterbury

MixMatched Progressions and Contributions

MixMatched has been involved and/or supported a number of other groups and organisations in their creative ambitions. You can see some of the Individual projects and projects which have included/been influenced by MixMatched members here… 

Event/OrganisationOur InputLocation
As Part of Faversham fringe Autistic Assemble, an Neurodivergent+ Improv group, forming as part of MixMatched and Jammies Nights, did thier first gig with Adam Dor and Paggy!Autistic Assemble have perfomed at almost every MixMatched event for a year. Many Neurodivergent+ crowd members jump in to! Paggy and Adam Dorr took the troupe to its first 'outside' event, Faversham Frindge!The Alexander Centre, Faversham.
BBC Radio Kent speaks to MixMatched upon our upcoming Events on the 20th of Septermber 2024Emma Robdale speaks to BBC Radio Kent upon Neurodivergent+ Culture, Commuity and Creativity, MixMatched upcoming Events and Atypical Love Anthology!BBC Radio Kent, Kent.
Disability Arts Online Publishes article by Emma Robdale upon Autistic Assemble and MixMatched upcoming events 05/09/24Emma Robdale MixMatched Director and Freelance Journalist for Disabiilty Arts Online interviewed members of Autistic Assemble for her articleDisability Arts Online, Brighton.
Academy FM Thannet. Mixmatched hosts join Paul Rutterford on 22/06/24MixMatched Hosts Alice Riley and Holly McCullouch speak with Local Radio with Paul Rutters!Academy FM Thannet, Margate
MixMatched Hosts speak on BBC upload 18/04/24 read all about it on our blog.
MixMatched hosts Emma Robdale and Holly McCulloch spoke with Leo Ulph on BBC upload Catch us here: BBC UPLOAD
In-Adam-Quate FRIDAY 8TH MARCH, 2024, comedy performance by Adam Dorr (Mixmatched trainee host, and regular performer/lead of Autistic Assemble improv group) Adam Dorr is working with MixMatched as a apprentice presenter and has performed and volunteered at a number of MixMatched Performance nights. We put on a social to support and watch his full-lengh comedy show Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent
IN-ADAM-QUATE stand-up upon Autistic Experience 7th October 2023
Adam Dorr, performer at MixMatched, debuts many of his short sketch acts. He combined a number of these into a full length act for Faversham Fringe, and a group from MixMatched supported him. Faversham Fringe Festival
Stimmcanto Stand-up upon Autistic Experience 5th October 2023Paggy, came down from Brighton to debut their act at MixMatched. A group of our community went to watch their act at Faversham Fringe Festival. Faversham Fringe Festival.
Invisible Women Gallery
(10th-14th March, 2023)
Invisible Women, a group of autistic artists ran by Marion Armstrong, teamed up with Neurodivergent Friends Thannet to produce a gallery of Neurodivergent artistic's work for the Power of Women Festival. A number of artistic contributors were also MixMatched members and performers. MixMatched organized a social event to view Invisible Women Gallery.Pie Factory, Margate
BBC UploadBBC Upload Contacted MixMatched to ask for contributions. Two MixMatched performers were selected and had their spoken word aired.BBC Upload
Jammies Improvisational Comedy Show and WorkshopMixMatched Member, Nathen Keates, runs an improv section at MixMatched Nights, he also began running his own ‘Jammies’ Sessions that many of our members attend.Margate, Sundowners.
Autistics AssembleAn all-Autistic Improv Group that emerging from Jammies and MixMatched Nights!Margate, Sundowners. The Mooring Café, Canterbury
Stand-up Society KentLed by regular member, Adam Dorr, many upcoming Neurodivergent comedians are sourced from this group.University of Kent, Canterbury
Love After All Project and Gallery Exhibit (18th of July)
Kate Lynn-Devere, member of MixMatched Community, co-developed a project upon supporting ND voices, promoting suicide prevention. She spoke at MixMatched Performance night and many attendees provided material in support for the exhibit. MixMatched arranged a social to attend the event.Turner Gallery, Margate
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