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19/06/2026

Tomorrow at PrimeYarc ✨

Join CJ and Henri for a YarMakers workshop decorating David Shenton’s Drag Queen Wallpaper — adding colour, make-up, hair and embellishments to help create a joyful Drag Queen Army!

The completed wallpaper will feature in ‘Kindly Ease The Tension’, David Shenton’s major retrospective at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.

Saturday 20 June
12–2pm
PrimeYarc, Market Gates
Free / all welcome

Decorating David Shenton's Drag Queen Wallpaper
Saturday 20 June
12-2pm
PrimeYarc
Market Gates Shopping Centre

Join artists CJ and Henri for a creative workshop inspired by the vibrant world of artist and cartoonist David Shenton.

Participants will help decorate a specially commissioned Drag Queen Wallpaper installation based on characters and imagery from David's celebrated comic strips. The wallpaper design originates from 'Get Her! A Drag Queen Psycho-Drama '(2008), a publication that reimagined and brought together stories from 'Prisoners of Love' and 'Desmond's Diary'.

David began 'Prisoners of Love' in 1991 as a weekly comic strip for Boyz magazine, following Des and Jeff through a series of surreal adventures filled with pop culture references, humour, and snapshots of q***r life. Among the wallpaper's stars are three legendary drag performers from London's early 1990s club scene: Regina Fong, Adrella and Millie Mopp.

We'll be adding paint to colour in printed images of the Drag Queens, adding make-up, vibrant hair and other embellishments, to help create a veritable Drag Queen Army!

The completed wallpaper will be part of 'Kindly Ease The Tension', the first major retrospective of David Shenton's work, which will be on display at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery from 18 July 2026 to 10 January 2027. The exhibition is being curated by Ian Giles, who first met David when working on creating a series of q***r rambling walks as part of New Geographies - a public art project - in 2018.

It will form part of the installation behind David's iconic 'Duvet of Love' (1994), a moving memorial to friends Martyn and Nicholas, who died from AIDS-related illnesses. Made from thousands of badges collected throughout David's life, the duvet brings together personal memories, political activism, LGBTQ+ protest history, Pride marches, pop culture and everyday ephemera.

Whether you're a comic fan, a lover of drag culture, or simply enjoy getting creative, come along and help celebrate the humour, community and q***r history at the heart of David Shenton's extraordinary work.

Free and All Welcome
No experience necessary
All materials provided

16/06/2026

Decorating David Shenton's Drag Queen Wallpaper
Saturday 20 June
12-2pm
PrimeYarc
Market Gates Shopping Centre

Join artists CJ and Henri for a creative workshop inspired by the vibrant world of artist and cartoonist David Shenton.

Participants will help decorate a specially commissioned Drag Queen Wallpaper installation based on characters and imagery from David's celebrated comic strips. The wallpaper design originates from 'Get Her! A Drag Queen Psycho-Drama '(2008), a publication that reimagined and brought together stories from 'Prisoners of Love' and 'Desmond's Diary'.

David began 'Prisoners of Love' in 1991 as a weekly comic strip for Boyz magazine, following Des and Jeff through a series of surreal adventures filled with pop culture references, humour, and snapshots of q***r life. Among the wallpaper's stars are three legendary drag performers from London's early 1990s club scene: Regina Fong, Adrella and Millie Mopp.

We'll be adding paint to colour in printed images of the Drag Queens, adding make-up, vibrant hair and other embellishments, to help create a veritable Drag Queen Army!

The completed wallpaper will be part of 'Kindly Ease The Tension', the first major retrospective of David Shenton's work, which will be on display at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery from 18 July 2026 to 10 January 2027. The exhibition is being curated by Ian Giles, who first met David when working on creating a series of q***r rambling walks as part of New Geographies - a public art project - in 2018.

It will form part of the installation behind David's iconic 'Duvet of Love' (1994), a moving memorial to friends Martyn and Nicholas, who died from AIDS-related illnesses. Made from thousands of badges collected throughout David's life, the duvet brings together personal memories, political activism, LGBTQ+ protest history, Pride marches, pop culture and everyday ephemera.

Whether you're a comic fan, a lover of drag culture, or simply enjoy getting creative, come along and help celebrate the humour, community and q***r history at the heart of David Shenton's extraordinary work.

Free and All Welcome
No experience necessary
All materials provided

13/06/2026

Thanks to everyone who came and helped at today's YarMakers Gardening Party at St John's.

Lots of useful tasks done including:

🚮 8 bags of rubbish collected
🌳 3 trees cleared around and mulched
🌿 3 large bags of brambles weeded
🫚 some Alexander's roots harvested ready to try cooking with
♻️ cardboard shredded for the compost
🌷 borders created alongside the church ready for planting

Go Green Team! 🌱 💚

11/06/2026

YarMakers Gardening Party
Saturday 13 June
12-2pm
St Johns Church, 38 Lancaster Road

Join us for a relaxed session helping to maintain the garden at St John's, thinking about how we can make this green space welcoming and productive for all, creating a green haven for the bugs, bees, birds and other creatures we share our environment with.

This YarMakers Gardening Party will be led by 'The Green Team' - with a relaxed session keeping on top of the bramble growth, doing some mulching around trees, litter-picking, compost maintenance, materials gathering, garden planning and anything else that might help improve the area.

As always, it will be a friendly, welcoming space to work together and improve our environment for all to enjoy.

All equipment supplied — just come along and join in (please check the weather and wear appropriate shoes and clothing).

🌱 All efforts welcome
📍 St John's Church
🎟️ FREE and all welcome

05/06/2026

🎵🎶🎵🎶 GOOD NEIGHBOURS 🎵🎶🎵🎶

Need to Stream?
Try Good Neighbours Episode 6!

Featuring lots of Fun and Great Yarmouth Folk including Karl Trosclair of Colossal Youth GY, Gabby DM of Bakehouse Great Yarmouth, Josh Hall of Possible Worlds, Jules Devonshire and Kaavous Clayton of originalprojects;, Ruben Cruz of Reprezent Project, visitor to town Helenofnorwich - Guerrilla Artist and a little bit of swearing!).

Thanks so much to Fete of Britain for organising such a great show and to Out There Arts for hosting it as part of this year's Festival

Be Good Neighbours!

Our sixth episode of Good Neighbours TV was filmed live from the Ou...

04/06/2026

🎨 YarMakers Drawing Club:
Portraits to Plein Air 🌿

Saturday 8 June
12-2pm
meet at
PrimeYarc
Market Gates Shopping Centre
Great Yarmouth

Join us for a relaxed and inspiring session at Yarmakers Drawing Club as we explore “Faces, Places & Plein Air” - a creative journey - from capturing the human face, the places we occupy, and making drawings inside, or the open air.

This YarMakers Drawing Club will be led by Drawing Club regular Tom, with a relaxed session exploring drawing from observation - from faces and figures to places, objects, views and scenes around us.

The focus can be portraits, plein air, or a bit of both, depending on what people are interested in and what the weather allows. We might work in the gallery, around PrimeYarc, or step outside to draw from the open air.

As always, it will be a friendly, welcoming space to experiment, try out techniques, build confidence and enjoy drawing alongside others.

All materials supplied — just come along and have a go.

🖌 All skill levels welcome
📍 PrimeYarc
🎟️ FREE and all welcome

03/06/2026

📣 Today at PrimeYarc

Mencap will be hosting a Get to Know Me Time event today from 12–2pm.

🧡 This friendly session is specifically for people with a learning disability who may be looking for a day service, or who would like to enjoy a fun craft-based activity and meet peers.

💬 Participants from Mencap’s Employment Project will also be there, so people with lived experience will be available to answer questions and share more about the project.

🎨 A nice, social session with creative activities, friendly people and a chance to find out more.

11/12/2025

Our CHRISTMAS, gradually... Fair is gradually growing!

Come and visit us for all sorts of unique Christmas gifts:
🎨 Handmade art and crafts
🪴 Plants
🧸 Toys
🕰️ Vintage items and antiques
📖 Books .. and much more...

All sales go towards supporting a range of local and national charities and local artists and makers including crafts with heart, Pyrovision, YarMakers and many more.

https://fb.me/e/73GxROmPs

09/12/2025

For those who weren't able to get to see The Creature from Scroby Sands when it premiered at The Ice House - another chance to see it on Thursday 18 December...

The Creature From Scroby Sands is coming to The Palace Cinema Gorleston on December 18th!

A highly dangerous and volatile sea creature is on the loose in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - as four teenagers arrive for a bloody holiday they will never forget.

Tickets only £5.90, book now at PalaceCinemaGorleston.com