Queer Diary CIC

29/09/2026

If you could go back in time & update the teen magazines you were reading, what would you change?

The bodies in the fashion pages? The manufactured music? The agony aunts who offered more anxiety than answers?

Come to Q***r Diary zine-making to cut & paste old teen mags, to turn them into a zine for your younger-self 🌈 📖

📍TODAY Tue 29 Sept 6:30pm QUEERCIRCLE Greenwich

📍Thurs 1 Oct 6pm London LGBTQ+ Community Centre Blackfriars

📍Sat 3 Oct 3:30pm October Books Southampton

📍Sun 4 Oct 2pm Farnham Maltings Surrey

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Description:
A pile of old magazines including 80s Smash Hits with wham, green day on nme, tanita tikaram on Q, duncan from blue on sugar, nadine coyle on mizz, leona Lewis & Rihanna on top of the pops.

24/09/2026

Spend a nostalgic afternoon cutting, pasting, doodling and creating your own Q***r Zine!

Design the teen magazine you wish you’d read, make a fanzine for your first crush, collage your fantasy prom night or write a letter to your younger self.

With all crafting materials provided, a throwback soundtrack and a friendly q***r crowd, bring your pals, a date or come along solo to meet new faces.

Saturday 26th Sept @ 2:30pm - 4:30pm

To book your ticket head over to this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/q***r-diary-zine-making-wolverhampton-tickets-2000994456284

17/09/2026

Tonight!

Hasbian - 17th September

Beth’s REAL diary from the early 00s is brought to life in vivid hilarity, in Hasbian a Q***r coming-of-age comedy.

“An incredibly funny charismatic performer” (★★★★ West End With Me)
“Joyful comedy throughout” (★★★★ To Do List)

With an iconic soundtrack of y2k pop classics and indie anthems, and animated projections inspired by iconic teen movies, Hasbian brings a new perspective to the rollercoaster of coming out at the turn of the Millennium.

“Brilliant multimedia elements by Edalia Day immerse us entirely… A unique insight into growing up q***r in the 90s" (★★★★★ - A Young-ish Perspective)

https://www.theplacebedford.org.uk/shows/hasbian/

***rdiary

08/09/2026

Q***r Diary presents Hasbian. Drama at The Place Bedford

02/09/2026

Hasbian: a coming-of-age comedy about growing up Q***r in the 00s, featuring Beth's REAL teenage diaries, with a soundtrack of y2k pop classics, indie angst anthems, and animated projections inspired by iconic teen movies of the era 💘

Coming to The Place, Bedford on Thu 17 Sept

01/09/2026

HASBIAN is touring 🌈📖

A Q***r coming-of-age comedy featuring Beth's REAL teenage diaries from the early-00s, with animated projections inspired by teen magazines, and a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems 💘

If you’ve been to a ***rDiary night, you’ve had a tiny glimpse into what Beth was up to in 2001. Come find out the rest of the story 👀

“A unique insight into growing up q***r in the 90s” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective

"A wonderful piece... part nostalgia, and part protest" ★★★★.5 - GJD Reviews

"An incredibly funny, charismatic performer" ★★★★ - West End With Me

All performances of Hasbian have integrated Audio Description as part of the script, and Creative Captioning is built into the projections.

2026:

📍10 Sept Derby Theatre
📍17 Sept The Place Theatre
📍8 Oct Arena Theatre
📍23 Oct Mayflower Studios
📍20 Nov Farnham Maltings

Supported by Arts Council England

Image Description:
A photo of Beth against a pink backdrop, opening a blue notebook, with a scandalised expression - one eyebrow raised, mouth open in shocked amusement. Beth is a white person with dark hair in a high ponytail, wearing pink dungarees & a lilac tie-dye t-shirt. Above Beth, the title says “Hasbian” in a bold yellow font that recalls teen movies: Mean Girls, Clueless, etc.
Surrounding Beth's head are cut-out photos including a Brighton bus, a bottle of cheap vodka, red Doc Marten boots, young Lindsay Lohan & Ashton Kutcher in heart-shaped frames, the back of 00s pop duo Tatu holding hands in school uniform.
Snippets from reviews (the same ones as in this caption) appear on cut-out strips, above and below Beth, and the dates are listed on a torn blue strip of paper, in a typewriter-style font.

27/08/2026

Final few fringe shows this weekend 🌈📖

22/08/2026

I'm at Edinburgh Fringe hosting Q***r Diary: The night where Q***r folks read their REAL teenage diaries, adolescent poetry, early fanfiction (& other coming-of-age era writing).

While I'm here, I'm keen to chat to anyone who may be interested in bringing the project to new parts of the country/world.

We've had great audiences & a couple of lovely reviews, but understandably not much 'industry' in - it's Free Fringe at 23:45, so I get it! But I'd love to fit in more coffees with venues and/or fellow producers/community event organisers who might be up for booking us, or collaborating on bringing a unique LGBTQIA+ community event to your hometown.

Any mutuals got a contact to recommend? 🙏

Q***r Diary can tour as part of a package alongside my hour-long solo show and/or a zine-making workshop, or pop up as its own event.

Ideal venues are: accessible, affordable, relaxed spaces, wherever you might find an open mic poetry/comedy night. It's worked in community/arts centres, cafes, pubs, festivals, from cosy 30-seaters to 160 cap auditorium. I'm also up for thinking outside the box. Anywhere with a mic & stand can work, as long as a Q***r crowd will feel at home there!

03/07/2026

REAL teenage diaries, long-lost love-letters, fabulous fan-fiction, terrible tumblr posts... and possibly the odd bit of angsty poetry 👀

Thu 16 July @ CAMP Margate 📍

Up for sharing something from your youth at Q***r Diary? Our mic is open - sign up now for a spot to read something from your coming-of-age era!

"A space to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness… Often funny, sometimes moving and heart-warming, always entertaining" – Reviews Hub

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Would you read your teenage diary aloud to a room full of people?LGBTQIA+ folks are doing just that at Q***r Diary: the night where we share our teenage diaries, poetry, fanfic, and other coming-of-age era scribblings 👀 At Q***r Diary the goths, the punks, the emos, the nerds, the glee-clubbers (...

30/06/2026

Would you read yours? Sign up to share your teenage diaries, thirsty fanfic, tumblr posts, or a bit of angsty poetry 👀

Thu 16 July @ CAMP Margate

Sign up to share something from your youth: http://www.q***rdiary.org.uk/take-part

"A space to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness… Often funny, sometimes moving and heart-warming, always entertaining" - Reviews Hub

Book tix to join the audience (PWYC) https://www.outsavvy.com/event/36706/q***r-diary-margate

Supported by the National Lottery Community Fund

The night where LGBTQIA+ adults read their REAL teenage diaries. Would you read your teenage diary to a room full of people? A daring group of LGBTQIA+ folks are doing just that at Q***r Diary: The night where q***rs share our teenage angst (and our dreams, follies, and fabulousness) in the name of....