Queer Diary CIC

22/05/2026

Q***r Diary + School Disco
The night where LGBTQIA+ folks read our REAL teenage diaries, live on stage!

Expect: earnest journal entries, long-lost love-letters, fabulous fan-fiction, terrible tumblr posts & possibly some cringey poetry 👀

PLUS: School Disco Afterparty

Re-do your end-of-term disco, minus the adolescent awkwardness ✨

Dance the night away to all the throwback tracks from YOUR coming-of-age era - Girlbands or Grunge? Emo or S Club?
DJ will take requests 💿

Think: we’re in Year 8 again, but everyone’s 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ & allowed to stay out til midnight 💋

Wear what you want* ❤️‍🔥
Dance with who you want 💞
🚫 No bullies allowed 🚫

@ Daltons, Brighton
Thu 25 June, 7pm - Midnight
Tix on Outsavvy (PWYC, 18+)

*flame shirts, wet-look hair gel, glitter bodyspray, all STRONGLY enouraged ✨

"The rip-roaring playlist continues as chairs are cleared away so the dancing can begin… as awkward and beautifully careless as it might have been at school. It’s the q***r school disco young people deserve but don’t always get…. A space to look back on our formative years with kindness and laughter." - ★★★★★ The Reviews Hub

Q***r Diary is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.

Video description:
A spinning multicoloured disco ball animation. Over it appears typed purple text in the style of a 90s word processor, says: what if you could re-do your end-of-term disco without the teenage awkwardness in a room full of friendly q***r folks? Then the words Q***r Diary in pink handwriting writing slide in with a bunch of photos of folks smiling & cringing while reading their diaries, alongside our logo (a rainbow bursting from an open book). More text gives the information for the night, the same as in this post

13/05/2026

TONIGHT at Waterside Arts! 🌈📖

"It’s genius, nostalgic and a must-see."

What if you could re-read your teenage diary... to an audience? Get ready for a laugh a minute with this q***r comedy night at Waterside.

11/05/2026

What if you could re-read your teenage diary... to an audience? Get ready for a laugh a minute with this q***r comedy night at Waterside.

29/03/2026

Q***r Diary zine-making Tue 31 March at Q***rcircle - BSL Interpreted session!

Instructions & materials provided - including a stack of vintage teen magazines to cut up & reclaim for your own Q***r zine ✂️🖍

Make your own q***r teenage history zine:
Design a teen mag you wish you’d had 📖
Create a fanzine for your first crush 💘
Write a letter to your younger-self ✏️
Collage your dream prom-night 💐

Or simply sit & doodle with a friendly q***r crowd 😊

An evening of crafting & nostalgia for all LGBTQIA+ adults, 31 Mar 6:30-8:30

🎟 Pay What You Can on Outsavvy

With BSL/English Interpreter Kate Reynolds, thanks to Greenwich Healthier Communities

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

26/03/2026

What happens at Q***r Diary zine-making? 🌈📖

Design the teen mag you wish you’d had 👀
Collage your dream prom-night 💐
Create a fanzine for your first crush ❤️‍🔥
Write a letter to your younger-self 💌

Or simply sit & doodle with a friendly q***r crowd 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Kate will be interpreting at our zine-making session on Tuesday - come join us to cut up a stack of old teen magazines & reclaim them to make your own zine ✂️🖍

Tue 31 March 6:30-8:30pm
at ***rcircle Greenwich (SE10)
Pay What You Can on Outsavvy

Thanks to the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund, for supporting us to make these sessions more accessible.

Video Description:
Kate, a white person with long straight dark hair and brown eyes, sits against a white wall in a dark t-shirt, signing in BSL, with white captions that match the voiceover. The video of Kate is on a graph-paper backdrop. Below is text in handwritten & typewriter style fonts on yellow & pink paper, with the date, location, logos of q***rcircle and Greenwich Healthier Communities, and our logo - a sticker with a rainbow bursting from an open book.

22/03/2026

Hasbian: A Q***r coming-of-age comedy.

Featuring real teenage diaries, brought to life in vivid hilarity, with animated projections inspired by 00s teen movies, and a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems.

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

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

All performances of have integrated Audio Description & Creative Captioning.

Friday 27 March 7:30pm
@ Carriageworks Theatre LEEDS
Tix from £10

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Description:
An animated collaged clip, inspired by 90-00s tween tv. Doodles of pink, yellow & blue hearts, stars & zigzags jump & dance, words & pictures appear in a cartoony style. Beth pops up (a white person with dark hair in a high pony, in denim dungarees) waving & smiling, with the caption "this is Beth", opens a blue book with a teardrop doodled on the front, captioned: "this is Beth's diary". Hearts, spirals & stars fly out of it. Cut to Beth posing (hand over mouth) surrounded by photos of female celebs: Lindsay Lohan, Clea Duvall, Natasha Lyonne, Tatu. Caption: "this is a comedy about coming out as a teenage le***an, only to discover..." Beth winks, Joseph Gorden Levitt & Ashton Kutcher replace the women. Caption: "BOYS are also appealing". Cut to 4 pairs of red shoes (jelly sandals, reebok classics, rhinestoned DMs & sparkly stilettos) & press quotes as above. On the final page "Hasbian" with the date/venue.

20/03/2026

Hasbian: A Q***r coming-of-age comedy.
Featuring real teenage diaries, brought to life in vivid hilarity.
With animated projections inspired by 00s teen movies, and a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems.

“The verbatim diary entries are shocking and hilarious… there is a real hard-hitting truth to them” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective

"Joyful comedy throughout... Simply charming" ★★★★ - To Do List

"Hilarious, heartwarming, at times heartbreaking... a joyful ode to q***r youth" ★★★★ - West End With Me

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

“Simultaneously relatable and educational... a story for our times, as every q***r story should be” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

With Audio Description & Creative Captioning.
📍LEEDS Carriageworks Theatre
Friday 27 March

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Pink background photos by Holly Revell
Live performance photos by Joseph Lynn

Description:
Photos of Beth next to the press quotes from this post. Beth is a round-faced white person with dark wavy hair.
1. Beth in pink dungarees and a lilac tie-dye tshirt looking down at a blue book and smiling as though bracing to read.
2. Beth in blue denim dungarees smiling under stage lights, seemingly dancing with 2 pointed forefingers.
3. Beth sat cross-legged in blue dungarees next to a pair of red Doc marten boots, reading from the blue book and looking pretend-shocked.
4. Beth sat on stage, legs straight out in front, wearing the DM boots and smiling cheekily whilst reading the book
5. Beth in red dungarees and a stripy t-shirt smiling cheekily against the pink backdrop

16/03/2026

Hasbian: A Q***r coming-of-age comedy.
Featuring real teenage diaries, brought to life in vivid hilarity.
With animated projections inspired by 00s teen movies, and a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems.

“The verbatim diary entries are shocking and hilarious… there is a real hard-hitting truth to them” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective

"Joyful comedy throughout... Simply charming" ★★★★ - To Do List

"Hilarious, heartwarming, at times heartbreaking... a joyful ode to q***r youth" ★★★★ - West End With Me

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

“Simultaneously relatable and educational... a story for our times, as every q***r story should be” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

With Audio Description & Creative Captioning.

📍LEEDS Carriageworks Theatre
Friday 27 March

📷
Pink background photos by Holly Revell
Live performance photos by Joseph Lynn

Description:
Photos of Beth next to the press quotes from this post. Beth is a round-faced white person with dark wavy hair.

1. Beth in pink dungarees and a lilac tie-dye tshirt looking down at a blue book and smiling as though bracing to read.
2. Beth in blue denim dungarees smiling under stage lights, seemingly dancing with 2 pointed forefingers.
3. Beth sat cross-legged in blue dungarees next to a pair of red Doc marten boots, reading from the blue book and looking pretend-shocked.
4. Beth sat on stage, legs straight out in front, wearing the DM boots and smiling cheekily whilst reading the book
5. Beth in red dungarees and a stripy t-shirt smiling cheekily against the pink backdrop

09/03/2026

We're in this (x3 👀)
The whole programme looks great - check it out, if you're in the area!

🌈 The Pride in Trafford 2026 programme just dropped! 🎉

Six days of q***r joy, community power and incredible events await you from 12–17 May. We’re talking theatre, cabaret, workshops, talks, our annual Block Party, exhibitions… and so much more.

See the full line up below - packed with joyful experiences, heart and q***r excellence. 🌟 🌈

Tue 12 - Sun 17 May
prideintrafford.org

23/02/2026

Hasbian: A Q***r coming-of-age comedy.

“Simultaneously relatable and educational... a story for our times, as every q***r story should be” ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective

"Joyful comedy throughout... Simply charming" ★★★★ - To Do List

"Hilarious, heartwarming, at times heartbreaking... a joyful ode to q***r youth" ★★★★ - West End With Me

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

Beth’s REAL teenage diary is brought to life in vivid hilarity - with animated projections inspired by 00s teen movies, and a soundtrack of y2k pop classics & indie angst anthems 💘

All performances have integrated Audio Description & Creative Captioning.

📍 LUTON
The Hat Factory Arts Centre
Friday 27 February

📍 LEEDS
Carriageworks Theatre
Friday 27 March

📍 COLCHESTER
Mercury Theatre
Thursday 23 April

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Pink background photos by Holly Revell
Live performance photos by Joseph Lynn

Description:
Photos of Beth next to the press quotes from this post. Beth is a round-faced white person with dark wavy hair.
1. Beth in pink dungarees and a lilac tie-dye tshirt looking down at a blue book and smiling as though bracing to read.
2. Beth in blue denim dungarees smiling under stage lights, seemingly dancing with 2 pointed forefingers.
3. Beth sat cross-legged in blue dungarees next to a pair of red Doc marten boots, reading from the blue book and looking pretend-shocked.
4. Beth sat on stage, legs straight out in front, wearing the DM boots and smiling cheekily whilst reading the book