Queer Diary CIC

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 qu**rs share our teenage angst (and our dreams, follies, and fabulousness) in the name of....

25/06/2026

BRIGHTON! This is tonight 🌈📖

18/06/2026

Q***r Diary: the night where LGBTQIA+ folks read REAL teenage diaries live on stage 🌈📖

Expect: angsty poetry, thirsty fanfic, terrible tumblr posts & other cringe coming-of-age era scribblings 👀

Stick around after the readings, for a playlist of school disco classics & teen angst anthems.

From grunge to girlbands, from emo to S Club - we'll play whatever YOU were blasting in your bedroom, or getting down to on the end-of-term dancefloor 🎶

(Get your requests in now - all genres & generations welcome)

📍 25 June

🎟 Pay What You Can & Free tix available, for anyone who couldn't otherwise afford to attend - no questions asked.

📸 Grey Beanie Productions

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Description:
A throwback to our last Q***r Diary and School Disco afterparty.
1-4: Readers on the mic under stage lights, Beth in a Nirvana t-shirt & black lipstick, Lucia smiling in a pink jumpsuit with a smiley and sad face alternating pattern, Simon in a black blazer reading from a blue notebook, Amandeep in check trousers and a pink top reading and cringing whilst giving a thumbs-up.
5-6: Rows of audience members under pink lights, open-mouth laughing and gasping at the readers revelations.
7-10: People dancing after the show, under disco lights, in colourful clothes, blurry with the motion of carefree boogying. They have a backwards cap, a pint, a floral shirt, rolled sleeves, retro-print trousers, chunky chain jewellery, a crop top.

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.