A personal piece introducing a round-up of producer, performer and punter memories of Duckie as the seminal queer club’s 27-year run at the RVT comes to a close.
Duckie is closing
Dr Duckie’s Magazine at the RVT, July 2021
Report on an RVT event celebrating Duckie community projects The Posh Club, with older people, and The Slaughterhouse Club, with homeless people.
LGBTQ+ History Month Q&A for QMUL alumni network
Queen Mary University of London alumni asked me some questions about my work and other queer stuff for their blog.
December 2020 update
Hello. I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well in the continuing weirdness. Here’s a round-up of a few things I’ve been up to that might be of interest. Something for the weekend: This Is Not a Dream streaming online Back in 2011, Gavin Butt and I made a feature […]
Dr Duckie guest spot on How To Be Hopeful
Link to a recent conversation with Bernadette Russell for her podcast about new forms of hope in difficult times.
Dr Duckie online – read the PhD, watch the talk
Now live: online resources from my doctoral research about Duckie and homemade mutant hope machines, including open-access PhD thesis and an hour-long talk.
Article for Performance Research on Duckie’s Slaughterhouse Club
Linking to an article based on my PhD research with Duckie – about The Slaughterhouse Club drop-in arts project for people living with homelessness – in the academic journal article Performance Research.
February 2020 update
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including an article about Derek Jarman’s cottage; How to Build a Hope Machine (the Dr Duckie live event); and talks on queer space/queer fun.
Dr Duckie at the RVT
I’ll present my doctoral findings on the power of queer fun and homemade mutant hope machines in a free event on Saturday 11 May.
