Words & voices
Polari archive: 2020
15 items
POLARI PRESENTS DIANA SOUHAMI
In our latest video, the celebrated historian and Polari favourite Diana Souhami reads from her acclaimed new book, No Modernism Without Lesbians. https://youtu.be/sLvVQwlxnS8
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BACKSTAGE PASSES
Backstage Passes is the title of Angie Bowie’s score-settling memoir of her life with David. It’s also the title of our latest video, which takes us behind the…
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POLARI ON TOUR
New video documenting Polari’s UK tours from 2014 to the present day. https://youtu.be/SHBEt7AKAbw
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POLARI - ONLY WOMAN
A tribute to the many talented women writers and performers who've helped make Polari such a success. Including Sophia Blackwell, Stella Duffy, Nikita Gill, Joelle Taylor and Paula…
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Butch
The brilliant Joelle Taylor was on Radio 4 yesterday with her programme about butch lesbian identity. This was partly recorded at Polari in Heaven in February. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j8qr
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Polari Prize Hall of Fame - 1
The Polari First Book Prize turns TEN this year. That’s a lot of submissions - and a fair number of Prize winners. Last year we added a second…
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Polari - Only Fans
We all know Polari can be a little… frisky. So our latest YouTube video is “Only Fans” - though being generous of heart, we’ve made it a free…
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Polari - The Story So Far
New film on YouTube, charting Polari's journey from Soho to the Southbank Centre and beyond! Featuring Paula Varjack (pictured) Adele Anderson, Paul Bailey, Neil Bartlett, Dustin Lance Black…
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Meet the Judges
As the deadline for submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards approaches, here are a few words from our judges – including Cerys Evans, Chris Gribble, Keith Jarrett…
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Polari Prize 2020
Submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards are flooding in. Due to the problems posed by Covid19, we've extended the deadline to next Friday, May 8. So now…
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Polari On Sea Online!
This month, Polari was due to return to The Printworks in Hastings for another Polari On Sea. Sadly, due to the coronavirus outbreak, we were unable to go…
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Polari Prize calls for submissions
These ten books are all past winners of the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing. The Polari First Book Prize began in 2011 and was won by James Maker…
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Polari Tour Update
Today Polari was booked to appear at Huddersfield Literature Festival. VG Lee and I were planning to run a creative writing workshop this afternoon. Tonight, we were due…
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Polari Tour 2020!
Polari has been awarded a grant from Grants for the Arts, to help fund a major 22 date tour. The Polari Prize Tenth Anniversary Tour will showcase writers…
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POLARI PRIZES ANNOUNCE NEW PODCAST SERIES AS PART OF PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS Watch video
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