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Polari Tour - the next leg
Tickets are now on sale for the next leg of the Polari Prize National Showcase, funded by Arts Council England. Between now and the end of April, we'll…
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Polari Prize National Showcase
Paul Burston, Livia Alour, Jon Ransom and Julia Armfield Word is out! We’re going on tour! Well, it’s not really a tour – more a national showcase for…
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TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY
Like many people, I’ve really missed live performance – both as a spectator and as a producer / performer. Last month, Polari returned to Heaven. It was our…
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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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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 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 Prize shortlists 2019
From teaching same sex relationships in schools to a trans perspective of Victorian London and a moving wildlife memoir, 12 outstanding books have been named on the shortlists…
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