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# Hear Us Out – a new digital performance celebrating LGBTQ+ elders
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/hear-us-out-a-new-digital-performance-celebrating-lgbtq-elders/
- Published: 2020-10-10T08:30:39.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-09T17:03:29.000Z
- Description: Hear Us Out, a digital performance courtesy of New Writing South, to premiere on Saturday, November 28, celebrating LGBTQ+ elders.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, Community, In The South, Information, News, Pride, Brighton, LGBT, LGBTQ, My Genderation, New Writing South

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[***Hear Us Out***,](http://hearusout.live/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) a digital performance courtesy of [**New Writing South**](http://www.newwritingsouth.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), is to premiere on **Saturday, November 28**, celebrating LGBTQ+ elders.

The programme’s Artistic Director, **Dinos Aristidou,** has utilised new writing and verbatim speech to create the project, where performers of all ages listen to the collected stories of older LGBTQ+ people through headphones and perform them ‘live’ to camera, exactly as they hear them. There is no attempt to copy accents but the personalities of both performer and storyteller form a distinctive bond. The pauses, sighs, laughter, stutters and stumbles of the original recordings are embraced and preserved.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/group-with-dinos.jpg)

Photo: Rosie Powell | The cast with Dinos Aristidou

This digital celebration of LGBTQ+ life has been created with Brighton filmmakers **My Genderation** and composer **Angèle Veltmeijer.** The performancefeatures memories of teaching during the Section 28 years, drag alter-egos, same-sex weddings, obtaining Gender Recognition Certificates, the impact of Aids, ongoing LGBTQ+ activism, and joy.

**Dinos Aristidou**, Artistic Director of the Hear Us Out project, said: *“Each performer transformed their personal space into a rehearsal room/zoom, stage, set and wardrobe – wonderful!*

*“We could not have planned for the closeness, the warmth, or the playfulness this glimpse into real LGBTQ+ life would add in our new digital world.”*

[*Hear Us Out*,](http://hearusout.live/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the digital performance, premieres on **Saturday, November 28** and will be available online shortly afterwards.Tickets for the premiere are FREE and can be booked online by [clicking here](http://www.hearusout.live/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

**New Writing South** is a literary organisation for writers across south east England offering quality training, representation, festivals and events. For more info, [click here](http://www.newwritingsouth.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).