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SUMMARY:Polari Manchester
LOCATION:G-A-Y Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Polari returns to G-A-Y Manchester for a night of poetry\, pros
 e and LGBTQ story-telling. Hosted by Paul Burston with Will Belshah\, Jay 
 Gadhia\, Rosie Garland and Hook. WILL BELSHAH is a Manchester-based multid
 isciplinary artist and writer exploring the intersections of mythology\, h
 istory and contemporary technology. Working across painting\, poetry\, dra
 wing and installation\, he combines ancient symbolism\, digital culture an
 d imagined histories to examine power\, identity and systems of meaning. H
 e has exhibited across the UK\, including at HOME Manchester and Firstsite
  Essex\, and develops collaborative work around accessibility\, neurodiver
 gence and shared authorship. JAY GADHIA is a QPOC poet\, artist and teache
 r. His artwork and poetry tend to focus on the Asian queer experience and 
 explore cultural and racial history. A great deal of his work focusses on 
 faith\, as well as unpicking the complications of relationships. ROSIE GAR
 LAND writes poetry\, short and long form fiction\, and sings with post-pun
 k band The March Violets.Her poetry collection ‘What Girls Do in the Dar
 k’ (Nine Arches Press) was shortlisted for the Polari Prize 2021.Her lat
 est collection is ‘This Is How I Fight’ (Nine Arches Press)Val McDermi
 d has named Rosie one of the most compelling LGBT+ writers in the UK today
 .In 2023\, she was made a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. HOOK 
 (they/them) is a northern based\, trans\, neurodivergent\, multidisciplina
 ry artist creating queer-led work at the intersection of cabaret and theat
 re. They are particularly driven to craft imaginative\, transformative tra
 ns worlds where artists and audiences are invited inside to play\, questio
 n\, and dream. Hook is a specialist artist with York Theatre Royal\, a rec
 ent Soho Writing Labs Alumni\, and is currently developing their new play 
 ‘Panic Arcadia’ – a messy\, queer forest fantasy turned horror inspi
 red by the god Pan. About PolariFounded in 2007 by author Paul Burston\, P
 olari has appeared at the Southbank Centre\, Heaven nightclub\, The Britis
 h Library and at book festivals\, bars\, nightclubs and theatres across th
 e UK and beyond.Inspired by the gay slang of the same name\, Polari is a m
 ulti award-winning celebration of LGBTQ+ words and voices – whether writ
 ten\, spoken or sung. The salon also runs The Polari Prize awards – the 
 UK’s only book awards for LGBTQ+ writing. Tonight's event is part of the
  Polari Prize 15th Birthday Showcase\, funded by Arts Council England.\n\n
 Boletos: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/39637/polari-manchester
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