Back in July, we produced our biggest ever event, A Reyt Queer Extravaganza, a collaboration with visual arts and dance company Ghetto Fabulous.
So we’re thrilled to share a specially commissioned film by filmmaker Toni Lee that shows the making of A Reyt Queer Extravaganza and what it meant to the participants and artists involved.
This collaboration with Ghetto Fabulous was a year in the making, with queer dance and movement workshops in June and July, which brought together a group of LGBTQ+ people from South Yorkshire who were supported to create their own collective and who made their performance debut at A Reyt Queer Extravaganza.
A Reyt Queer Extravaganza in July was Sheffield’s first queer led ball, and a huge event, with 25 performers taking to the stage at The Leadmill, and 300 audience members. This film celebrates the people and processes involved in making it all happen. As one audience member said..
The whole event had a brilliantly inclusive feel to it. It felt like everyone on the stage and in the audience was being encouraged and uplifted
Relive the memories, or see what you missed and have a watch now!
Credits
Cinematography and Editing – Toni Lee
Stills photography – Emily Obeng
Artistic Directors – Darren Pritchard for Ghetto Fabulous and Finn Warman for Andro & Eve
Workshop Facilitator – Sym Mendez
Host of Reyt Queer Extravaganza – Rikki Beadle Blair
With thanks to The Leadmill, Montgomery Theatre, Andro & Eve staff and volunteers and all the fierce performers who took to the runway.
This project was made made possible through funding from Arts Council England and The Civic, Barnsley.
