Queer Diary

The night where Queer folks read their REAL teenage diaries live on stage!

An evening of nostalgia, silliness, and solidarity, featuring LGBTQIA+ grown-ups reclaiming our youth by sharing our earnest journal entries, angsty poetry, thirsty fan-fiction & more.

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"Funny, vulnerable and wonderfully communal... a queer space where our awkward younger selves are finally celebrated."– The List

"Hilarious, heartfelt, enlightening, and joyous... The room quickly transforms into a community, where shared laughter and collective recognition create something genuinely special." – Pro Life Plus

"A space to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness… Often funny, sometimes moving and heart-warming, always entertaining." – Reviews Hub

"Each of these performances by normal everyday people were absolutely stunning, the welcome the audience and Beth gave to each one really felt like a friend was just telling a story." – Binge Fringe

“If a Queer Diary event was held on the Moon, the most anti-capitalist queers would be befriending Bezos in hopes of a rocket ride.” – DIVA Magazine

What's involved?

Queer Diary is an open-mic style show.

Each event consists of a handful of different readers, so no two events are ever the same.
Readers sign up in advance to bring something they wrote in their teenage years, or "coming-of-age" era.
All LGBTQ+ adults are welcome to take part by sharing something from their younger-years on the mic.

Thinking of signing up?
Check out our FAQs, then use our sign-up form.

Want us to host a Queer Diary event in your local venue?

Send us an email to chat about what's involved.

Jack reading their diary on stage. Jack is a white person with short pink hair in a colourful jumper, and a small book in one hand, and they're shrugging comically

Sami on stage making a comically shocked expression whilst reading from their phone into the microphone. Sami is a South Asian person with chin-length black hair and glasses, and is wrapped in pride flag bunting.

Alex on stage showing off a drawing in their sketch-book of the necklace from Titanic. Alex is a smiling bald person with stubbly facial hair and a white jumper with a colourful print on the front.

Amandeep reading their diary on stage. Amandeep is a South Asian woman with long hair tied back in a stripy jumpsuit and cardigan. She's got a small book in one hand, and with the other hand gestures where she's looking up to the ceiling, as though talking about something expansive and dramatic.

Previously at:

The Common Press (Shoreditch); Rich Mix (Shoreditch); The Glitch (Waterloo); Omnibus Theatre (Clapham); The Albany (Deptford); Stanley Arts (Croydon); Matthews Yard (Croydon, with Croydonites Festival); Art Play (Spitalfields, with Queertivity); Gala Theatre (Durham, with Durham Pride); Proteus Creation Space (Basingstoke); DINA (Sheffield); The Bank Vault (Aberystwyth, with Aberration); Wycombe Arts Centre (High Wycombe); Tom Thumb Theatre (Margate); CAMP (Margate); The Actors (Brighton); The Hat Factory (Luton); Hyde Park Book Club (Leeds); Social Refuge (Manchester); Proteus Creation Space (Basingstoke); Old Fire Station (Oxford); Alphabetti Theatre (Newcastle); Phoenix Theatre (Exeter, with Out Together); Mercury Theatre (Colchester); Waterside Arts (Manchester, part of Pride in Trafford); Green Earth Cafe (Bedford, with Rainbow Bedfordshire) Blundagardens Yurt (Edinburgh Fringe); The Pleasance (Edinburgh Fringe); Laughing Horse at Bar 50 (Edinburgh Fringe).

Thanks to all our funders and partners who've supported the development and delivery of Queer Diary events and activities over the years.

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