Born on the glitter-strewn stage of The Glory's drag cabaret lounge, Queer culture and identity has always been at the heart of our programming. From official Pride in London events to irreverent celebrations of the Queer body, we encourage everyone to express their unique individuality, whether a participant, model or host.
Event Highlights
Jay is trapped in the relentless City until he is forced to confront his relationship with Time and himself. A cross-artform celebration of identity, including live performances, exhibitions, screenings, talks and public workshops.
Figuration’s Leo Crane teamed up again with writer/director Kate Jessop to animate a new episode of her queer comedy webseries Tales From Pussy Willow. Produced by Hipster Films.
We launched into the New Year with our first performance life drawing event at The Glory: a special edition of the Starkers Academy, hosted by ‘Mellékia’s top Professor of Art’.
An Untold Tale of abandonment and dreams. A micro-short animation commissioned by Animate Projects and Anim18.
As part of the V&A's Friday Late, artist and activist Lidia Lidia devised theatrical sets that played with stereotypical ideas of beauty and gender.
To celebrate Pride in London 2018, we collaborated with Queer model and performer Lager Darling on a life drawing event inspired by Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness
Tutor Leo Crane hosted a special evening at the Royal Institute of British Architects for Pride in London 2018 inspired by RIBA’s exhibition Disappear Here with models Kage and Maya.
For this performance life drawing event, Art Model Collective joined us to tell the story of Marlene Dietrich in all her duality. The event was inspired by Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
This week saw the release of series two of the cult web series Tales From Pussy Willow, written, directed and animated by Kate Jessop. Leo Crane, who assisted on the animation, delves behind the scenes.
The only creative workshop in the calendar for Pride in London 2017, celebrating cities at a moment in Queer history at the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Queerly Beloved launched this week with An Animation Affair, a collection of short animations featuring queer and feminist themes and a conversation with the film-makers.
Starkers at the Glory launched with Freyia vs Pavel, a queerly themed nude pose-off challenging constructions of masculinity and femininity. Alexandra Penelope chats to model Freyia and Figuration founders Roy and Leo to find out more.