Tag: queer-people-of-colour

• Stronger Proposals” and Silent Shelves: The Reality of Being a Marginalised Theatre Artist in Manchester

  By Sid Akbar I’m not writing this from a place of polish. I’m writing it from the shelf – where yet another piece of work, another application, another vital story has been quietly filed away as “unsuccessful”. Recently, my project Besharam [shame-LESS] was turned down for a Manchester commission. The feedback? It was “solid and…

  dhamakaarts

  6th May 2025

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  artists, arts council England, bid writing, funding, queer-people-of-colour, queer-stories, queer-theatre, theatre, writing

• Besharam [shame-LESS]: A Journey of Pride, Storytelling, and Impact

  Besharam [shame-LESS] was my coming-out story, and it feels surreal to look back on how it all came together in 2023. For years, I’d kept a lot of my truth hidden, especially when it came to my queerness and my identity as a Pakistani man from a traditional Muslim background. But writing and performing Besharam [shame-LESS] was not…

  dhamakaarts

  26th Feb 2025

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  bradford, healing, lgbt, life, mental-health, qtipoc, queer-people-of-colour, shame, theatre, writing