Coming Back Out, Scotland
Glasgow and Inverness, Scotland
The first time this radical community focused project has been created and shared outside of Australia.
About
The Coming Back Out Ball is designed to be a gift – one that acknowledges the resilience of this community, a gift of visibility to LGBTI+ elders who have lived through it all, and a safe space for those elders just discovering themselves.
Join us on what promises to be a night of real cultural significance, to be socially connected in celebration alongside LGBTI+ elders to dance, reminisce and dream together into the future.
Your hosts for this digital event will be Karen Dunbar and Jamie Rea. The Ball will feature performances from Scottish icon and long-time project supporter Horse, the sensational performance poet Dean Atta, a contribution from Maggie Kinloch and the legendary Jo Clifford will perform a new piece inspired by the project. Look forward to music, dancing and the chance to chat with fellow Ball attendees via your zoom table.
Everyone who attends will get a very special delivery, a beautifully crafted and bespoke designed – ‘A Ball in a Box’ in advance of the event, so you really feel that the party is coming to you live in your living room!
“Being part of the social dance club really has been my greatest joy during lockdown.”
Social Dance Club participant
Creative Team
All The Queens Men: Bec Reid and Tristan Meecham
National Theatre of Scotland: Lewis Hetherington
CBOB Practitioners: Lou Brodie, Fraser MacLeod, Emma Jayne Park, Amy Watt, Chris Stuart Wilson
Designer: CJ Mahony
Video Designer and Animator: Jamie Wardrop
Lighting Design: Karen Bryce
Film Makers: Ania Urbanowska and Graeme Roger
Ball in the Box Design Collaborator: Fraser Lappin
Costume Design and Maker: Conor MacDonald
NTS Producer: Karen Allan
Project Manager: Jannah Main
Production Manager: Alice Black
Hair and Make Up: Fiona Brown
Company Stage Manager: Anne Page
Deputy Stage Manager: Babette Wickam-Riddick
Hosts: Karen Dunbar and Jamie Rea
Performers: Dean Atta, Jo Clifford, Horse, Malin Lewis, Bogha Frois
Contributors: David Allan. Carrie Bates, LGBTQIA+ Youth Arts Collective, LGBT Youth Scotland, Maggie Kinloch, Mairi McKenzie-Ince, Sanctuary Queer Arts Young Company
Table Hosts: Tiffany Bottomley, Lou Brodie, Maureen Dalton, Paul Fitzpatrick, Maili Fraser, Anne Gallacher, Gillian Gourlay, Nelly Kelly, Stella Litchfield, Fraser MacLeod, Seona McClintock, Lucy McGlennon, Tristan Meecham, Eileen O’Reilly, Emma Jayne Park, Bec Reid. Amy Watt, Andrew Westle, Chris Stuart Wilson, Steven Wren
BSL Interpreter: Janice Murdoch and Yvonne Strain
Prop Maker: Claudia Jevons
Live Stream Production Manager: Richie Wilson
Camera Director: Alan Brown
Live Stream Director: Gerry Clark
Camera: Elldon Byrne and Scott Houston
LGBTIQ+ Elders Social Dance Clubs:
Since 2020, LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Clubs have been presented around Scotland and moved online during 2020. These events will culminate in an interactive online event to celebrate LGBTIQ+ elders across Scotland, the UK and internationally: The Coming Back Out Ball
Glasgow
Sunday 19 May, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 2 June, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 21 July, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Where: Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow
Bookings and information click here
Inverness
Sunday 26 May, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 26 May, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 26 May, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 9 June, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 14 July, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 11 August, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 8 September, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 13 October, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 10 November, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Sunday 8 December, 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Where: Maclean Room, Eden Court, Bishop’s Road, Inverness
Partners and Support
Presentations
2023
The Coming Back Out Salon, Sydney
Sydney Town Hall (Gadigal Land)
2022
The Coming Back Out Social
Victorian State Library, Melbourne (Kulin Nations)
2021
Coming Back Out Tea Dance
Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne (Kulin Nations)
Coming Back Out, Scotland
Glasgow and Inverness, Scotland
Coming Back Out Brisbane
The Tivoli, Brisbane Festival (Turrbal and Jagera Country)
2020
Coming Back Out, Scotland
Glasgow and Inverness, Scotland
Coming Back Out Brisbane
The Tivoli, Brisbane Festival (Turrbal and Jagera Country)
2019
The Coming Back Out Salon
Myer Mural Hall, Melbourne (Naarm)
2018
The Coming Back Out Ball
Melbourne Town Hall (Kulin Nations)
2017
Coming Back Out: In Conversation
MPavilion (Kulin Nations)
2016
Where do we start? The Panel
The Substation, Melbourne (Kulin Nations)
