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Our Story Scotland

... recording the stories of the LGBT community in Scotland

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Babs telling a story

Workshops develop stories and skills that are brought into play in public performance.

Performance

Auto/biographical accounts, reflections, episodes and fictions inform and inspire our performances, whether of drama or public storytelling. One of the most effective ways of telling stories is through dramatic monologues, which have been central to our work since our first drama production seXshunned.

In our Queer Stories project, we share stories from our lives through writing and speaking out - an effective way to have our voices heard is through public performance.

Here are some stories told at Queer Stories for Glasgay November 2005

Queer Stories

Don't Look Back in Anger - Donald 2005
I want to take you back with me some 26 years to 1979...
[ read full story ]

Do You Know What a Lesbian Is, Laura? - Laura 2005
‘Do you know what a lesbian is, Laura?’ she said in a really aggressive way...
[ read full story ]

Should Auld Acquaintance - Donald 2005
Sometimes your past catches up with you, when you least expect it...
[ read full story ]

Announcements

The Queer Stories project culminated in November 2006 with the OurStory Ceilidh at the Trades Hall in Glasgow on 4th November. In 2007 we have held art, mask and storytelling workshops, in which performance skills have been developed and demonstrated.

OurStory Scotland is currently holding storytelling and performance workshops: contact us if you would like to take part.