Hello everyone,
If anyone is interested in the gay slang of Polari, I am giving an in-person workshop exploring its etymology and usage (with a chance for participants to write their own Polari) at the Transforming Sexuality & Gender Research Centre at the University of Brighton on March 13 between 3-5pm. Free but do register in advance :
https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/2023/02/15/event-core-tsg-at-grand-parade-13-03-23-3-to-5pm-on-the-slang-language-of-polari-lee-campbell/
More details below:
At this workshop participants will be invited to learn about Polari and its sociohistorical significance, engage in a creative writing exercise using Polari at its base, and develop skills in sharing your writing in an informal, non-judgemental way
The event will be held at our city campus, Grand Parade room 202.
At the start of the workshop, participants watch a short poetry film by Lee called The Tale of Benny Harris (2022) a film written entirely in Polari (gay slang). Lee then explains how his interest in Polari was triggered when he attended a Polari-writing workshop in Manchester several years ago where he was encouraged to write his own Polari phrases and how this led to the eventual development of a poem he wrote called The Tale of Benny Harris. Participants are then given copies of a Polari dictionary which Lee uses as a basis for discussion including identifying Polari words that they may already be using. Lee then invites participants to write their own rhyming Polari phrases and then, invites participants to speak their phrases out aloud for everyone to enjoy.
Dr Lee Campbell is an artist, performance poet, experimental filmmaker, writer, Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts London, and curator/founder of Homo Humour, the first of its kind project on contemporary queer male film and moving image practices that explore humour and LGBTQ+ storytelling and has screened all over the world since 2020.
Best wishes
Lee
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