Talks & Workshops

Clare travels the country giving PRESENTATIONAL TALKS (which include acted excerpts from contributors who have been interviewed for her plays), at conferences, corporate events, and universities – perfect for LGBT History Month bookings and also for Diversity training.

Talks Offered by Clare

  • At the Rainbow’s End: a talk about the subject matter of Clare’s latest play based on interviews with older LGBT people who have experienced homophobia and transphobia when receiving ‘care’ either in a residential home or in their own home.
  • LGBT History – In Our Own Words: this is Clare’s latest presentational talk. A moving and educational journey through personal testimonies and social and legal developments impacting the LGBT population over the last 70 years.
  • Gateway to Heaven: a talk, with acted extracts, about Clare’s book Gateway to Heaven: Fifty Years of Lesbian and Gay Oral History.
  • Hearing Voices: a talk about Clare’s play, set in a secure psychiatric ward.
  • Rights of Passage: a talk about the making of Clare’s verbatim play based on interviews with LGBT asylum seekers in the UK.

Workshops Offered by Clare

  • Writing the Self Workshops: LGBTQ autobiographical writing workshops.
  • LGBTQ-Specific Oral History Workshops: addressing the ways in which LGBTQ oral history methodology differs from other oral history work.
  • Comedy Writing: Covers stand-up, short stories, monologues, radio-writing.

Feedback on Clare’s Talks

‘I’d thoroughly recommend Clare’s session. It is a unique window into the lived experience of LGBT+ people from the 40s-90s, really bringing to life their stories. Clare’s incredible ability to take on the persona of the people she interviewed made you feel they were in the room telling you their story – it was engaging, entertaining, informative and funny right the way through!’

Linklaters, London

‘I wanted to offer my sincere and heartfelt thanks to you for delivering such an impeccable presentation at the conference. I can’t tell you how many people came up to me yesterday to say how much they enjoyed your input to the day. Words like ‘amazing’, ‘inspirational’ and ‘outstanding’ were used many times over. Personally, I agree with all those accolades and would add many more of my own. I was hoping for something that would make our conference different from many other workplace events – and you delivered that to perfection’. 

LGBT North East Workplace Equality and Inclusion Conference

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