Andrew Keates is a multi-award-winning Theatre Director, Acting Coach and Artist who lives in London.
His latest project in QUEER THEATRE with a very simple mission:
To tell authentic LGBTQIA+ stories without shame.
To nurture LGBTQIA- theatre makers with pride, in the form of classes, specialist workshops, one night only events and social/networking functions.
To partner with individuals and organisations who will help us grow the visibility of queer stories in the mainstream as well as directly to the LGBTQIA+ community.
To one day occupy a permanent space and dedicate it to creating LGBTQIA+ theatre, events and entertainment.
In this day and age when the LGBTQ@+ community are under political attacks and are finding it necessary having to fight to maintain our hard-won equal rights. its a joy to see Andrew’s new venture start to take off
On 13th August two men were knifed outside the Two Brewers LGBTQ+ venue in Clapham (London) in a brutal homophobic attack Six days later two men were attacked and punched repeatedly after leaving Black Pride. Queer Night Pride protest by London’s LGBT+ community through Clapham 26 Aug, responding to four brutal homophobic attacks … Continue reading
In response to the homophobic attack outside Clapham’s Two Brewers in August, Awkward Productions are hosting ‘QUEER LOVE WINS’ at Two Brewers on Sunday 17th September – a spectacular evening of queer joy, solidarity, music, and comedy in aid of LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall and their important work tackling queer phobia. QUEER LOVE WINS is created … Continue reading