Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer,and Transgendered Womens' creativity

Workshops

This year the aLAF workshops will be held on Saturday afternoon between 2pm and 5pm, in the Teachers Club on Parnell Square. Full details to be confirmed. Facilitators include:

Liz Gill | Film workshop

Liz Gill’s first feature film was "Gold in the Streets" in 1996. In 2003 she wrote and directed "Goldfish Memory", followed by 3 episodes of the TV series "The Big Bow Wow" and a short called "Silence". She most recently served as Consultant Director on the TV series "Love is the Drug" and is currently developing several feature projects.

Susan Thompson | Writing and Visuals for Performance

This is a mixed media workshop, which will focus on developing creative ideas for performance, especially writing and visuals, and will include exercises such as writing to music and looking for inspiration on the streets outside the workshop.

Susan Thomson has performed and exhibited visual and text-based art at many art centres and theatres in the UK and Ireland, including the National Review of Live Art, and was recently awarded a bursary by South Dublin County Council for the creation of a visual book.

Marina Forrestal | Laughter lines

Do you think you could trace the lines of your partners face with your finger? Maybe you could extend to doing it with a pen or pencil. Partners will be available, no need to bring one! No previous experience necessary!

K. Bradford (Johnny T) | Downsize the dick in drag

This interactive workshop invites and challenges us to face into and lighten up about some of the thorny issues which make drag kinging a drag. With humour and goodwill, the goal of this workshop is to tackle some of the community-wide troublespots like ego, power struggles, racism, tranny invisibility and butch/femme dynamics. We will develop strategies, problem-solving skills, and new perspectives. Come prepaed to downsize your dick, your diva or your ego (whichever is bigger), to dig deep, look in the mirror, shake your booty, shake off the shit and jump into the good stuff that got us drag kinging in the first place.