24 oct 2023

Magical Women presents…

An evening of spooky storytelling, cosmic and haunting music and poetry performances!

We have a really exciting line-up of featured artists:

Supporting/opening act is Lauren Alex Hooper who is an autistic songwriter and will be sharing two new songs.

Artist, podcaster, folklorist, and paranormal historian Bethan Briggs-Miller invites you to enjoy some spooky storytelling of the season!

Live music – Introducing R.Dyer, an autistic musician, who uses saxophone, saw, harp, found sounds, tape samples, looped vocals and synth to create mesmerising baroque pop laced with chaotic improvisation to create the most incredible and wonderful tracks. Sometimes they stray into power pop.

Then we have cosmic and daring poetry from our Feature Poet Wendy Young. As for many London adoptees, Wendy Young’s life is delineated by the before and after of arrival in the great metropolis. Evocative aromas of the nearby canal (preferably the murky bits), walking in graveyards, music, excessive cookery programmes, smoking, Hammer Horror and life’s horrors.

We also invite artists, writers, poets and musicians who identify as women and/or non-binary folk to share their offerings in an autistic/ADHD-led, relaxed and spooky environment. If you want to perform please email us for a slot! info@magicalwomen.co.uk

Please note: This is an online event!

Autistic/ADHD artist Elinor Rowlands will host this spooky event alongside their body double/access support, illustrator, Brigette Wellbelove, to celebrate Samhain, which according to folkloric literature marks the beginning of the “darker half of the year”, between the fall equinox and the winter solstice, with festivities lasting for three days. This day was brought about to honour the dead as they passed from the human realm into the spirit world, and was marked in a number of ways.

If you’re interested in performing during the evening please email info@magicalwomen.co.uk so your name can be added to the list of performers. We will notify all performers at the beginning of the event whether they can have 3mins or 6mins to share a tune or 2, poetry, or their writing. (This depends on numbers!)

We accept all types of music and writing, we do not censor work but we do ask that you be mindful of the diversity of the group and lived experience.