https://www.quiplash.co.uk/welcome daily 1.0 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/1579526379878-K9I04WPZAIU0QE3EHX1F/20191018-SA901747-2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/974e8913-b385-49f6-8c8a-903c5e5293cf/WhatsApp+Image+2023-09-14+at+15.04.09.jpeg Welcome The vast stage in Sophiensæle set and ready for our performances of Unsightly Drag and Friends as part of Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer festival in 2022. Bright rainbow lights shine down and through atmospheric mist, illuminating a smaller platform stage in the large space. On the platform stage are two speakers in the lower corners and a single stool with stage detritus on top of it (probably a headmic and gaffer tape) placed centre. Behind the stool, dark curtains part to create an entrance bathed in blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/eea4ea99-1e77-4584-be98-0d1dcf65f5f0/IM_8509.png Welcome Tito Bone, a slim white drag king with a brown and grey mullet and a teal glitter beard is on a black stage lit with teal lights. They are wearing a sparkly silver suit, singing into a mic and holding their rainbow mobility cane out towards the audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/b1ea6c67-f455-4906-9187-e9bf93c2a009/IMAGE+2026-02-04+12_08_52.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Three people on a black stage with black curtains. Amelia, a slim white person sits knitting bright pink sleeves of a jumper. Adae, a black person wearing clear framed glasses, sits on the floor reading from a notebook. Behind stands Charmaine, a tall mixed race woman with a black afro. She smiles and she holds one fist out as if she is saying “yesssssss!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/7d9e0dc9-ddee-4ca0-8971-0982f9942fb7/IMG_20230522_174219-01.jpeg Welcome Four clowns mid performance in a large black box theatre. From left to right is Ella the Great, a light skinned black person wearing a red hat, Amelia, a white person wearing pink hat, and Al, a white small fat person wearing a black hat with a large blue feather on the side. Joel’s head pokes out sideways between the group, they’re a white person with a lovely brown beard wearing a black hat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/33bc3b02-37a8-44a4-b0ad-d26137de2b55/photo_2025-09-16+10.36.38.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Ebony Rose Dark covered from head to toe in a stretchy pink bag is performing on a black stage that is lit with teal and full of moody smoke. Though ebony is mostly featureless in the bag, it is clear that they are standing and raising their arms towards the sky, head tilted back. We can see the contours of their chest and arms as well as a small point where the bag pushes into their chin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/1758014586211-FQ0ROGEDDYWG3TASUO8F/Quiplash_Group_Cropped.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/a7be4e0d-427c-4e30-b7db-27c8d44e58cf/lottery_Logo_Black+RGB.png Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/cdada0c6-b767-41da-962b-e6c5fb3da0af/WhatsApp+Image+2023-09-14+at+13.11.17.jpeg Welcome Selfie of the whole quiplash fambly. Amelia (left) and Al (right) are peaking over the top of Noodle the cat, our general MEOWnager. Amelia is a slim white person wearing a neon tie dye cap backwards like a cool dad. Al is a white, small fat person with curly brown hair. They look happily squished under Noodle who is a fluffy white cat with black markings on her chin, nose and back. Noodle is contentedly resting her chin on Amelia’s hand and looking sleepy, her bright green eyes half shut. Towering lovingly over everyone is Gary, a lime green, person shaped pillow. He’s sat at the top of the couch, blue eyes and nose pointing towards the 3 below him. He doesn’t have a mouth, but if he did he would definitely be smiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/d29c0cf4-9bb6-4c6e-8759-212d1f6bad5f/1000183193.jpg Welcome Shiv, an athletic brown person with dark brown hair, wears a sleeveless buttercup yellow and white dress. The dress is made of layered ruffled material. Their hair is tied up in a bun, their head turned to the side in profile, eyes closed. They hold their arms elbows out, their hands in front of their their torso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/9044cbd6-afef-4215-bbc4-db3d1705a549/A+-+Production+Shot%2C+credit_+Ruby+Parker-Harbord+-+Ruby+Glaskin.png Welcome An orange structure, like an open-ended tent, sits centre stage on a black & white floor. Within the structure sits Krishna Istha, a brown person in their mid 30's wearing green, and a participant, wearing blue. They sit opposite each other and are having a conversation. Above the structure the words 'First Trimester' are projected in yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/39e10e12-8a23-4217-add5-edcad9c219d8/Tu-Photo.jpg Welcome A selfie of a group of people. Al (who is taking the photo) and Amelia are towards the front and the Tu crew are behind. Everyone is smiling big and some are throwing up peace signs. The photo is a bit blurry indicating motion - in this case probably laughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/9305db4d-bd5c-49a8-bb26-7e1efbd21de2/IMG20241205155558%281%29.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out From left to right: Al, Amelia as Tito Bone, Élaina and Liz stand in a line and smile. Al is in signature clashing patterns, denim and funky glasses, Amelia as Tito has a teal glitter beard, shiny sequinned suit and rainbow cane, Elaina is in a rainbow coloured suit and black shirt, Liz is in full denim with brown boots. Behind them is a white couch and white curtains with blue and pink lights shining through them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/98fdf1e6-efcb-44e9-afe9-5dbe05bcb448/WAARC+Logo+White+Background.png.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out A logo, orange words on a white background. in big letters accross the top are the letters w a a rc. In smaller letters underneath, Wellcome Ant-Ablieist Research Cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/a7dcc4e8-e731-49f6-b8f5-c757d93071bd/Partner+logos.png Welcome A selection of logos from our partners and clients, the logos are all different sizes and colours. The logos are from: Wellcome Collection, On Your Face, Soho Theatre, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Théâtre de L’Usine, London Trans+ Pride, In Good Company, International Curators Forum, The Place, Hackney Showroom, Barbican, UCLA, Wild Rumpus, Under the Stars, Bradford Producing Hub, LUX Scotland and University of Atypical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/a59f7050-ddd2-41d0-9d87-5ec4f071a59f/Ebony+Amelia+Berlin.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Two queer blind performers, Ebony (left) and Tito (right) goof off, standing on either side of a wall outside of Sophiensaele, a venue in Berlin they would later be performing in. Ebony is a dark skinned black person wearing a flat cap, red rain coat and black trousers. Tito is a white person with short brown hair and is wearing a colourful dinosaur hoodie, jeans and is sporting a teal glitter beard. Ebony is gleefully waving their mobility cane in the air while Tito clutches theirs in their right hand and gestures to Ebony with the other. The wall they are in front of is full of pink posters that say “queering the Crip Cripping the queer” in big blue letters. On either side of each poster are Ebony and Tito’s faces in full drag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/3d8cd783-2cdb-4529-9b00-b9de4d7ef73f/Amelia_Pecstival-68_Crop.jpg Welcome Amelia, a slim white person with a brown mullet that has grey flex on the sides and top. They are wearing a black and white long-sleeved shirt and a colourful Kufiya wrapped around their shoulders. They are cupping their hands towards the camera and their mouth is in a tight “hoooo” shape as though they are blowing fairy dust out of their hands and towards an audience that is in front of them (but unseen in the photo). One of these cupped hands delicately balances a microphone which they had been speaking into moments before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/1caa3e33-68f7-4fa2-a18f-4b4b254e2d47/2025-09-09+16.36.29.jpg Welcome Al, a ‘small fat’ white person with wavy light brown hair slicked back, and funky rectangular glasses stands outside happily eating an ice cream cone. They are pulling some candy off the top of said ice cream and their mouth is in a happy “Ohhh!” The main colour in this photo is pink - the ice cream is pink, Al’s knitted top (which yes they made themself) is pink, their trousers are pink with black lines all over them. Next to them is a human sized pink teddy bear with a small pink unicorn with silver hooves and horn on one of its shoulders. Behind Al, the teddy and the unicorn are big green plants, some steps and a street with cars parked on the sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/b47313be-a445-41f9-b776-bfa01457f46f/BPA+Logos+clear.png Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/f26ae91b-cf3d-4660-8ccb-05eb2ad07189/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-28+at+12.24.38.jpeg Welcome Cynthia is a light skinned black mixed race woman, her braided hair is dark purple, styled in 4 ubuntu knots on top of her head with two side plaits with gold braid cuffs. She is wearing a yellow and purple African print dress and is sat at a black and brown table, on a wooden chair with red velvet in the middle. She is smiling and resting her head on her right hand on her right arm, while her left arm is folded on the table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/bd03d537-bc55-4309-bbb2-d351c88b0421/QueerFestival23-Foto-Hupfeld-3305%282%29.jpg Welcome Tito performing in Dortmund, Germany. They are slim and white with a teal glitter beard, wearing a rhinestoned houndstooth coat. The photo is a close up of their face with one hand holding a mic to their lips and the other reaching out towards the audience, palm flat and fingers spread wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/25c9fef3-89f1-4b11-a332-9dea58c03b1e/HollyPhoto.jpg Welcome Holly is a white woman with short dark blond hair and dark rimmed glasses. She’s smiling and looking fresh and relaxed in front of some green trees. Holly Hodgson-Simmons (she/her) Non-Executive Director Holly is Chief Operating Officer of a market-leading city law firm and a serving Magistrate in the Criminal and Family Courts. She brings extensive leadership experience across operations, governance, compliance, and strategic development within highly regulated environments. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Holly is an active advocate for improved accessibility and inclusion, working with charities and other organisations to support neurodivergent individuals within legal and governance settings. Her longstanding commitment to justice, accountability, and social mobility underpins her work as both a leader and a non-executive director. She considers supporting Quiplash in any respect to be a genuine privilege. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/71ad9ca0-ee3c-422a-a0f1-9a033346fcfa/SUSIE+ITALIANO34631.jpg Welcome Susie is a white woman with dark brown hair slicked back. She is smiling and wearing a big fluffy blue coat. Susie Italiano (she/her) Non-Executive Director Susie is a chartered management accountant and founder of Finance Fairy Godmother. She works with creative companies and leaders to ensure strong financial management and oversight, and sometimes lives in a van with her husband and dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/9ccf38a3-0d4d-4856-b1e3-1b83e7f6c276/Maria+Oshodi+LAG+Headshot+Nov+2024.png Welcome Dr Maria Oshodi (she/they) Advisory Board Member Artist/Researcher/Listener Dr. Maria Oshodi is a researcher, writer, theatre director and arts consultant. She has worked in disability arts development,, for BBC drama production and as a playwright, with Her first play, The S Bend, being produced as part of the royal Court Theatre’s young Writers Festival in 1984 and later by the cockpit theatre in 1985. She went on to write four more plays including, Blood, Sweat and Fears, From Choices to Chocolate, Here Comes a Candle, and Hound, that all toured nationally and were published by Longmans, Metheuen, John Murray and Arora Metro Books. In 1992 she graduated from Middlesex University with a 1st BA honor in Drama and English. In 1997 she founded Extant, the UK’s multi-award winning, leading performing arts company of visually impaired artists, where she is currently CEO/Artistic Director. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/7d8df819-1a6d-4fd8-9787-20f9eb44f005/web-face.jpg Welcome Zoyander is a white transmasc person with bright green hair in a swooped back mullet and a short beard. They’re wearing a black vest with their bare arms showing. They’re looking off to the right thoughtfully while holding on to a white mug. Dr Zoyander Street (they/them) Advisory Board Member Dr Zoyander Street is a neurodivergent, genderqueer artist-researcher making work about cultural fissures, toxic feelings, and tech garbage. Their practice involves an innovative approach to social enquiry, focusing on using videogame design patterns to materialise ethnographic research, but also involving other forms of media art and (mis)uses of technology. They like to cross disciplinary boundaries, such as making live theatre with game-like interaction, or videogames for gallery spaces. They have a PhD by practice in Sociology at Lancaster University, creating original videogames alongside a traditional dissertation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/885d27d1-cb7f-4a43-83ca-47b461c57a1b/WhatsApp+Image+2026-10-21+at+12.42.15.jpg Welcome Élaina, a light skinned Fliipinx person, smiling broadly in front of a full bookshelf that has been blurred out. She has short dark curly hair and is wearing a chocolate brown knitted sweater. Dr Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril Élaina a philosopher of disability and a scholarly podcaster. She is passionate about feminist philosophical approaches to bioethics and critical disability studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/f9bafb9f-fed3-4b43-8169-8d24a6bb6721/HEADSHOT+DOT.jpeg Welcome Dot is a white person with short orange hair wearing a pleather daddy cap. They have silver nose piercings. Sunlight falls across their face. Dot Alma (they/them) Advisory Board Member Audio Describer, access coordinator, nightlife worker, artist Dot trained on Quiplash’s OG queer audio description course back in 2019 – since starting their career whispering in peoples ears in the basement of the Glory (RIP) have since worked across drag, cabaret, theatre, short film, museums and visual art, with clients including Battersea Arts Centre, The Barbican, Rebel Dykes, Queer House Party and The National Justice Museum. As an artist they explore integrated audio description, queer stories and just how many rhinestones they can glue on a church pew - They recently exhibited their solo piece “Our Father (Figure) Who Art in Heaven (The Night Club)” as part of the Holy Pop! exhibition at Somerset House. They also work as an access coordinator for Wild Rumpus – a company who explore nature connection and play through meaningful, joyful interventions.. Outside of work they are queer parent, and have a holy obsession with George Michael. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c44e574e2ccd1edd9b4f999/aa5d332a-37f8-491d-a067-80b31ac46a0b/466356907_28268640996068780_8750196234348491403_n.jpg Welcome Sara is a white woman with long light brown hair swept to one side, and brown eyes. She’s wearing a taupe shirt and a black necklace. She’s smiling widely at the camera, Sara Hill (she/her) Advisory Board Member Sara is a researcher and teaching assistant at the University of Sheffield and her work explores how far-right narratives are normalised and intersect with environmental politics. She has worked for almost twenty years across numerous not-for-profit organisations in Sheffield prior to this and brings skills around fundraising, strategy and organisational development to the Board. Sara is currently a Director of Opus, Andro and Eve and Lotus Collaborations CIC and is a Trustee of Migration Matters Festival. She has previously directed Peace in the Park, Theatre Deli, and held Trusteeships at Voluntary Action Sheffield and Sheaf Poetry Festival.