Clare Summerskill wrote and produced a play called Gateway to Heaven based entirely on older LGBT people’s memories which, with Arts Council funding, toured twice to theatres around the UK. It was then made into a film version for Age Concern (now Age UK). After The London Metropolitan Police saw the film, they commissioned Clare to make another film made in the same way from interviews, about the relationship over the last 70 years or so between the police and older LGBT people. This film was called Queens’ Evidence and is still used by The Met as a training resource. Clare has since worked on several other theatre projects with older LGBT people including a production, Staying Out Late, which was created from a series of drama workshops resulting in a performance, addressing the issues of older people being gay and in care. In her talk, Clare will be speaking about these projects and she will also present deeply moving and occasionally hilarious extracts from interviewees’ oral histories.

The talk lasts approximately 40 mins and is followed by a Q&A session.

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