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About Us

Image description: The Marlborough Productions team photo, arranged in two to three rows—some standing on the steps, others sitting or crouching in front. They are dressed in a mix of casual and semi-casual clothing, with a wide range of styles and colors, including bright and patterned outfits as well as more neutral tones.

A catalyst for queer culture and community.

 

We are a nationally and internationally recognised producer of queer-led, intersectional performance, parties, heritage and radical community gatherings.

Marlborough Productions has commissioned and supported critically acclaimed and award winning theatre works from award winning artists Emma Frankland (No Apologies, Galatea), Harry Clayton-Wright (Sex Education, The Fortnight, Mr Blackpool), Ray Young (Nightclubbing, OUT), Krishna Istha (First Trimester), Lucy McCormick (Post Popular), Malik Nashad Sharpe (Selfies, He’s Dead), Gary Clarke (New Ways of Living), Travis Alabanza, Jamila Johnson-Small, Rosana Cade, Ivor MacAskill, Subira Joy and Ebony Rose Dark.

Awarded National Portfolio Organisation status in 2023, the organisation is dedicated to platforming LGBTQIA+ performance and initiatives, advancing change in the cultural sector, empowering communities and seizing a shift in how queer work and histories are respected and presented in its home city of Brighton and beyond.

Marlborough Productions’ flagship projects include: New Queers on the Block, an artist and community development programme currently supporting a series of radical queer-led festivals in underserved queer capitals across England in Blackpool, Hastings, Bradford and Portsmouth; Producer Gathering, offering space for discussion, reflection, learning opportunities and free resources for independent producers in the cultural sector; Queer Heritage South, a  multi-year project capturing, archiving and celebrating the unique LGBTQIA+ heritage in Brighton & Hove while empowering communities across the region to take ownership of their own local queer history; and Radical Rhizomes, a transformational community space and events programme centring QTIPoC individuals in Brighton and Hove.

The organisation is championed as “a refuge for cutting-edge performance” (The Guardian) and “The jewel in the crown of Brighton’s queer and non-binary scene” (Culture Tip).

Find out more of our History, here.

We are...

Queer

Centring intersectional experiences of identity and how this relates to privilege and/or oppression.

Decolonial

Committed to challenging white supremacy and supporting anti-racist action.

Rigorous

realising cultural projects to the best of our ability to ensure enriching experiences.

Caring

Working with artists and communities in an accessible way that prioritises People Responsive – welcoming critique and striving to do better.

Responsive

Welcoming critique and striving to do better.

Joyful

recognising the importance of joy for all LGBTQIA+ people in a world that often tries to rob us of it.

Meet the Team
Image description: The Marlborough Productions team photo, arranged in two to three rows—some standing on the steps, others sitting or crouching in front. They are dressed in a mix of casual and semi-casual clothing, with a wide range of styles and colors, including bright and patterned outfits as well as more neutral tones.
Our History
Image description: A photograph of The Marlborough Pub and Theatre from 2017, featuring Hizze Fletcher's queer history mural with archive material from The Keep documenting LGBTQ+ life and activism. The outside walls of the pub are covered in newspaper clippings etc, and neon scrawlings, in a decoupage style.