Reyt Proud Zine
With Right Up Our Street and Andro and Eve
Reyt Proud is a new zine that will shine a light on stories from LGBTQ+ people in Doncaster. We received submissions for this new zine, which has now be curated by Andro and Eve and Right Up Our Street.
The Launch of the Reyt Proud Zine
The Reyt Proud Zine
Headshot (2023) Credit Art Matters Now.
Art Confined (2022) Credit Lady Kitt.
We’re delighted to announce that Right Up Our Street and Andro and Eve will be working with artist Lady Kitt as part of this project.
Lady Kitt will be creating artwork which will debut at UK Pride in Doncaster this August and which will be developed in collaboration with the LGBTQ+ community in Doncaster.
Disabled installation artist, researcher and drag king Lady Kitt describes their work as ‘Mess Making As Social Glue’. Working on long term collaborations, projects are usually punctuated by the creation of large-scale, vibrant installations or sites for exchange made from recycled paper, reused plastics and raw clay, which Kitt calls shrines.
Kitt’s work has won North East Culture Awards ‘Newcomer of the Year’ award 2022, VAMHN Arts Award 2023, been longlisted for both the 2023 and 2024 Aesthetica Art Prize, shown at Atlanta Contemporary (USA), Saatchi Gallery (UK), National Centre on Restorative Justice (USA) and commissioned by Craftspace, Birmingham (‘Drag Declares Emergency’ 2022-23), Arts & Heritage (‘This, our hive of voices’ 2020-22) and BALTIC, Gateshead (‘Open. Bloom. Flourish. Nourish’, 2021).
Examples of Zines
Andro and Eve workshop (2021) Credit - Nelly Naylor
Fresh Air Zine (2022). Andro & Eve with Luci Pina
Joyful Noise zine (2021). Andro & Eve with Seleena Laverne Daye
About Andro and Eve
Andro and Eve create unique, feel good events that celebrate queer culture where everyone is welcome. They programme and produce arts and culture that explores queer stories, focusing on voices that are otherwise marginalised, to reflect and celebrate the diversity that exists within the LGBTQIA community.
Andro and Eve collaborate with artists to facilitate accessible programmes of creative opportunities, with workshops in zine making, crafts, creative writing and drag king performance helping communities develop their skills and understanding, and share in memorable experiences.
Andro and Eve are the creators of one of the UK’s largest drag king cabarets, The Kingdom Come and their queer cabaret, A Reyt Queer Do has been lighting up the South Yorkshire scene, providing a platform for fresh queer talent, since 2017. Since 2022 they have been collaborating with Ghetto Fabulous, an arts organisation championing the work of QTIPOC creatives, and together they produced Sheffield’s first Reyt Queer Extravaganza in July 2022.
The Kingdom Come 7. Andro and Eve (2023).
Credit - Nelly Naylor.