This is a complimentary evaluation podcast for a trio of shows written and performed by Tom Marshman, ShakesQueer, Jenny(Posed as a Woman) and Shining Intimacy which are under the banner of Queer National Treasures.
Tom describes how he wrote, developed and performed these trio of shows during a pandemic and how he utilised online mediums to bring the pieces to the public. Sound art / music by Jenny Moore.
Thanks to the generous support of Arts Council England

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Queer National Treasures

This is the 15 min full radio edit of Tom Marshman's original live performance piece.

Following on from the success of King Cross (REMIX), Tom Marshman explores his own neighbourhood and explores a part of town full of contradictions.

Old Market (REMIXED) uncovers the hidden histories of communities in Old Market, shining a light on the 1990’s to present day. Tom uncovers memories of a lawless place, the proclaimed gay village and the home of gentrification; an area that has undergone radical change since its day as Bristol’s ‘golden Mile’.

Woven together from the stories of people who experienced it first hand, Tom’s show celebrates the raucous, riotous, tragic and the artisan.

Written & performed by Tom Marshman
Audio versions produced by Bernie Hodges

Old Market Remixed - 15 Min Radio Edit

Evaluation Podcast about the work surrounding Tom Marshman's show "Jennie" about the life of a trans woman from Newcastle at the turn of the twntieth century.
With thanks to Heritage Lottery, Arts Council England, Strike a Light, Gloucestershire  Archives and Voices Gloucester with text written by Jeanie Sinclair and music by Jenny Moore with additional interview by Jon Smith BBC Gloucestershire, Photography by Vonalina Cake. 
Produced and hosted by Tom Marshman and Bernie Hodges.

Tom Marshmann JENNIE

Jennie Evaluation Podcast

How does the past influence the stories we tell about queer life in the present? 
What are the effects and by-products of living through and / or living in the aftermath of a moment of restriction and repression on sexual identity?
A project funded by Brigstowe Institute, Bristol Pride community Fund, Unlimited and Bristol Ideas.

A project led by artist Tom Marshman with special guest Dr Peter Dunne Senior Lecturer in Law at Bristol University, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.

Podcast produced by Bernie Hodges

Exploring the Impact of Section 28

Exploring the Impact of Section 28 - EP 1 - Peter Dunn

How does the past influence the stories we tell about queer life in the present? 
What are the effects and by-products of living through and / or living in the aftermath of a moment of restriction and repression on sexual identity?
A project funded by Brigstowe Institute, Bristol Pride community Fund, Unlimited and Bristol Ideas.

A project led by artist Tom Marshman with special guest Hannah Charnock Senior Lecturer in British History, Department of History at University of Bristol.

Podcast produced by Bernie Hodges

Section 28 & Me

Exploring the Impact of Section 28 - EP 2 - Hannah Charnock

How does the past influence the stories we tell about queer life in the present? 
What are the effects and by-products of living through and / or living in the aftermath of a moment of restriction and repression on sexual identity?
A project funded by Brigstowe Institute, Bristol Pride community Fund, Unlimited and Bristol Ideas.


A project led by artist Tom Marshman with special guest Sarah Jones  Lecturer at University of Bristol's Department of History (Historical Studies).

Podcast produced by Bernie Hodges

Exploring the Impact of Section 28 - 

Exploring the Impact of Section 28 - EP 3 - Sarah Jones

Section 28 and Me audio programme notes

How does the past influence the stories we tell about queer life in the present?
What are the effects and by-products of living through and / or living in the aftermath of a moment of restriction and repression on sexual identity?
A project funded by Brigstowe Institute, Bristol Pride community Fund, Unlimited and Bristol Ideas.

A project led by artist Tom Marshman with special guest Professor Lois S Bibbings, Bristol University Law School.

Podcast produced by Bernie Hodges

Exploring the Impact of Section 28 

Exploring the Impact of Section 28 - Ep 4 - Lois Bibbings

During LGBTQ history month artist Tom Marshman worked with 4 local queer communities, 4 venues and 4 performance practitioners to explore section 28 and its lasting impact across Wales. He hosted community gatherings through tea parties gathering personal stories and reflections on section 28. Tea parties were hosted at Pontio, Bangor, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, partnering with National Theatre Wales, Aberration at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and The Torch, Millford Haven. Each tea party was attended by a guest artist, either Welsh or living in Wales, who were commissioned to make a micro-performance for the tea party. This podcast reflects on this process, and includes audio versions of the pieces commissioned.
Supported by Arts Council Wales.

Section 28 & Me 

Section 28 and Me Wales - Full English/Welsh Podcast

Cyflwyniad Cymraeg i’r podlediad.
Yn ystod mis hanes LHDTC+, gweithiodd yr artist Tom Marshman gyda 4 cymuned cwiar lleol, 4 sefydliadau, a 4 ymarferydd perfformio i edrych ar Adran 28 a'i heffaith barhaus ar draws Cymru. Cynhaliodd gyfarfodydd cymunedol trwy bartïon te, gan gasglu straeon personol a myfyrdodau ar Adran 28.  Cynhaliwyd partïon te ym Mhontio Bangor, Theatr Sherman Caerdydd gan bartneru gyda National Theatre Wales, Aberration yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth a'r Torch, Aberdaugleddau. Mynychwyd pob parti te gan artist gwadd, naill ai'n dod o Gymru neu'n byw yng Nghymru, a gomisiynwyd i greu micro-berfformiad. Mae'r podlediad hwn yn gyflwyniad yn Gymraeg i'r podlediad llawn.

Section 28 & me

Section 28 & Me Podcast in Welsh - Cyflwyniad Cymraeg i’r podlediad

A haunted Existence Podcast - Episode 1  - A Haunted Existence
A story behind the Haunted Existence theatre show and the research methods employed by Historian Jeanie Sinclair and how Theatre maker transformed this research into a theatre show.

In the early 1950s, 17-year-old Geoffrey Patrick Williamson was on the Exeter to Bristol train when he got into a conversation with another man, also travelling in his train compartment, who accused Geoffrey of making ‘improper approaches’. The other man was a Railway Officer in plain clothes. Geoffrey was arrested at the next stop, Taunton. When questioned, Williamson revealed the names of men he had had sex with, so beginning a domino effect of arrests, prison sentences, aversion therapy and suicide.

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A Hauted Existence Podcast

A Haunted Existence Ep 1 - A Haunted Existence

Episode 2 - Diary of William Halle
Evaluation of the workshops looking a diary of a local gay man in Wandsworth. 

Diaries recording Halle's daily life, working as an artist and referring to his work at the [telephone] Exchange. He writes about trying to sell paintings to galleries, organising exhibitions and records his worries over money, his health and his sister, who lived in South Africa. The diaries also record his thoughts on various friendships and sexual relationships."

"William Halle was born in Hastings in 1912, and lived there with his mother and sister, Annette. His father left when he was a child. From the 1960s, possibly earlier, he lived at 7a Mexfield Road, Wandsworth and also had an art studio in Battersea. He worked as an artist and also wrote novels, making several attempts to get his writing published.

Presented by Tom Marshman & Jeanie Sinclair with additional readings by Bernie Hodges
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A haunted Existance Podcast

A Haunted Existence Ep 2 - Diary of William Halle

Episode 3 - Jennie
Evaluation of the workshops at the Newcastle archives exploring the life of  Robert Coulthard/Jennie Moore
The most fascinating story of Robert Coulthard also known sometimes as Jenny Moore, who live at the turn of last century.
The judge said that they had always lived in the shadow of the prison door.
Today we would view their story as reflecting the Trans experience. 

Presented by Tom Marshman and Jeanie Sinclair with additional readings by Bernie Hodges

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A haunted Existence Podcast

A Haunted Existence Ep 3 - Jennie

Episode 4 - Abergavenny
Evalaution of a workshop exploring a welsh gay Witch hunt.

In 1942, the Welsh town of Abergavenny was scandalised by disclosures after the arrest of over twenty youths and men on charges relating to homosexual activity and corrupting boys. George Rowe, the 40-year-old manager of Abergavenny's Coliseum cinema was at the centre of a Police enquiry after one of the page-boys complained about being molested. The boy's complaint turned into a witch-hunt of 'queers' across Britain revealing a oddball mix of abused and abusers; a farmer, a clerk, two chefs, a fireman, several serving soldiers, a hairdresser, an actor and others were arrested and brought back to Abergavenny, where almost all the offences were committed.

Presented by Tom Marshman and Jeanie Sinclair with additional readings by Bernie Hodges

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A hauted Existence Podcast

A Haunted Existence Ep 4 - Abegavenny

These are complimentary podcasts forTom Marshman's show. Telling of the research process and stories relating to the shows and beyond.
Presented by Tom Marshman additional readings voiced by and audio produced by Bernie Hodges

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