Event

Punk Band Project

For trans, non-binary and gender-fluid 13 -17 yr olds

It took performance maker Rachael Clerke 25 years of really wanting to be in a punk band before it occurred to her in an inspired of moment of staggering simplicity that she could just start one. So she did. She decided not to worry about being good, or looking good, or being talented, or having experience. She consequently realised that lifes a lot more fun if you stop worrying about these things so much.

Maeve Devine was 4 when she saw her first punks. They looked like they were from space. Right then and there she knew that she was one of them. Maeve has been playing in Punk and Rock and Roll bands since she was a teenager and is absolutely convinced that music has saved her life.

Taking the form of a day long punk-band-forming, song-writing, screaming-into-a-microphone workshop Punk Band Project at The Marlborough Theatre is an opportunity for trans, non-binary and gender-fluid teenagers to start their own bands. Facilitated by Maeve & Rachael and concluding with a mini gig at the Marly, its a space to do something real, very fast. To embrace noise, chaos, angst and joy.

There will be time for stumbling, falling over and shyness, but there will be more time for dressing up, shouting and hitting things.