Work alongside Nick Toner at Newington Green Meeting House in London in 2025/26 includes co-curation and producing of a programme supported by the Grand Camp Maisie Fund.
“Grand Camp Maisie” was the nickname of Andrew Lumsden — pioneering gay rights activist, journalist & campaigner who helped set up the first Pride march. The fund created in his name is now supporting several creative projects, including this one.
Newington Green Meeting House has long been a space for gathering, dialogue, and dissent. Built in 1708, it sits five miles from Westminster — the minimum legal distance required for a dissenting chapel from established seats of power at the time. Newington Green became a nucleus of radical thought, home to figures including Daniel Defoe, Richard Price, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Through Wollstonecraft’s legacy, it is also recognised as the birthplace of modern western feminism.
In that same spirit of dissent and progress, this programme — though modest in scale! — supports & presents artists taking queer approaches to exploring different forms of freedom, voice, and complexity through live and written work.
Highlights include:
A residency by Alice Gale-Feeny exploring the legacy of Section 28
A performance night curated by Samra Mayanja, in partnership with the Live Art Development Agency (LADA)
Workshops led by Samra Mayanja & Mary Osborn (Director, LADA), and by Stacy Makishi
A new edition of N-Zine featuring multiple writers, co-curated by Nick Toner & Caroline Anjali Ritchie
More information, dates & how to get involved coming soon
Image: Newington Green Meeting House, photo Marcus Duran