A series of panels covering subjects such as the political implications of Queer
performance in Ireland, Queer theatre North and South and the politics of dancing. Papers range from an analysis of recent debates in the media in the South about the ‘performance’ of the LGBTQ community during and around Pride 2009 to the interrogation of sexual shame in dance performance Perverts!by queer and feminist
collective PanicLab. There will be a keynote address by Professor Brian Singleton,
Trinity College Dublin, and the launch of Queer Performance in Ireland, a new collection of writings edited by David Cregan, (Carysfort Press).

Panel discussion2pm
The Place of the Queer Arts Festival
(Free Public Session)

Speakers include Dee Heddon (University of Glasgow,
author of ‘A Visitor’s Guide to Glasgay!’), photographer
Daniel Holfeld, Predrag Pajdic (contributor, Queer
Zagreb) and Ruth McCarthy (OUTBURST).