Ahead of presenting the Spring 2024 iteration of Out, an award-winning performance celebrating queerness through dancehall, the transdisciplinary experience-maker Ray Young speaks to us about the creative approach of their dynamic duet piece that celebrates how queerness intersects Black and Caribbean communities alongside confronting how homophobia and transphobia may haunts them.

Bringing together installation, performance and drawing ‘Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated’ is a multidisciplinary exhibition that investigates the significance of rave culture and how it fosters an environment for gay men of Arabic heritage and beyond.

In this photostory we share a snippet of the story of Fatima, an aspiring Woman’s football player and refugee who has continued to pursue her dream of playing in the nationals after escaping the Taliban in her home country of Afghanistan and resettling in Italy.

Kokoroko is a Jazz Afrobeat fusion band that bridges a cross-cultural and generational gap. Their concoction of afro-swing takes the seeds of an era gone to plant something anew.