Kit Ford | Narcissistic Reflections on a Queer Childhood

It’s classic, really. Kit wanted to be an actor. Kit also wanted to dress up as boys.

This hour-long solo musical-comedy-poetry-monologue-cabaret performance asks the question, what happens when playing and becoming others makes you feel more yourself? The show has sold out across the country, but this will be the first time it has been performed in Bridport, Kit’s hometown!

Age recommendation: 18+
Contains strong language and partial nudity.

“I have loved performing for as long as I can remember. I spent a lot of my childhood not really performing to other people, however — growing up in the countryside, especially the very rural countryside of West Dorset (which is what I did), you could make a lot of noise and you wouldn’t disturb too much, apart from the cows in the field next door. I think growing up there also kept me a child for a little longer – there was so much space to dream and to play in. I feel very grateful for that. I also think lots about coming into town when I was a teenager on a Wednesday night, for BACstage youth theatre at Bridport Arts Centre. How much bigger and connected and (open and excitingly) grown up it made the world feel. I am so grateful to the Arts Centre for that.” Kit Ford

This event is part of our season Our Stories: Queer in the Countryside, which explores LGBTQIA+ lives and experiences and offers opportunities for celebrating diverse and under-represented voices.

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