David Sheppeard
@davidsheppeard.bsky.social
Co Creative Director at Marlborough Productions, Queer Heritage South + steering group of Coast is Queer Festival. Brighton & Hove longtime resident.
Tall and opinionated.
Tall and opinionated.
Big week coming up for Harry Clayton-Wright and Marlborough Productions as Mr Blackpool finally comes to life with an extraordinary group of creative collaborators. It’s been quite the journey to get here, but I’m so proud and excited for this urgent and quite bonkers show to meet its audience ♥️💙💜
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Big week coming up for Harry Clayton-Wright and Marlborough Productions as Mr Blackpool finally comes to life with an extraordinary group of creative collaborators. It’s been quite the journey to get here, but I’m so proud and excited for this urgent and quite bonkers show to meet its audience ♥️💙💜
Had so many transformational experiences being part of previous editions of this, can’t recommend it enough.
Live Art peeps 👀
Live Art peeps 👀
Are you a live artist or practitioner eager to explore how and why you make?
Applications for Do It Together are now open!
tinyurl.com/49ce24w4
⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm
#DIT2026
Applications for Do It Together are now open!
tinyurl.com/49ce24w4
⏰Deadline to apply: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm
#DIT2026
October 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Had so many transformational experiences being part of previous editions of this, can’t recommend it enough.
Live Art peeps 👀
Live Art peeps 👀
It’s gonna be sooooo good…
@coastisqueerfest.bsky.social 🌊is crashing into @attenboroughctr.bsky.social Oct 9th- 12th and the programme is buzzing with extraordinary queer writers, performers, thinkers + doers - tix are selling fast, check it out here: coastisqueer.com
Delivered with pals at @newwritingsouth.bsky.social
Delivered with pals at @newwritingsouth.bsky.social
9-12 October 2025
coastisqueer.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It’s gonna be sooooo good…
JOBS JOBS JOBS 👀
We’re inviting applications for 6 roles in our company. We’d love for you to join our brilliant team. This is an opportunity to be part of a bold, collaborative organisation committed to pushing boundaries and platforming underrepresented voices.
bit.ly/mpwearehiring
@queerinbrighton.bsky.social
bit.ly/mpwearehiring
@queerinbrighton.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
JOBS JOBS JOBS 👀
Beautiful film by Rosie Powell capturing this part of our #queerheritage 👀
Chris and Geoff: on follies, cherubs and living theatrically
The very first video edition of My Queer Museum is now LIVE!
Watch now: youtu.be/t_0piiMP9Zc
#Brighton #LGBTQHistory #QueerHeritage
The very first video edition of My Queer Museum is now LIVE!
Watch now: youtu.be/t_0piiMP9Zc
#Brighton #LGBTQHistory #QueerHeritage
My Queer Museum - Chris & Geoff: on follies, cherubs and living theatrically
YouTube video by Marlborough Productions
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Beautiful film by Rosie Powell capturing this part of our #queerheritage 👀
New History Club event, book ur 🎟️ soon, they always sellout!
Celebrate 50 years of Brighton Switchboard with the LGBTQ+ History Club in April!
Expect talks, reminiscing, and readings from the old call log books, plus some never-before-seen photographs.
📆 Sunday 27th April 2-4pm
📍Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/marlborough-...
Expect talks, reminiscing, and readings from the old call log books, plus some never-before-seen photographs.
📆 Sunday 27th April 2-4pm
📍Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/marlborough-...
March 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New History Club event, book ur 🎟️ soon, they always sellout!
PHEW! 😅
Aaaand that's a wrap!
The Big Give is over, and we're so thankful to everyone who supported our fundraising campaign this week.
YOU'RE ALL ICONIC!✨
FINAL TOTAL: £10,230
📸Vic Frankowski
#ArtsForImpact #BigGive
The Big Give is over, and we're so thankful to everyone who supported our fundraising campaign this week.
YOU'RE ALL ICONIC!✨
FINAL TOTAL: £10,230
📸Vic Frankowski
#ArtsForImpact #BigGive
March 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
PHEW! 😅
Boy oh boy this has been an intense week with the @biggive.bsky.social !! We’re so close to our target… can u help us get there?
#queerculture #brightonculture #queercreatives #queerheritage
#queerculture #brightonculture #queercreatives #queerheritage
Every £ donated before Tues at midday will be DOUBLED, meaning more opportunities for queer creatives.
We are so close to hitting our goal, and that's all thanks to you our amazing community.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We are so close to hitting our goal, and that's all thanks to you our amazing community.
Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
March 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Boy oh boy this has been an intense week with the @biggive.bsky.social !! We’re so close to our target… can u help us get there?
#queerculture #brightonculture #queercreatives #queerheritage
#queerculture #brightonculture #queercreatives #queerheritage
@notyetarobot.bsky.social associate artist repping for our @biggive.bsky.social campaign! We’ve been on such a journey with this amazing artist - next to No Apologies @attenboroughctr.bsky.social on Apr 16th!
Your support means we can carry on advocating for future changemakers.
Emma describes the support Marlborough has given xyr as a trans performance maker and the impact of our work across the sector.
Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#TheBigGive #ArtsForImpact #QueerCreativity
Emma describes the support Marlborough has given xyr as a trans performance maker and the impact of our work across the sector.
Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#TheBigGive #ArtsForImpact #QueerCreativity
March 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@notyetarobot.bsky.social associate artist repping for our @biggive.bsky.social campaign! We’ve been on such a journey with this amazing artist - next to No Apologies @attenboroughctr.bsky.social on Apr 16th!
💛💛💛
We’re celebrating the work of our community and looking to the future.
In their own words, members of our community will share what Marlborough Productions means to them.
Here Subira talks about the power of theatre & queer creativity.
Double your donation: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
In their own words, members of our community will share what Marlborough Productions means to them.
Here Subira talks about the power of theatre & queer creativity.
Double your donation: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
March 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
💛💛💛
Well proud of our team and the fantastic artists and communities we engage. Have a 👀 donate if you can and share if you wanna 💖
We’re taking part in the Big Give.
From Tuesday 18th until Tuesday 25th, every pound donated to our projects will be DOUBLED! Let's make an impact on queer artists and communities across the UK together! Donate and share 💕
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
From Tuesday 18th until Tuesday 25th, every pound donated to our projects will be DOUBLED! Let's make an impact on queer artists and communities across the UK together! Donate and share 💕
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
March 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well proud of our team and the fantastic artists and communities we engage. Have a 👀 donate if you can and share if you wanna 💖
So buzzed for this show and the fantastic new image by Matt Crockett 📸
Was Kurt Cobain a trans woman? What if?
@notyetarobot.bsky.social's No Apologies premieres at ACCA, Brighton on 16 April. A radical reimagining of Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged, blending internet discourse, myth & live music.
🎟️ Info & tickets: lnkd.in/eHz494VH
#NoApologies #EmmaFrankland #Nirvana
@notyetarobot.bsky.social's No Apologies premieres at ACCA, Brighton on 16 April. A radical reimagining of Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged, blending internet discourse, myth & live music.
🎟️ Info & tickets: lnkd.in/eHz494VH
#NoApologies #EmmaFrankland #Nirvana
March 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So buzzed for this show and the fantastic new image by Matt Crockett 📸
V excited for this beaut…
Mr Blackpool is coming…
My new show, Mr Blackpool, previews at ACCA in Brighton this Saturday (1st March).
@marlboroughprods.bsky.social
Production week is upon us. Let’s bring this thing to life!
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5365/...
📷 Matt Crockett
💄 Blü Romantic
🗼 Ryan Dawson Laight
My new show, Mr Blackpool, previews at ACCA in Brighton this Saturday (1st March).
@marlboroughprods.bsky.social
Production week is upon us. Let’s bring this thing to life!
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5365/...
📷 Matt Crockett
💄 Blü Romantic
🗼 Ryan Dawson Laight
February 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
V excited for this beaut…
Lovely article 👀
Our Community Champion Kate spoke with @divamag.bsky.social about Brighton's first lesbian club night:
“I wanted something that was about music as much as it was about sex and sass... It was ours... We wanted to not be an afterthought.”
diva-magazine.com/2025/02/13/s...
“I wanted something that was about music as much as it was about sex and sass... It was ours... We wanted to not be an afterthought.”
diva-magazine.com/2025/02/13/s...
The incredible true story of how Brighton got its first lesbian house night
DIVA sat down with the co-creators of Shameless Hussies to find out how this history is being preserved
diva-magazine.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Lovely article 👀
Some light on the horizon for 2025.
🚨 New season alert! Marlborough Productions launches into 2025 with a bold, bright & totally Queer programme! 🎉
💃🏽 Cabaret, dance & live art
📍 Touring across the UK
📖 Plus, a special exhibition in Brighton!
Read all about it 👉 tinyurl.com/5nnkenfn
#QueerArts #MarlboroughProductions #LGBTQIA
💃🏽 Cabaret, dance & live art
📍 Touring across the UK
📖 Plus, a special exhibition in Brighton!
Read all about it 👉 tinyurl.com/5nnkenfn
#QueerArts #MarlboroughProductions #LGBTQIA
February 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some light on the horizon for 2025.
Squeal! This is gonna be a lot of fun 🎢🚨💕
Mr Blackpool. A seaside rave at the end of the world.
My new show previews at ACCA in Brighton on Sat 1st March. A theatrical installation embedding the history of ‘end of the pier’ entertainment, variety, drag and dance music.
attenboroughcentre.com/events/5365/...
@marlboroughprods.bsky.social
My new show previews at ACCA in Brighton on Sat 1st March. A theatrical installation embedding the history of ‘end of the pier’ entertainment, variety, drag and dance music.
attenboroughcentre.com/events/5365/...
@marlboroughprods.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Squeal! This is gonna be a lot of fun 🎢🚨💕
V excited for this 💕
Meet Emma Frankland (@notyetarobot.bsky.social) – award-winning writer, performer, and co-host of Diverse Alarums: Histories in Cabaret! Expect wit, disruption, and irreverence.
📍 ACCA, Brighton 📅 12th Feb, 2025 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mud2f9je
📍 ACCA, Brighton 📅 12th Feb, 2025 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mud2f9je
January 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
V excited for this 💕
Happy birthday Carrie Coon. No one cries like Carrie. The end of The Leftovers is truly transcendent TV and that was just the start of her extraordinariness.
January 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Happy birthday Carrie Coon. No one cries like Carrie. The end of The Leftovers is truly transcendent TV and that was just the start of her extraordinariness.
V proud of @hclaytonwright.bsky.social and all the incredible folk that came together to make this record of #queeramusements and beautiful, bold #blackpool
QUEERS IN BLACKPOOL - out now!
@queeramusements.bsky.social is a brand new queer arts festival in Blackpool that took place in 2024 and the incredible James Barnett (@makemeaoffer on TikTok) came up to make a film about it.
Popcorn at the ready and head to our website to watch: queeramusements.com
@queeramusements.bsky.social is a brand new queer arts festival in Blackpool that took place in 2024 and the incredible James Barnett (@makemeaoffer on TikTok) came up to make a film about it.
Popcorn at the ready and head to our website to watch: queeramusements.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
V proud of @hclaytonwright.bsky.social and all the incredible folk that came together to make this record of #queeramusements and beautiful, bold #blackpool
Still watching Silo for reasons largely unbeknownst to me. It’s puzzling how many genuinely charismatic actors, an interesting premise plus high production values can result in something so murky and incoherent.
December 29, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Still watching Silo for reasons largely unbeknownst to me. It’s puzzling how many genuinely charismatic actors, an interesting premise plus high production values can result in something so murky and incoherent.
Delighted by the Afrique En Cirque show at Brighton Dome. The contortionist performer did things with his spine that made me feel a bit 🤢. brightondome.org/whats-on/Vzv...
Afrique en Cirque / Circus / What's On - Brighton Dome
High energy circus and family fun for all
brightondome.org
December 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Delighted by the Afrique En Cirque show at Brighton Dome. The contortionist performer did things with his spine that made me feel a bit 🤢. brightondome.org/whats-on/Vzv...
Convinced that the film Maria would have been better if it had been made entirely from the perspective of her two scene-stealing miniature poodles 🐩
#mariacallas #maria
#mariacallas #maria
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Convinced that the film Maria would have been better if it had been made entirely from the perspective of her two scene-stealing miniature poodles 🐩
#mariacallas #maria
#mariacallas #maria
Nene’s taken to just keeping her toothbrush chew in her mouth like a cigar. It’s adds to the intense feeling of judgement I already feel from her on a daily basis.
December 18, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Nene’s taken to just keeping her toothbrush chew in her mouth like a cigar. It’s adds to the intense feeling of judgement I already feel from her on a daily basis.
Started reading this today. Felt more grey than white. Beautifully bleak. 🌫️🌫️🌫️
December 9, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Started reading this today. Felt more grey than white. Beautifully bleak. 🌫️🌫️🌫️