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BlackOut UK & The National Portrait Gallery Present: The Inaugural Berto Pasuka Lecture & Prize Launch. Celebrated as one of the most exquisite voices in British music, vocalist and songwriter David McAlmont marks 25 years of international artistic contributions and achievements by giving an illuminating overview of his career and more recent historical academic research and achievements focused on extraordinary people who challenged conventions of sexuality and gender both in their lives and in the places they created and inhabited. The Pasuka Lecture and Prize, named in honour of the pioneering dancer, choreographer, Jamaican migrant to Britain, and Black gay man, Berto Pasuka (1911-1963), celebrate pioneering contributions to the arts. The Lecture and Prize honour and celebrate creative work that unapologetically confronts and challenges conventional narratives around race and sexuality that amplify the existence of voices too often hidden and unheard in cultural spaces. The appointment as Chair of the Prize Panel and the invitation to give the Inaugural Pasuka Lecture crystallises Davids collaborative work with BlackOut UK to amplify the presence of Black Queer people in cultural spaces.
Tickets : £ 10 Con 8 Tickets
Address : National Portrait Gallery
St. Martin's Pl
London
WC2H 0HE
Telephone : 020 7306 0055
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- 01 Mar – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer & critic
- 02 Mar – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
- 03 Mar – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
- 03 Mar – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
- 04 Mar – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer & musician
- 04 Mar – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, 1st first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
- 05 Mar – Matt Lucas (1974- ), English actor, comedian, writer & tv presenter.
- 05 Mar – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director & writer
- 06 Mar – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Wurttemberg
- 06 Mar – Francis Alick Howard OBE (1917-1992) English actor & comedian, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd
- 07 Mar – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
- 07 Mar – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter & short story writer
- 09 Mar – Lord Ivor Mountbatten (1963- ), British aristocrat, farmer, geologist & businessman
- 09 Mar – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
- 09 Mar – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
- 09 Mar – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor & social activist
- 11 Mar - John Barrowman (1967 - ), British-American actor, author, presenter, singer & comic book writer. Known for his roles in Torchwood & Dr Who
- 11 Mar – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
- 11 Mar – Bill Siksay (1955–), Canadian politician
- 12 Mar – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer & choreographer
- 12 Mar – Edward Albee (1928–), American playwright
- 13 Mar – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
- 14 Mar – Alfred Redl (1864–1913), Austrian counter-intelligence officer & spy
- 15 Mar – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
- 15 Mar - Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer & politician
- 16 Mar – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
- 16 Mar – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
- 17 Mar - Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
- 18 Mar– Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director & actor
- 18 Mar– Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
- 22 Mar – Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021), American composer/lyricist. VIP in 20thC musical theater
- 23 Mar– Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
- 23 Mar– Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
- 24 Mar– Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
- 24 Mar– Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor & producer
- 25 Mar– Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer & pianist
- 26 Mar – A.E.Houseman (1859 – 1936), English classical scholar & poet
- 26 Mar – Rev Richard Coles FRSA FKC (1962 - ), English musician, journalist, radio presenter
- 28 Mar – Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921– 1999), English actor, novelist & screenwriter. Born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
- 28 Mar – Scott Mills (1974 - ), English radio DJ, tv presenter & actor, known for his BBC Radio 1 show
- 29 Mar– Bruce Weber (1946–), American fashion photographer
- 30 Mar– Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), French actor, director & socialite
- 31 Mar– Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
- 31 Mar – Barney Frank (1940–), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts) (1981–2013)
- 31 Mar -Sir Alan James Carter Duncan KCMG (1957- ), British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for International Development (2010-2014), Minister of State for Europe & the Americas (2016-2019)
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