What we’re about
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Hi all,
Just a wee message to say that as the group has been going for over a year and has cost over £330 in meetup site fees we are now asking members to contribute only £1 for any event you attend to go towards paying the site fees. The group belongs to us all and so I hope you will support the group to continue putting on a range of events for your enjoyment.
Thank you.
Hi there,
My name is Avril and I have lived in Edinburgh for around seventeen years now. It's a wonderful city to live in - I just love it.
This is a new group specifically created for People Of Colour to come together to share social experiences and events. I want to create a very friendly, supportive, inclusive, warm and welcoming group where members can develop the kinds of events and experiences that they would like to see happening. If anyone else would like to become another host for this group and lead socials/events then please let me know. You do not have to live in Edinburgh to join the group or attend events.
I have not seen any other groups on meetup just for People of Colour in Scotland `so I think this may be a first ! A place where we can come together with our shared experience and create new, interesting and fun experiences. All adults18 plus are welcome.
So come and get involved and enjoy helping to create a new fun and supportive community for People Of Colour. I am looking forward to meeting you and seeing what we can create together.
Now for the legal stuff. As all events/activities will be run by volunteers there is no public liability insurance of any kind attached to this group for any events/activities you may attend -therefore group volunteers/organisers will not be held legally liable for any loss, damage, mishaps, accidents or injury incurred during this groups activities/events. Everything in life has some kind of risk attached and it is therefore your own responsibility to make a judgement and to risk assess whether you are able safely to take part and complete any of the group events/activities and you will do so at your own risk.
If you encounter any difficulties during an event/activity you should advise the organiser or fellow group members as soon as possible to enable assistance to be arranged at an early stage.
By clicking 'yes' at the RSVP to any event/activity of this meetup group you are accepting these conditions in their entirety.
Also, please keep a look out for any emails from the event host for events/activities you have booked to attend as plans can change for many reasons and may also have important information in them.
I hope you will enjoy being part of this community.
Please note that if you RSVP to attend an event and do not attend that if you do this three times you will be removed as a member. This is because some events have limited places and if you do not turn up you are stopping someone else from having that place. All it takes is one click to change your RSVP from attend to not attending and it inconsiderate to other members and the host of the event not to turn up.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Failure ProjectTraverse theatre, Edinburgh
'Failure Project is a raw, funny, and heartfelt exploration of what it truly means to "fail".'
This new play sounds really interesting and I am looking forward to seeing it at the Traverse Theatre. We can meet at 7.30pm in the Traverse bar before the show starts at 8pm and will lasts around an hour. After the show there is optional chat/food/drinks at a local venue. Life is to enjoy so lets do that.
All warmly welcomed. Please bring your £1 towards site fees. Tickets are £5-15 and you can get yours here:
Traverse Theatre | Traverse TheatreA wee bit about the play:
Following her critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival, BAFTA nominee Yolanda Mercy returns with her bold new show, Failure Project.
Meet Ade - a writer who seems to have it all. Her career is taking off, she's finally out of her mum's house, and even her situationship is (mostly) under control. But just when life seems perfect, things start to unravel.
Failure Project is a raw, funny, and heartfelt exploration of what it truly means to "fail" - and how we rebuild from it. Ade’s journey is filled with humour, vulnerability, and unexpected twists that will strike a chord with anyone who’s ever hit a setback and found their way through.
Don’t miss this relatable and inspiring new work that will leave you laughing, reflecting, and rooting for Ade every step of the way!Written and performed by Yolanda Mercy, it premiered at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024, co-directed with Joseph Barnes-Phillips. It won the Solo Award at the Besties awarded by The Skinny and Fest magazine.
- Quines Cast Special- Art? What Is It Good For?Traverse theatre, Edinburgh
Come and and join me for something a bit different, as well as a bit of chat and a good laugh too!
Art? What is it good for?
Join the Quines for this one-off Quines Cast Live special as we come together to explore the role of art to the feminist movement and the role of the feminist movement in art! A night not to miss, with a riot of feminist voices bringing down the house. And special guests yet to be announced!
Music, culture, discussion led by your favourite hosts Hannah Lavery and Caitlin Skinner. Bring your friends, and let’s gather together once more and stake our claim on the state of play.
Tickets are from £5-12 and you can get one here.
Traverse Theatre | Traverse TheatreWe can meet in the Traverse Theatre Bar at 7.00pm before the show starts at 7.30pm. All warmly welcomed. Please remember to bring your £1 towards site fees. Hope to see you there.
A bit about the hosts.
Hannah Lavery is a Scottish poet and playwright. She was appointed Edinburgh Makar (or city poet) in November 2021 for a three year term. She was also selected by Owen Sheers’ as one of his Ten Writers Asking Questions That Will Shape Our Future for the International Literature Showcase, a project from the National Writing Centre and the British Council in 2020.
Her debut poetry pamphlet, Finding Seaglass was published by Stewed Rhubarb and her debut collection, Blood Salt Spring was published in 2022 by Polygon and was shortlisted for the 2022 Saltire Scottish National Poetry Book Award. Her second collection, Unwritten Woman, was published by Polygon in August 2024, and was Gutter Magazine Book of the Month. She has been selected for the Scottish Best Poem twice, in 2019 with her poem Scotland You’re No Mine and in 2021, with her poem Flying Bats.
The Drift, her highly acclaimed autobiographical lyric play toured Scotland with the National Theatre of Scotland, and is to be adapted for a radio drama for BBC Radio Four in 2023.
Her play Lament for Sheku Bayoh premiered at Edinburgh International Festival in 2020 and toured in its digital version to Auckland Arts Festival.
Her most recent play Protest produced by Fuel Theatre in association with Imaginate, Northern Stage and National Theatre of Scotland premiered in 2023 before going on a nationwide tour in 2024.
She is a former associate artist with the National Theatre of Scotland and one was of the winners of the Peggy Ramsay/Film4 Award 2022 and has written for BBC Radio Four, Lyceum Theatre, Pitlochry Theatre, Northern Stage, Traverse Theatre and various publications including The Scotsman, The Guardian and Gutter Magazine. She was also a recipient of the Adopt a Playwright Award 2020 and the New Playwright’s Award from Playwriting Studio Scotland 2019.
She is an experienced workshop facilitator and won an Leadership
Award from Creative Edinburgh for her work with Writers of Colour and her curated film poetry series, Sorry I am on Mute for Fringe of Colour.
In 2022, she launched with Scottish Feminist Theatre Company, Stellar Quines, an intersectional feminist arts podcast, Quines Cast, which she co-hosts with Caitlin Skinner.Caitlin Skinner is artistic director and CEO of Stellar Quines, an intersectional feminist theatre company that has been active in Scotland for over 30 years.
A significant creative force in Scottish theatre, she is also director of new writing company Pearlfisher, devising company Jordan and Skinner and formerly associate director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre and artistic director of the ground-breaking and acclaimed Village Pub Theatre in Leith, Edinburgh.
