I am one half of safe + sound is an audio collective formed by myself and Kit Callin. We run sonic open mic nights, lead workshops on audio making, and install immersive sound experiences at festivals. At HearSay Festival 2026, we fulfilled our lifelong dream of creating an audio installation in a pub. Pubs are places that […]
I co-wrote, edited and performed a 2 hour show – Drag Brunch – with fellow audio producer and drag performer Brid Addison-Child at XMTR festival in September 2025. You can read a review of the show here (it starts about halfway down the article). Drag Brunch weaves live performance with interview recordings and archival material, […]
NO KIDS is a slightly interactive live audio performance. It’s a show where I ask everyone I can think of – from my mum, to the audience, to my friend’s 4 year old – to help me decide whether or not to have children. Through this, I explore the queer art of world building, when […]
I found a pamphlet of advice for trans masculine people published in 1985 by Lou Sullivan. It had a section called How to Look 30 When You Are 30: about how people often mistake 30 year old trans mascs for 14 year old boys, and what to do about it. So I followed all of […]
safe + sound is an audio collective formed by myself and Kit Callin. We run sonic open mic nights, lead workshops on audio making, and install immersive sound experiences at festivals. safe + sound runs audio open mic immersive audio installations. We ask for submissions on a different theme, and anyone who wants to submit […]
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