LGBTQ+, Storytelling

Queer Folks' Tales

with Turan Ali, Faith Eliott, Madhushika Fernando & Eliott Simpson

(Thu 10 Oct: 7:30pm)

Queer Folks’ Tales is back after a hugely successful Fringe run in August, and October sees another terrific line up!

As always, queer storytellers galore from around Edinburgh and Scotland share stories of LGBTQ+ lives, past, present and future. Sometimes hilarious, often moving, occasionally shocking, the mix of true and fictional stories is as varied as the range of storytellers invited. Household names feature alongside new and diverse queer storytellers from the different communities of Scotland. Many of the stories told on Queer Folks' Tales evenings will be true stories of LGBTQ+ experience in Scotland today.

Hosted by Edinburgh’s Turan Ali, who is joined on Thu 10 Oct by songwriter and visual artist Faith Eliott, Sri Lankan stand-up Madhushika Fernando and asexual stand-up Elliot Simpson. Poet/singer-songwriter Marcus Mac an Tuairneir will unfortuntely no longer be performing this month, but we hope to welcome him back soon!

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Turan Ali has been producing, directing and writing BBC Radio dramas and comedies for over 20 years. He has also been telling stories of queer lives and experiences on stage since 2012, and more recently as a stand up. His shows have toured internationally and he has two sell out monthly storytelling shows in Vienna. This autumn he has a month-long comedy residency in Istanbul. He is the host and producer of Queer Folks’ Tales.

Faith Eliott is a songwriter and visual artist. Born in Minneapolis, they moved to Scotland nearly two decades ago and can now be found on a narrowboat somewhere between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Faith uses storytelling and world-building, and sonically, grounds themself in a stripped-back, lyric-driven song-writing approach. Their 3rd album 'Dryas' will be out in 2025, following 2 critically acclaimed albums, which got BBC radio play.

Madhushika Fernando is a Sri Lankan stand-up comedian, writer and life model. She grew up in Verona, Italy and moved to the UK in 2011. She studied Counselling and Psychotherapy in Edinburgh, and is interested in psychosocial work which focuses on the wellbeing of BAME communities. Her stories are about love, lust and becoming happy in her own skin and identity which makes her just perfect for Queer Folks’ Tales!

Eliott Simpson is an eccentric, autistic, asexual and a critically acclaimed comedian, having gigged all across the UK and USA for over 8 years. They are the host of the Award-Nominated “The Diversity Quota” comedy night, have produced multiple sell-out festival shows, were nominated for the "Actually Autistic Excellence Award" in 2022, and has performed on shows for both BBC Scotland & BBC Radio.