Our work continues in Havering with Kaleidoscope, a grassroots organisation that has been working with young LGBTQ+ people in Romford since 2022.
Date: Tuesday 7th April 2026
Time: 5PM-7PM
Location: Lumiere Romford, RM1 3EE
Age: 16-25
Often queer people have been called unnatural, but nature is filled with wonder and ambiguity. Take the most apparently basic animal, the fruit fly; researchers have found that fruit flies have metafemale, metamales and intersex gender identities, and bisexuality. One species of fungus has 23,000 genders. Gay penguins have been well documented in zoos and the wild. Starfish are asexual.
This is a brand-new creative nature workshop designed by artists Kathryn Webb and Tasnim Siddiqa Amin to engage young LGBTQ+ people in a relaxed setting, where they will be invited to explore their relationship with nature through a queer and sensory lens. Participants will create their own artistic responses and collaborate on a group piece.
“I am really excited to connect with people from the queer community in Romford and the surrounding area (where I’m from myself). It will be interesting to learn and explore, to come together and share our thoughts on nature and queerness. The great thing about workshops like this is that there’s literally no right or wrong way to approach it, just come along and see where it takes you!” – Kathryn Webb
Photo of participants, Carrie Kendall and Paul Burgess at the first Creative Nature workshop with Kaleidoscope in 2025. Photo by Tasnim Siddiqa Amin.
This workshop builds on the creative nature workshop series, funded by Havering Changing, to engage working-class people living in urban environments and to reconnect them with nature in their local area. These workshops start with a walk in local green and blue spaces, followed by discussion and interdisciplinary collaborative responses. We have since then delivered this workshop in Tower Hamlets and Sheffield. Works were exhibited at the Royals Youth Centre in Rainham in 2024 and at the Omnibus Theatre and Queens Theatre Hornchurch in 2025.
DYSBIOSIS is a multidisciplinary project by Daedalus Theatre Company that blends storytelling, visual theatre and community collaboration to explore the relationship between the Global North and the more-than-human world.
About the facilitators:
Left to right: Kathryn Webb, Tasnim Siddiqa Amin and Nuke Lagranje. Photo by Amy-Rose Edlyn.
Kathryn Webb is an emerging, multi-disciplinary artist interested in catharsis and connection. Their previous work spans stage, screen, photography, and poetry. In 2025 Kathryn enjoyed working with Daedalus Theatre on Dysbiosis, a nature-focused project staged at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.
Tasnim Siddiqa Amin (she/they) is an artist, theatremaker and activist. Her interdisciplinary practice spans theatre, performance and visual art. Tasnim is Assistant Director/Producer at Daedalus Theatre Company where she has developed creative nature workshops designed to confront environmental justice issues with working-class communities in Havering and facilitated collaborations with LGBTQ+, global majority and migrant communities across East London. As a member of the Tower Hamlets Creative Health Forum, Tasnim contributes to borough-wide conversations about integrating arts, health and community practice.
This workshop is for young people aged 16-25 years old. Any questions or access requirements, please email tasnimproduces@gmail.com.
Presented by Daedalus Theatre Company, Havering Changing and Kaleidoscope.
