Our Values: The Four Pillars of Out There Together
ARTS
We value creative expression as a vehicle for change
We platform LGBTQIA+ artists, support fair pay, and emerging and underrepresented talent that
pushes boundaries
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CULTURE
We celebrate queer culture in all its fabulous, resilient and radical forms
We run a diverse annual festival and events year-round that reflect lived queer experience
2
COMMUNITY
We believe in mutual care, co-creation, and safe(r) spaces
We work with volunteers and local community groups to shape our work from the ground up
3
ADVOCACY
We challenge injustice and champion inclusion through everything we do
Every project champions access, fairness, and representation — tackling isolation, discrimination, and inequality
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About Us
OUT THERE TOGETHER CIC
Amplifying LGBTQIA+ arts, celebrating queer culture, strengthening community, championing advocacy
Out There Together CIC is a community-powered arts and culture organisation rooted in queer joy, creative expression, and collective care. Born in Exeter and now reaching beyond, we’re on a mission to amplify LGBTQIA+ voices, build inclusive creative spaces, and drive meaningful cultural change across the Southwest and beyond.
We curate powerful experiences - from fringe theatre and film screenings to youth days, open mics and club nights - that invite connection, visibility, and celebration. Our work is intersectional, collaborative, and unapologetically queer. Through everything we deliver, we centre our four core pillars.
OUR STORY
Founded as Out There Exeter, we emerged during a time of loss and growing hostility when safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ people were disappearing. In 2024, we launched Out There Fringe Fest - a festival that puts queer culture centre stage in Exeter's cultural life.
Following our award-winning debut, we rebranded to Out There Together CIC, a name that better reflects who we are now: a community-led, constituted social enterprise with ambition, local impact, and collective values at our core.
We actively support local LGBTQIA+ culture and events, helping shine a light on grassroots creativity across the region - building connections that reduce isolation and keep people plugged into local opportunities. Everything we do is about helping people feel a little more out there, together.
We’re proud to work in collaboration with many incredible partners. Together, we deliver events that are accessible, joyful, and powerful - rooted in solidarity and always evolving with our communities.
MEET THE FRINGE FEST TEAM
Artistic Director
As Artistic Director, Wayne leads on production, strategic partnerships, and creative direction. Wayne is passionate about giving back to the Exeter community, which he has proudly been part of since coming out in 1999. Being neurodivergent, he feels passionate about driving initiatives that strengthen representation and community. Wayne has worked in the arts for over 20 years has built a robust career working across finance, recruitment, large-scale transformation programmes, and EDI development, bringing strong skills in account management, business operations, project management, and strategic planning.
Quotes - “The best gift you can give is your time.” “If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough.”
Events Coordinator
Lisa supports the delivery of arts and cultural programmes. Lisa worked in the HIV sector in the 1990s, developing HIV Awareness training & Valuing Diversity strategies for public sector employees. She has organised World Aids Day events and collaborated with Manchester Pride working in Manchester’s Gay Village. Lisa shares Out There’s vision of creating community and celebrating inclusivity, and has a passion for safe spaces that celebrate diversity and art as tools of expression and wellbeing. Any spare time she has is spent making art, walking her dogs and managing a small woodland. She loves shiny things, dancing and travelling.
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Stage Manager
Virina Flower
Pruvit, I’m Virina your gorgeous Ukrainian Diva!
Born and raised in a Slavic culture, you can expect a character with a charm, grace and passion.
As your leading visionary Queen of the Plymouth scene nearly 10 years in the making, I’ve achieved quite a bit through the years: Voicing over the half time Eurovision 2023 break performance, warming up the crowd of nearly 10 thousand people at Midnight Walk Plymouth 2019, representing Global Pride for the United Kingdom 2020, (my favourite achievement) being in the top 10 Plymouth Sexiest People 2019 list! And of course creating and running my very own Life’s a Drag show!
As a self proclaimed one of a kind collectible Flower, I will helping bring the festival's club night to life. Expect to be entertained, laugh, and be welcomed in a proper Slavic way!
Programme Coordinator
A self-described creative enabler and generalist, Liv has a passion for supporting creative people to do their best work, and for making creativity and culture accessible.
With a varied skill-set and wide range of experience in the creative and cultural sector - most recently Exeter UNESCO City of Literature (2021–25), now with Spork! Poetry and independent freelance work across a range of projects - Liv has previously worked as a bookseller, and has always been a nerd.
As Programme Coordinator, Liv works alongside the Artistic Director to provide strategic oversight and shape the festival programme, and with local organisations and communities to ensure Out There reaches as many people as possible.
Communications Lead and Community Storyteller
Max has broad experience working in educational and community settings; his passions lie in writing, reading and wellbeing. He is a former teacher of English and currently works across various literary and arts projects, such as teaching on Exeter UNESCO City of Literature’s Bibliotherapy Skills training course. As Community Storyteller, he aims to uncover queer voices in Exeter, and by sharing each other’s stories, he hopes to bring members of the community closer together and encourage a culture of celebration and joy.
Quote - “I celebrate myself, and sing myself”
The team are also joined Kornelia our Volunteer Lead
Interested in joining us?
We’re always looking for fun, friendly, and creative people who share our passion for arts, culture, and community. Whether you’d like to volunteer, collaborate, or bring fresh ideas to the table - we’d love to hear from you!
Drop us an email at hello@outthere.org.uk