Defeat, disaster, disappointment: we’ve all felt it. When things go wrong it can feel like the end of the world. But it doesn't have to be!

Shaper/Caper and Dundee Pride invite you to Fail Safe - an evening in celebration of failure and all the doors it can open and lessons it can teach! We’ll hear stories from people who’s lives have been shaped by screw-ups and moulded by misfires. Hopefully, we’ll all leave feeling a bit more hopeful about our failures, and brave enough to take some risks!

Join us on Thursday 30 June at 7.30pm, at Innis & Gunn South Tay Street.

Fail Safe is FREE to attend, but please reserve your space.

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Shaper/Caper and Dundee Pride are delighted to introduce BRAW - a new project that aims to boost the mental health and wellbeing of those living in Dundee and the surrounding areas.

BRAW brings together some of Shaper/Caper’s long-standing projects, like A Day to Play, Dance for Parkinson’s and Young Creatives Masterclasses, with brand-new and super exciting ideas to bring community, support and joy to some of the city’s most vulnerable groups.

Visit our website to discover how you can get involved!

www.shapercaper.com/braw

BRAW is funded by the Scottish Government's Community Health and Wellbeing Fund.

Come along and meet the recipients of our second round of LGBTQ+ creative bursaries. They’ll be sharing what they’ve been working on over the last several weeks. From poetry, to comic book making, to fashion design - there has been lots of fantastic projects going on!

Take a look at the iconic influence Madonna has had on queer fashion in recent decades. Presented by Chris Hunt.

Freelance Curator, Producer and PR Chris Hunt has worked in Arts, Culture and Lifestyle for 25 years around the world having left school as a teenager and been embraced by the world of Fashion since the 90’s. His recent work on the National Museums Scotland Body Beautiful Exhibition exploring Diversity is currently on tour around the UK. Living and working in Tayside, he moved his Scotland Re:Design platform for Fashion & Design to Dundee during lockdown, opening a Fashion Festival at V&A Dundee in November 2021, with a Pop-Up at the Gather Space in Overgate, Grants to industry to create Fashion portfolio work, and events across Dundee & Glasgow fundraising and providing work for over 200 creative professionals.

The perfect mix of performance by professional dancers with an interactive workshop designed for all the family to take part in!

A Day to Play allows children and young people to be adventurous and explore creativity alongside expert pro dancers. 

The sessions help children and young people to develop their self-confidence through a range of stimulating exercises and encourage problem solving and collaboration with others. From the moment you arrive at A Day to Play until the moment you leave, you are immersed in new, exciting worlds!

A Day to Play is intergenerational so they are suitable for children and young people from the age of 2 to 12 and we would LOVE for families to come along too and join in the playtime with a creative adventure with your kids. Carers, grannies, aunties and best pals are all welcome - the more the merrier! You don't need ANY experience to enjoy A Day to Play so come give it a whirl. 

No workshop is ever the same and there is NOTHING else like this! So, come spend a magical afternoon with Shaper/Caper!

Join us for the premiere of Dundee Pride's short film followed by dicussion.

The film features LGBTQ+ people sharing their thoughts and experiences of mental health services in Dundee. Participants reflect on how coming out as gay and trans has impacted their mental health and how the recent lockdowns have compounded feelings of isolation. Also highlighted are some of the barriers they face as members of the LGBTQ+ community when it comes to obtaining appropriate treatment from GPs and other mental health service providers in Dundee. The issues as seen from a health services professional is also featured.

This film was commissioned by Dundee Pride and made by Dylan Drummond.

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Shaper/Caper and Dundee Pride are delighted to introduce BRAW - a new project that aims to boost the mental health and wellbeing of those living in Dundee and the surrounding areas.

BRAW brings together some of Shaper/Caper’s long-standing projects, like A Day to Play, Dance for Parkinson’s and Young Creatives Masterclasses, with brand-new and super exciting ideas to bring community, support and joy to some of the city’s most vulnerable groups.

Visit our website to discover how you can get involved!

www.shapercaper.com/braw

BRAW is funded by the Scottish Government's Community Health and Wellbeing Fund.

Come along and meet the recipients of our second round of LGBTQ+ creative bursaries. They’ll be sharing what they’ve been working on over the last several weeks. From poetry, to comic book making, to fashion design - there has been lots of fantastic projects going on!

The perfect mix of performance by professional dancers with an interactive workshop designed for all the family to take part in!

A Day to Play allows children and young people to be adventurous and explore creativity alongside expert pro dancers. 

The sessions help children and young people to develop their self-confidence through a range of stimulating exercises and encourage problem solving and collaboration with others. From the moment you arrive at A Day to Play until the moment you leave, you are immersed in new, exciting worlds!

A Day to Play is intergenerational so they are suitable for children and young people from the age of 2 to 12 and we would LOVE for families to come along too and join in the playtime with a creative adventure with your kids. Carers, grannies, aunties and best pals are all welcome - the more the merrier! You don't need ANY experience to enjoy A Day to Play so come give it a whirl. 

No workshop is ever the same and there is NOTHING else like this! So, come spend a magical afternoon with Shaper/Caper!

Come along to meet new people and have a natter!

Shaper/Caper are hosting an informal get-together for the LGBTQ+ community. Come along for a blether and get to know some new people!