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This page gives an overview of my main creative projects and companies.
For more detail on my freelance work within & beyond these projects, please see About Me.
Interested in working together? Contact me.
Bechdel Theatre is a Community Interest Company born from a twitter account I started in 2015, inspired by the Bechdel Test and work of Alison Bechdel.
Now co-run by me & Pippa Sa with Jess Donn, Bechdel Theatre exists to support, amplify and connect people of marginalised genders in and through the performing arts. Bechdel Theatre activities include audience engagement (meet-ups & discussion spaces), performance events, social media, podcasting, stickers, and creative workshops.
Insta: @bechdeltheatre
TikTok @bechdeltheatre
Twxtter: @BechdelTheatre
Fb: @Bechdel Theatre
Queer Diary events invite LGBTQ+ adults to connect with their younger-selves.
I host open mic style nights where queer people share extracts from their teenage diaries, and other adolescent writing. We also run zine-making workshops, using teen magazines to create collage inspired by coming-of-age memories.
"A space to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness... Often funny, sometimes moving and heart-warming, always entertaining"
★★★★★ - Reviews Hub
Insta: @hasbianshow
TikTok: @hasbianqueerdiary
Bluesky: @queerdiary
Fb: Queer Diary CIC
To talk about booking a QD event, email: hello@queerdiary.org.uk
Hasbian is an autobiographical comedy show based on my teenage diaries.
Hasbian was performed in 2024 at Omnibus Theatre, funded by Arts Council England, thanks to development support from Camden People's Theatre, Stanley Arts & The Pleasance. The show is currently touring.
"Simultaneously relatable and educational - Watson strikes an expert balance between including the cringeworthy teenage experience we all remember, and creating a unique insight into growing up queer in the 90’s... While the tone of the piece is reflective, Hasbian feels very much like a story for our times" ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective
Insta: @hasbianshow
TikTok: @hasbianqueerdiary
Bluesky: @queerdiary
Fb: Queer Diary CIC
Email: hello@queerdiary.org.uk
I perform as drag king Dan Load.
Dan is a Kingspirational hype-man. His acts involve comedy, lip-sync and audience-participation, and he's a dangerously enthusiastic cabaret host.
"There's a collective cheer when Dan Load (Beth Watson, in a very entertaining tongue-in-cheek double drag) ... gives us the emotional pay off we all deserve, but often don’t find in a drag show." - LGBTQ Arts Review, on MANdemic (2019)
Dan's performed at venues, festivals and nights including:
Edinburgh Fringe, DIY Space, VAULT Festival, Omnibus Theatre, The Mighty Hoopla, The Southbank Centre, Camden People's Theatre, Lezfest Kennington, Boyznite in London and Oxford, Aberration at Aberystwth Arts Centre, L Fest Llandudno, and hosted the cabaret stage at the UK's first ever Bi Pride.
📺 Watch Dan Load at The RVT.
Insta: @danloaddrag
Crocus is a new show I'm working on.
Crocus is a new show I'm working on.
I started writing Crocus during Stanley Arts' Croydon Emerging Writers programme, and shared a work-in-progress extract of the show at Matthew's Yard as part of Croydonites Festival.
Two self-declared “screaming fangirls” meet on a fan-forum in 2002. Over 15 years they stay in touch via changing online platforms, from forums, to Myspace, to Instagram. Despite only meeting a handful of times IRL, their friendship endures and deepens far beyond the shared fandom of a rock band they quickly grow out of.
Find out more about Crocus.
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