Old Quebec Street

From 28 June, Oxford Street is launching PROUD WEST END, a ground-breaking audio-visual art exhibition which champions and amplifies the voices and stories of the West End’s LGBTQIA+ community. PROUD WEST END, an exhibition curated by Heard Storytelling in partnership with Oxford Street, forms part of the city’s celebrations in the lead up to London Pride. This exhibition of ‘Living Portraits’ will allow visitors to immerse themselves in the lived experiences of fifteen individuals who are sharing their true spoken, candid and personal stories of being part of the West End’s LGTBQIA+ community, exploring what proud means to them. The free, on-street exhibition will comprise installations of beautiful, large-scale portraits of PROUD WEST END’s storytellers and their stories will be accessed via scanning a QR code on listeners’ mobile phones located next to the portrait. Visitors will hear an eclectic array of inspiring, moving and vulnerable stories from the likes of iconic drag queen Divina de Campo (They/She/He), a Ru Paul’s Drag Race finalist and part of the Society of London Theatre, who shares their story of never giving up the dream of one day being on the West End.