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I'm fundraising to bring #MadeOfMagic --- my super #queer & #trans show about #art, love, & #MentalHealth --- back for its 3rd run at the @edfringe.bsky.social
I know times are hard for everyone, but every little helps; even £5 would help so much!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/made-of-ma...
#EdFringe26
... guess who just got an invitation to perform #MadeOfMagic at #GothenburgFringe2026?
how very exciting!!
[logistics to be defined, but I'm going to do my best to make it happen]
#MadeOfMagic2026 #MadeOfMagicOnTour?
#poetry #poet #performancepoet #spokenword #spokenwordpoet #QueerPoet #TransPoet
second @edfringe.bsky.social application done for #MadeOfMagic, 3 more in progress!
want to help bring my brainchild 'Made of Magic - #poetry of rage & (be)longing' back to #EdFringe26 where it belongs?
please read my story, share far & wide, donate if you can
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/made-of-ma...
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" #MadeOfMagic deserves so many more eyes and ears. These words must be heard and these stories must be told. "
@bingefringemag.bsky.social, ☆☆☆☆ review
if you can spare even £1, please help me bring MoM to #EdFringe2026. Even just sharing helps so much 🩵🤍🩷
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/made-of-ma...
yours truly is fundraising to bring his #poetry show #MadeOfMagic, to @edfringe.bsky.social 2026
it's an incredibly #queer, #trans multimedia blend of #SpokenWord & #art exploring #MentalHealth, intersections of #identity, the healing power of love & community
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/made-of-ma...
#MadeOfMagic is a story about surviving a 10yr nervous breakdown thrugh the power of #art, love, community
@bingefringemag.bsky.social said, "Made of Magic deserves so many more eyes and ears. These words must be heard and these stories must be told."
so I >
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/made-of-ma...
gentle reminder of my @crowdfunder.bsky.social campaign to help me bring my multimedia solo show, " #MadeOfMagic - #poetry of rage & (be)longing " back to @edfringe.bsky.social 2026
anything you can spare is immensely appreciated; even "just" sharing is very helpful too 💖🤍💙
today I had grand plans to submit to 4 things
for a while there I thought I would achieve 0 due to pain, executive dysfunction, + much mental fatigue
but!
somehow I managed 1 of the big 2: submitting #MadeOfMagic to a thing due tomorrow at 3am
can I manage any of the others? let's find out
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but don't just take my word re. #MadeOfMagic being a good show, worthy of support, belonging at @edfringe.bsky.social!
in his 4* star review for #BingeFringe, Mike Dorey said all of these lovely things:
www.bingefringe.com/2025/09/02/r...
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application to 1st venue choice for #MadeOfMagic2026 - submitted
fingers crossed!
#MadeOfMagic #JudeFireSong #FabulousPhoenixBoy
#EdFringe2026
#poet #poetry #performancepoet #performancepoetry #spokenword #spokenwordpoet #spokenwordpoetry
#OwnVoices #queer #queerpoet #trans #transpoet
[**] this one was the very first paintings I sold, at the very first solo exhibition / #poetry performance combo I ever did; a 2018 event called "Scrivere coi Colori" [Writing with Colours] which ultimately became #MadeOfMagic --- the #HybridPoetry collection, and the #EdFringe show.
folks who >
I will be exhibiting a few of my favourite paintings I've ever done (all for sale) alongside relevant poems from my unpublished hybrid collection, #MadeOfMagic, and selling a bit of everything - from collage to painting, handmade & printed #PoetryZine to #ArtPrint in (almost) every conceivable style
Quote how you draw women
[TW. for stylised, b&w blood/gore]
1 - #Banshee Wail (1st published by @newwordspress.bsky.social)
2 - Hell Is Other People
3 - #DTIYS; OG by @feefal.bsky.social
all 3 are #illustrations from my unpublished #HybridPoetry collection #MadeOfMagic
#art #artshare #arttrain
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there's two poems from my #MadeOfMagic collection/show that I always dread performing, because of how head-on they speak to these issues. My partner, who's seen the show more than anyone, says that listening to them never gets any easier --- but that they are important for people to hear.
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#MentalHealthAwareness #disabled #DisabledLedFringe #AuDHD #neurodivergent #NeurodivergentLedFringe
#QueerFringe #TransFringe
#FemiFringe #FemiFringe2025
#MadeOfMagic #MadeOfMagic2025
#poet #PerformancePoet #SpokenWord #SpokenWordPoet #poetry #PerformancePoetry #SpokenWoedPoetry #SpokenWordScotland
only 4 sleeps to my queer multimedia show about lil old me writing+painting his way out of a 10yr breakdown!
#MadeOfMagic
poetry of rage & (be)longing
@thespaceuk.bsky.social
@ Surgeon's Hall (Venue 53),
Fleming Theatre
Aug 1st-9th/18th-22nd
10.30/22.50 (55min)
www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
there's a special kind of writerly pain in removing poems that are integral part of a book from one's show bc:
1 x Fringe hr
= 55min
-5min set-up
-5min pack-up
-10min banter
= 35min
#FringeMath
ps. come see #MadeOfMagic - #poetry of rage & (be)longing at @thespaceuk.bsky.social @ Surgeon's Hall!
catch my incredibly #queer & #trans show #MadeOfMagic:
@thespaceuk.bsky.social )
@ Surgeon's Hall (Venue 53)
Fleming Theatre
(wheelchair accessible)
Aug 1st-9th/18th-22nd
10.30/22.50 (55min)
www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
📸 Echo Echo Photography by Charli Morachnick
🖼 design by Emily Mahi'ai
are you an #Edinburgh #queer / #trans person / ally? or maybe you'll be visiting for the #EdFringe?
then you should come to #theSpace @ Surgeon's Hall & catch my multimedia solo #poetry show, #MadeOfMagic. It will make you FEEL things, I promise
www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
#MadeOfMagic2025
official poster/flyer (front) for Jude FireSong, aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy's solo Edinburgh Fringe show, "Made of Magic - poetry of rage & (be)longing" (main title in neon lilac, subtitle in bright deep pink). beside Jude's name, an audience review is quoted, describing the show as, "such clear, truthful poetry" and "an intimate and welcoming performance." the poster features a blue-lit picture of Jude (a white, non-binary trans man, in his late '30s at the time this picture was taken) looking at the camera with his arms crossed; his blue hair, star-shaped dangly earring, bracelets, and tattoos are framed by a trans pride/rainbow wreath of flowers, all against a trans pride-coloured background.
official flyer (back) for the Edinburgh Fringe show, "Made of Magic - poetry of rage & (be)longing". the main text on the back of the flyer reads, "(Gender)queer disabled storyteller, artist, and Mr Gay GB finalist Jude FireSong - aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy - revives his show about identity, transcendent love, found family, and surviving a decade-long breakdown through creative practice. A powerful love letter to the odd ones out, delivered against a backdrop of original paintings, drawings and photographs. Based on a collection long-listed for new words {press}'s Chapbook Competition 2024." At the centre of the poster, two audience reviews are quoted, describing the show as, "a brilliant and unique show... very special... enriching... and will stay with me for a long time" and "poems you will want to discover again and again." the flyer features trans/bisexual pride/rainbow flowers, blue/light purple stars, white/pink sparkles, and rainbows against a rich purple background.
at last, my #EdFringe show #MadeOfMagic has an official poster/flyer! my pal @e.mahiai (IG) made these & I love them so much!!
@thespaceuk.bsky.social @ Surgeon's Hall
(Venue 53), Fleming Theatre
(wheelchair accessible)
Aug 1st-9th/18th-22nd
10.30/22.50 (55min)
www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
reminder that tickets for my #EdFringe show are on sale right now!
#MadeOfMagic - #poetry of rage & (be)longing tells the story of a #nonbinary #TransMan fighting a 10yr breakdown with the power of #art, #queer #love, & community.
I hope to see you there 💖
#DareToDiscover #EdFringe25
#SpokenWord
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☆ today my darling @incompletemachine.bsky.social & I got the keys to our new #ArtStudio; the endless* move of #art & #ArtSupplies has begun
* (i.e. by the end of May)
☆ tomorrow is the deadline for uploading the press release for #MadeOfMagic @ the #EdFringe2025 FAO my venue
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aand we are live!!!
www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/m...
just to recap:
#JudeFireSong, aka me presents:
#MadeOfMagic - #Poetry of Rage & (Be)longing
@thespaceuk.bsky.social @ Surgeon's Hall
(Venue 45), Fleming Theatre
(wheelchair accessible)
Aug 1st-9th
10.30-11.25am
Aug 18th-22nd
22.50-23.45
tickets for my #edfringe show go sale tomorrow! eeek!!
just to recap:
#MadeOfMagic - #Poetry of Rage & (Be)longing
@thespaceuk.bsky.social @ Surgeon's Hall, Fleming Theatre
Aug 1-9, 10.30-11.25am & Aug 18-22, 22.50-23.45
#DareToDiscover
#MadeOfMagic2025 #edfringe2025 #edfringe25 #poet #Scotland
2 more poems accepted for publication today - inc. the one that gives the title to #MadeOfMagic the hybrid #poetry collection & upcoming #EdFringe show!
2025 so far has been a stressful & full of ailments, but publication-wise it's been my most successful yr in a long time.
yay for silver linings!
< Slam Heat, and @quill.scot's #TransDayOfVisibility event @ @argonautbooks.bsky.social.
Long-listed for @newwordspress.bsky.social's Chapbook Competition ’24, Jude's hybrid collection #MadeOfMagic” evolved into his debut solo show/exhibition at the #EdinburghFringe.
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exciting news!
looks like " #MadeOfMagic - #poetry of rage & (be)longing " will be back for #EdinburghFringe2025!
keeping the venue under wraps til it's 100% official, but you if you missed the show last year (or are keen to see it again/bring a friend), let me just say:
Aug 18th-22nd
22.45-23.50
also from my unpublished autobiographical #HybridPoetry collection, #MadeOfMagic:
#SacredHeart: After #KeithHaring
this one is the #illustration for a NYE 2024/25 poem of grief, rage, and hope, entitled,
#Resolutions of a Bleeding Heart in a World on Fire
#poetry #poet #illustrator #art #artist
from my unpublished autobiographical #HybridPoetry collection, #MadeOfMagic:
this is the #illustration for a poem about gender identity/performance, #storytelling, spirituality, and tattoos called,
Ballad of Myself as the #Knight in Shining Armour
#poetry #sketch #drawing #DiscoverArt #cavaliere
amongst my many crafts, I moonlight as a plus-size, disabled, #gendernoncomforming, #nonbinary #transmasc #alternative model.
my wonderful pal Charli Morachnick [@ echoechophotography (IG)] took these promo pics for my very 1st #EdFringe show, #MadeOfMagic, and they're among my v favourites 💙💜💖
