UnMasked is Conway Hall’s regular series of conversations with neurodivergent people. It is a place that ND people can feel at home, understand life a little more and contribute to the discussion. Everyone, regardless of neuro-type, all is welcome.
ADHD, autistic and OCD people mostly avoid crowded places, loud noises and confined, hectic spaces. They will also often lose themselves in music, be it at home, at a club or at a sweaty gig. Join DJ Mahnoor and musician and music journalist James McMahon as they share their love of music and how it works with their neurodivergence.
Mahnoor is a DJ, marketer and the founder of Refugee supper club SUP? Supper Club, born and raised in London and of Pakistani heritage. She has spoken about being ADHD. She mixes a range of genres influenced by her heritage, from global club music to sounds that surrounded her in London, her hard hitting eclectic style is known for captivating, with sets across the likes of Dialled-In, XOYO and Ministry of Sound. She has DJ-ed on the BBC Asian Network.
James McMahon is a journalist from London via the industrial north. For a long time he was the Features Editor of legendary British music paper NME. For even longer he was the Editor of the British rock magazine Kerrang! In and amongst this, he has written for The Face, Evening Standard, The Guardian/Observer, Vice, The Spectator and more. He has talked about pop music on BBC Radio One, Channel 4, and Sky News. He plays in the bands Jobbers and Sister Death. In December 2021 he made ‘Look At What You Could Have Won’, a documentary about OCD, the shifting sands of working class Britain and his favourite TV gameshow, Bullseye. He is the host of the podcast The OCD Chronicles.
Age Recommendation: 16+
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Access Information
Due to the age and Grade Il listing of the building, there is no lift access to rooms above the ground floor.
All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Hive Cafe (street access, step-free), There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.
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