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Welcome Week

How to Flirt: The Ted XXX talk with Steve Porters

Date

02 Oct 2025

Time

20:00 - 00:00

Location

Metric / UCH

Categories

Welcome Week, Featured, Union

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How to Flirt: The Ted XXX talk with Steve Porters

♿️ Accessibility information

Wheelchair-accessible venue

We're bringing the laughs to you this Welcome Week with the hilariously funny and interactive spoof TED-style seminar led by Steve Porters—an overconfident, backward‑cap‑wearing “ladies’ man and self‑taught feminist.” The show parodies pick‑up culture and comments on gender performativity, toxic masculinity, and the boundaries of consent. ​


Steve Porters is the creation of Daisy Doris May (They/She) actor (Sex Education, The Last Kingdom) and drag king (Winner of Man Up 2022 – Europe’s biggest drag king competition).


Fresh off the back of sold out shows at Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe, Steve heads to Imperial with his fresh take on modern dating.


★★★★ “Electric” The Scotsman

★★★★★ "Masterful" Theatre Weekly

★★★★★ "Cult Status" The Crumb

★★★★★ “Comedy gold” Get The Chance


Directed by Mpilo May. Created and produced by HÄUS OF DONS, a London‑based queer drag‑king collective known for theatrical cabaret and subversive performance.
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This event is part of the official Welcome Week event line up for Imperial students, run by Imperial College Union.


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