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• 10 Years of Queer: A Celebration of All Things Marly (2018)
  
  10 Years of Queer was a night at the Marlborough Theatre in September 2018 where we got together with all of our fabulous Marly Mates to celebrate a decade of supporting LGBTQ+ artists and platforming queer performers. Performances from: Liz Aggiss Harry Clayton-Wright Lasana Shabazz Lucy McCormick Sea Sharp David Hoyle Juno Dawson
• A Rainbow Chorus Concert Flyer (1999)
  
  A Rainbow Chorus Concert Flyer (1999)
• Boogaloo Stu - Bazooka Promo Video (2015)
  
  Music video for Boogaloo Stu's single 'Bazooka', by Boogaloo Stu and ladypat. "ladypat filmed various takes against a greenscreen, and then added in all of the effects and graphics. The basic premise of this video was 'too much is never enough'! I wore a variety of my wildest costumes, and at the time I was experimenting with unusual headgear; I had an old orange perspex Kartell lampshade upcycled to become a bubble-shaped helmet. I had drilled some additional air-vents in the top of the shade which I then covered up with sequins. The base structure for the helmet was an orange satin 'neck corset' that fitted around my neck, lacing up at the back. The helmet was festooned with sequins and with orange pompoms. Despite the ventilation, it was unbelievably uncomfortable and claustrophobic to wear, which is possibly why it only makes a fleeting appearance in this video - I could only bear to wear it for about 30 seconds at a time."
• Boogaloo Stu - Forever More promo video/Metronomy remix (2010)
  
  Music video for Boogaloo Stu's single 'Forever More - Metronomy Remix', by Boogaloo Stu and ladypat. "We never had a storyboard planned for any of these videos. It was always just me turning up with a couple of suitcases full of costumes and quiffs, and then figuring out what we could perhaps make. With this video, there were a few props sitting around at Microchunk that we made use of, including a large papier-mache apple; we then filmed my green net-clad hands and arms in a variety of poses, which ladypat then formed into a tree to make it appear I was plucking a giant apple from a tree made of arms. It’s weird watching this back now. It all seems quite serious and earnest, and then suddenly I appear in my knickers, doing a bit of thrusting. It’s all at odds with at my attempts to be a serious artist. But that was always the problem whenever we made these videos, I couldn’t help acting the fool - and of course ladypat would film it all!"
• Boogaloo Stu - Magic Soul Promo Video (2013)
  
  Music video for Boogaloo Stu's single 'Magic Soul', by Boogaloo Stu and ladypat. "There’s a lot of pouting, and serious looks in this one; ladypat wanted to create something lush, ultra-dreamy and meditative, to reflect mood the song. He has spent long periods of time in India, so there’s quite a lot of cultural references to Buddhism in this video. This was all shot in one day against a greenscreen, with ladypat spending weeks after layering up the animations and graphics."
• Boogaloo Stu Titwank Photo (1999)
  
  Boogaloo Stu in titwank costume. Photo taken by Lankton at Holborn Studios, Shoreditch 1999
• Brighton Pride at the Marlborough (2016)
  
  Brighton Pride at the Marlborough (2016). Annual street party featuring Lasana Shabazz, Christeene and Impermanence Dance Theatre. Filmed by Duncan Jarvies, edited by Rosie Powell.
• David Hoyle Ends LGBT History (Month) Poster (2015)
  
  A promotional poster for David Hoyle's performance 'David Hoyle Ends LGBT History (Month)' taking place at the Marlborough Pub & Theatre on February 27th & 28th, 2015. The performance featured a guest spot from Brighton & Hove based cabaret performer Alfie Ordinary.
• Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987)
  
  Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987) was a born performer. This early photograph shows the teenage Dougie ready to forge his professional career that would span over 70 years and see him perform in revues across the West End for the social elite including the Bright Young Things in Café de Paris in the 1920s, to right across the Fare East in WWII entertaining the troops.
• Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987)
  
  Dougie as Nell Gwynn with June and John Tilley.
• Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987) as “Camille”.
  
  Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987) as “Camille”. Dougie ‘Bawdy but British’ Byng was the UK’s notorious king of double entendre. His performance career as a cross-dressing society entertainer spanned film, stage, variety and cabaret for more than 70 years. Dougie dedicated himself to entertaining the troops throughout WWII in concerts as far afield as Myanmar, Singapore and India. The content of his shows was so risqué, he was repeatedly banned by the BBC. His act could be seen at West End venues including Café de Paris, the Celebrity Club and eventually at his own nightclub, The Kinde Dragon (off St Martin’s Lane in London). His friend Noël Coward described Dougie’s act as ‘the most refined vulgarity in London’. Pushing the envelope a little further in true Dougie style, he himself called it ‘refined filth’. Either way, his female impersonation was side-splittingly crude and clever in equal measure.
• Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987) in Andre Charlot's revue "Stop... Go" 1935
  
  From the Original West End production of the ANDRE CHARLOT musical revue "STOP ... GO!" at London's Vaudeville Theatre. (The production opened September 4th, 1935 and ran for three months, closing December 7th, 1935.) The revue starred MARY BRIAN, DOUGLAS BYNG and DOROTHY WARD and featured GEORGE BENSON, JACK CLEWES, DONALD STEWART, REGINALD SMITH, BERTIE HARE, SIMON CARNES, JACKIE MARCON, DOLORES DALGARNO, RICHARD MURDOCH, CYNTHIA STEVENS, PETER FARQUHARSON, GERTRUDE MUSGROVE, ROSALIE CORNEILLE, JOY WILLIAMS, PATRICIA LEONARD, ELSIE TEE, JOAN PLAYFAIR, OLIVE BARLI, GWEN BEDDOES, TRIXIE SCALES, KATHLEEN JOYCE, ROSALIND MELVILLE and ESME NEVILLE.
• Douglas Byng as General Melona and Lynn Kennington as Teresa and in The Maid of the Mountains (1964)
  
  This caricature features Douglas Byng as General Melona and Lynn Kennington as Teresa and in The Maid of the Mountains ( Oxford New Theatre, 1964). It was drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad (1904-1976), a rehearsal pianist and orchestra violinist at the Brighton Theatre Royal from 1932-1936. (Research and image courtesy of the V&A).
• New Queers on the Block Brighton (2019)
  
  Video documentation of the first New Queers on the Block performance a LGBTIQ+ focused touring project supported by Arts Council England. The performance was compered by Ophelia Bitz and featured Marikiscrycrycry, Hester Chillingworth, Stacy Makishi, Rachael Young and Sea Sharp. The video features interviews with Ema Boswood (Programme Coordinator), Subira Wahogo (Production Assistant) and Tarik Elmoutawakil (Creative Director)
• Photo Album: The Harlequin (1997)
  
  Images of the Harlequin club in London Road area of Brighton