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• 'Swamp' Poster
  
  This shows the poster for Siren’s play ‘Swamp’ for the performance at the Oval House Theatre in London. The play was directed by Clare Brennan. As well as touring the play in the UK, it was also performed at the Brighton Festival in May 1989.
• City Limits 1982; Siren 'Curfew' Review
  
  This shows the cover of City Limits magazine, with the listings showing Siren presenting the play ‘Curfew’ at The Oval House theatre in London. It also shows a review of ‘Curfew’ by Carole Woddis in the centre of the first column. Siren shows were regularly reviewed very positively by City Limits (a rival to Time Out magazine and far more alternative at the time).
• City Limits Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The review was written after a performance at the Drill Hall in London. Bardsley writes that "Siren have always been mesmerised by the idea of time travel, they move their performances through both past and future and around a central theme of DANGER: the danger of lesbian sexuality (and of any kind of 'otherness') to straight society."
• Exhibition of Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera in Gravitas Photo50, curated by Christiane Monarchi, London Art Fair, 18 – 22 January 2017
  
  Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. Anthony collaborated with Queer in Brighton on our first commissioned project ‘Not Going Shopping’ to explore the lives of LGTBQ+ people in Brighton. Anthony invited eleven participants to meet him and bring photographs that told their story, and they were encouraged to consider what being queer means to them, and to photograph their experiences and the things they are interested in. The group met regularly to discuss their work and share photographs, and created self-portraits in a photo booth on the North Laine, which led to discussions about photography and identity. Anthony said of the project: “the prospect of creating this work seemed to me to offer a useful way to further my inquiry into participation and self-representation with groups of marginalized individuals, and at the same time provide an opportunity to confront my own views of queerness as a gay man… Images play a powerful role in the stories we tell about ourselves and the histories told about us. Not Going Shopping expresses the points of view of the participants and myself about what it is to be Queer in Brighton.” This collection of photographs depicts the exhibition of Not Going Shopping by Anthony Luvera in Gravitas Photo50, curated by Christiane Monarchi, London Art Fair, 18 – 22 January 2017. The group exhibition featured 13 different artists and explored the theme of adolescence through photography. Luvera's work was exhibited here, and a new edition of Not Going Shopping, inclusive of a newly commissioned essay, was published alongside the exhibited photographs. These photographs of the exhibition include the collaborative portrait of Fox Fisher.
• Photos from Bubbles
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Bubbles'. 1. This shows Jane Boston in ‘Bubbles’, taken for a performance in Deptford, London. 2. This shows Hilary Ramsden inn ‘Bubbles’, taken for a performance in Deptford, London.
• Photos from Chic to Chic (London)
  
  A collection of images from Siren's cabaret show 'Chic to Chic', in London. 1. This shows Hilary Ramsden and Jude Winter performing in Siren’s cabaret, ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 2. This shows Jude Winter and Hilary Ramsden and Jane Boston performing in Siren’s cabaret, ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 3. This shows Tash Fairbanks and Hilary Ramsden in ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 4. This shows Tash Fairbanks wearing her ‘Keep GLC Working for London’ badge. The Greater London Council was abolished in the month that this photo was taken, March 1986. Photo taken by Alix Adams. Siren wrote a song which they performed as a band called ‘GLC” about what the GLC had funded for women, especially for young women and girls - ‘Girls Nights’ at many youth clubs. 5. This shows Hilary Ramsden, Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Tash Fairbanks in ‘Chic to Chic’. Taken by Cherry Potts.
• Photos from Pulp
  
  A collection of images from Siren's show 'Pulp'. 1. This shows a photo of Hilary Ramsden as Kay in ‘Pulp”. 2. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as Magda and Jude Winter as Heddy in ‘Pulp’. 3. This shows a photo of the full cast of ‘Pulp’; Jude Winter as Heddy, Jane Boston as Magda, Hilary Ramsden as Kay, Tashha Fairbanks as Dolores.
• Siren 'Morning After the Night Before'
  
  This shows Tash Fairbanks, Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Deb Trethewey about to have breakfast in a friend’s house after performing in London the previous night.
• Siren with Tour Van
  
  This black and white photo shows Jane Boston, Jude Winter, Tash Fairbanks and Deb Trethewey checking the map before heading off somewhere for a performance. This photo was taken in front of Siren’s ancient touring van. On one tour, Siren went from venue to venue on the back of an AA van, due to constant breakdown problems with the vehicle.
• South East Gay Students Protest in London (1979)
  
  Image set depicting the South East Gay Students Protest in London (1979).
• Spare Rib and The Stage reviews of ‘Curfew’.
  
  Two reviews about the play ‘Curfew’ when it opened at the Oval House Theatre, London. The review at the top of the image is from 'Spare Rib', published in March 1982. It features a photo of Jane Boston as Calamity Jane. The review at the bottom of the photo is from 'The Stage', published in February 1982.
• Spare Rib Review of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The play opened at the Drill Hall in London for 2 weeks in 1985 and was sold out every night. It returned to the Drill Hall in January 1986,. Manny describes Pulp as "a feminist play par excellence, brilliantly acted, refreshing, hilariously entertaining".
• The Face Preview of Siren's 'Pulp'
  
  The preview has an interview with Jane Boston who played Magda. Salvadori describes the play as "a homage to Fifties B-movies with ladykillers, Mafia plots, and McCarthy conspiracies. But it's also a parody, poking fun at the femme fatale image and the clean cut freshness of stars like Doris Day."
• The Finchley & Barnet Press review of Siren Theatre Company: Mama’s Gone A’Hunting
  
  The review was written after a performance at the Old Bull Centre, Barnet. The article is headlined "Wickedly Clever", and Leeb describes Siren Theatre Company as a "committed, courageous, refreshingly honest, and highly versatile trio".
• The Leveller Review of Siren Theatre Company: Mama's Gone A'Hunting
  
  The review was written after a performance at Hoxton Hall, London. The writer has endless praise for Siren, concluding that "the show exemplifies female humour as its sharpest - acidic and biting enough to be felt, but never allowed to become cynical or had-bitten. As a group, Siren are a lively and seemingly endless source of talent, completely self-contained as actresses, singers, writers and musicians."